44 h. ago Time for the Smith government to end political posturing toward Alberta separatists

Instead of political posturing toward Alberta separatists, Alberta should use its considerable fiscal influence in Canada to pursue meaningful options to reform federal-provincial fiscal relations, and inform Albertans about the economic and fiscal effect of these options. Albertans have been a consistently large net fiscal contributor to the Canadian federation. According to the most recent […]

Politics

3 d. ago Letters, Sept. 10, 2025: ‘When will this Liberal government finally end the waste?’

Shame on the electorate  Re “We should see red” (Joe Warmington, Aug. 20): Once again, we witness the horror of a child killed by gunfire with a lot of finger-pointing but little being done to end such a travesty of law and order. Mark Carney stated from the outset he would not rescind Justin Trudeau’s […]

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4 d. ago LILLEY: Ford government won’t scrap school boards, but maybe they should

Province will consider changes to how boards operate but isn't planning to eliminate boards entirely at this point.

Politics

6 d. ago SMOL: Iconic War of 1812 battle site deteriorates due to government neglect

The Battle of Queenston Heights occurred on October 13th, 1812, on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the Niagara River, within easy shouting and shooting distance from the U.S. shore. It was the first significant engagement in British Canada’s desperate fight for survival against the expansionist United States between 1812 and 1815 — an America […]

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9 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith government 'very serious' about a bike lane crackdown

Danielle Smith government is pushing hard against new bike lanes and wants the power to remove some existing ones

Politics

9 d. ago Opinion: How to lessen the horrific results when B.C. children in care go missing

Opinion: When children in government care go missing from their placements, they don’t vanish into safe spaces.

Transport

1 week ago Vaughn Palmer: NDP, BCGEU so far offside, no middle ground in sight

Opinion: But the government did announce a tentative deal with the bargaining association for 67,500 unionized health-care workers.

Other

1 week ago Braid: UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless

The government seems clueless about the psychological harm they’re inflicting on people who face challenges most of us never imagine

Politics

1 week ago Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order

As much as the government would prefer to lash out at school boards, this mess is completely their own doing

Society

2 w. ago B.C. says it will strengthen oversight of municipal governments

The B.C. government says it will explore implementing mandatory codes of conduct for local governments and strengthening enforcement

Politics

3 w. ago TAIT: Panel to fight Alberta government’s CDB clawback gathering steam

Last week, I asked for a simple favour: an email from anyone willing to join a panel to pressure the UCP government. The target of our focus? Their cold-hearted, cruel, and frankly, unethical decision to claw back the $200 per month Canadian Disability Benefit for AISH recipients. The response was overwhelming. One hundred and twenty-two […]

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3 w. ago LILLEY: Carney government hires Democrats to learn how to speak to Republicans

Embassy staff in Washington hired a firm headed up by Democrats to learn how to speak to American conservatives

Politics

3 w. ago Opinion: PM needs to end his government’s war on worker bargaining power

Will Mark Carney go down in history as the prime minister who weakened worker bargaining power and accelerated the decline of the Canadian middle class? That’s the question many Canadian unions and workers are asking in the context of the contentious strike by Air Canada flight attendants. And they’re demanding a major course correction from […]

Politics

3 w. ago Matthew Lau: Two good Ontario government decisions in 20 years

Requiring government workers to go back to the office is clearly right. After that the list of stellar policy choices is not long. Read more

Politics

3 w. ago Jesse Kline: Air Canada strike brought to you by the Liberal government

The monster the Grits created is now coming back to bite them

Politics

3 w. ago Opinion: Ordering Air Canada workers back to work bad for the middle class

Will Mark Carney go down in history as the prime minister who weakened worker bargaining power and accelerated the decline of the Canadian middle class? That’s the question that many Canadian unions and workers are asking in the context of the contentious strike by Air Canada flight attendants. And they’re demanding a major course-correction from […]

Society

3 w. ago TAIT: Public needs to bond together to convince Smith government to stop the CDB clawback

After I hung up my cellphone in the Edmonton Sun newsroom in December of 2015, I didn’t understand what I had just committed to. I did, however, understand it was, really really, important. The call came from Vicki Bertola. She was part of the Premier’s Council of the Status of Persons With Disabilities — a […]

Politics

4 w. ago Varcoe: Alberta agriculture minister chides Ottawa over slow response to Chinese canola tariffs

Federal government too slow to help western farmers over Chinese canola tariffs, says Alberta Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson

Politics

4 w. ago Lorne Gunter: UCP receipt policy a blow to government transparency

On August 18, 2021, Aderoju Alao paid $154.54 — including a tourism levy, the GST and a destination marketing fee — for one night’s stay at the Four Points Hotel in Grande Prairie. At the time, Alao was a ministerial assistant to then-advanced education minister Demetrios Nicolaides and she was accompanying the minister on a […]

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