26 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Stats, studies back Poilievre's call for tighter bail laws

Whenever someone like Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggests tightening up bail laws in Canada, someone else — a criminologist, prisoners’ rights advocate, Liberal cabinet minister — is quick to point out that crime fell 3.6 per cent across the country in 2024. For instance, last fall when Poilievre first suggested his “Jail, Not Bail” reforms […]

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30 h. ago Calls grow for Carney government to explain statement banning Irish hip

The band said on social media that the parliamentary secretary's comments were 'wholly untrue and deeply malicious'

Politics

50 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Who does Janz group want to take council back from? Themselves?

Coun. Michael Janz, the candidate in Ward papastew for the Working Families “collective” (don’t call it a party), put out a TikTok video recently breathlessly warning that “there are two conservative parties fighting for control of our city.” He was holding a brochure from PACE (the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton) and another from Tim […]

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65 h. ago BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Carney government needs to wake up to its anti

WATCH: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Warren Kinsella, Brian Lilley and Lorrie Goldstein on how Liberals have fed anti-Semitism in Canada. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words […]

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66 h. ago Smith says Alberta will look to send more oil to U.S. if Carney fails to put pipeline on nation

Carney has said the next list of nation-building projects his government will work to fast-track will be announced by Nov. 16

Transport

3 d. ago Trump to Talk Federal Job Cuts With White House Budget Chief

President Donald Trump said he will meet with White House Budget Director Russell Vought to discuss potential cuts to the federal workforce, ramping up pressure on Democrats to end the government shutdown, which is entering its second day.

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3 d. ago Israeli envoy says communications with Ottawa have ’deteriorated’ under Carney

OTTAWA — Israel’s envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has “deteriorated” since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office — and suggests his “hard line” on Gaza explains why Carney still hasn’t spoken by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Since the government of Carney came into place, the level of […]

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3 d. ago Lorne Gunter: UCP pipeline proposal doomed to be blocked by feds, B.C.

The Alberta government is working on a proposal (to be submitted to Ottawa next year) for a new pipeline that checks almost all the boxes. Almost. The advisory group steering the project will bring together some of the best minds in the oil and gas industry, it will enlist Alberta’s impressive Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute […]

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3 d. ago Trump Plans to Use Shutdown to Fire Federal Workers This Week

White House Budget Director Russell Vought is planning to swiftly dismiss federal workers, a sign that Republicans will lean into hardball tactics to pressure Democrats to cave to end a government shutdown.

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4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Feds' notwithstanding clause court application could harm the federation

The federal government is attempting to neuter the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause. They claim to be doing so to preserve Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms from callous provincial politicians. But, in effect, the Carney Liberals are looking to accomplish the biggest federal power grab since the Constitution was repatriated from Britain, and the Charter added […]

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4 d. ago Mother of Amanda Todd says Carney government’s scaled down online safety effort is ‘not enough’

Carol Todd had been hoping the government would table a new online harms bill

Politics

4 d. ago Natural Resources Worldwide, LLC Sues Pipeline Operator American Panther (Third Coast) for Illegal Shutdown in Gulf of America

HOUSTON — A federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Lafayette Division) alleges that American Panther, LLC (“AmPan”), a Houston-based pipeline operator affiliated with Third Coast, illegally shut down a Gulf of America crude oil transportation line, stranding offshore production and violating federal law. The complaint, filed by […]

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5 d. ago U.S. government on the brink of first shutdown in 7 years. What to know.

The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks.

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5 d. ago Lorne Gunter: 'All current council must go': Protesters at north Edmonton rally get it right

The City Plan wants 50 per cent of all commuting and shopping trips in our city to be within 15 minutes walking distance from people’s homes.

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7 d. ago Tariff support, focus on investment on business leaders’ federal budget wish lists

Business leaders have a wide-ranging wish list for the upcoming federal budget in the hopes Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government addresses everything from the country’s investment environment to tax relief and improved access to capital. While Canada’s industrialists note that the government will have to make trade-offs with what it can fund, some say support […]

Economics

7 d. ago RCMP needs resources to fight foreign interference, Mounties tell Carney government

OTTAWA — The RCMP has warned the federal public safety minister it faces “resourcing challenges” when it comes to tackling the threat of foreign interference. The message comes as the Mounties and other federal security agencies face pressure from diaspora communities to do more to counter meddling and transnational repression by such countries as China, […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney's frugality claims contradicted by bloated federal deficit projection

The day after the House of Commons resumed sitting early this month, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre questioned Prime Minister Mark Carney on how large the federal deficit would be this year when the final figure is unveiled in November’s budget. Last year’s deficit turned out to be $61.9 billion when it was finally revealed last […]

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9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith's pipeline efforts could force Carney government's hand

Of course you remember in 2022 when then-prime minister Justin Trudeau said there had “never been a strong business case” for building a pipeline to the East Coast so Canada could ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany, even though German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was standing right next to Trudeau when he said it. What […]

Politics

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Liberal gun buyback a political ploy that won't impact crime

The federal government gun buyback was always a lousy idea. First, despite the label it isn’t really a buyback; it’s a ban followed by a confiscation. And it was never going to cut down on gun crime because it focuses on taking guns from law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to keep firearms out of the […]

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1 week ago Trump’s workforce purge batters DC’s job market and leads to rise in homes for sale, report finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress, according to a report released Wednesday. The number of homes for sale in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia region, also known as the […]

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