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An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance.

The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.

The Nova Scotia government says it’s the first province in Canada to slash the minimum down payment buyers are required to save in order to purchase their first home.

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Hundreds of people have been sharing how they feel about a project that could see Canada’s nuclear waste buried deep underground in northwestern Ontario. A key concern brought up during the public com...

In a rare public statement, Alberta's three chief justices said democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other's role.

The “financial quagmire” of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion—a project whose final price tag ballooned 584% from 2012 to 2024—should serve as a cautionary tale against risking public funds when b...

The more things change, it seems, the more the leader of the official opposition stays the same. Will his party's members give him the chance to run the same failed political playbook again?

Ross McKitrick claims his views have long been ‘overlooked.' Now his work is helping guide the MAGA assault on climate regulations.

Some Canadians with disabilities say a tumultuous rollout, an arduous application process and a meager payout have soured their view of the Canada Disability Benefit.

As long as federal and provincial governments are separated in their poverty reduction and financial strategies, Danielle Smith will always opt out of federal programs.

The expected cost to clean up orphan oil and natural gas wells in Alberta has surpassed one billion dollars — reaching an all-time high.

'Got to clean the White House out,' Young sings on the new track.

The head of the company that operates the Trans Mountain pipeline says there is no immediate need for new pipeline space in Canada.

A US appeals court has ruled that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal - so what happens now?

As the federal government talks about building pipelines, they seem to ignore the cost of the climate crisis.

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Poland is Europe's fastest-growing economy and while Prime Minister Mark Carney is there, he is expected to sign a strategic partnership on energy and security.

Premier Doug Ford says "something is broken" after a Lindsay man was charged for injuring an alleged intruder during a violent break-in at his home.

Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...

I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to

Most Albertans who want a COVID-19 shot this year must pre-order and pay for it out of their own pocket. Critics say the new strategy is political and anti-science.

Election signs, many conservative blue, dot the roadsides of the rolling hills of the Battle River-Crowfoot riding, where a byelection is underway. Voters head to the polls on Aug. 18.

While we brace ourselves to expect the unexpected, we can anticipate and prepare. To do anything less would be irresponsible.

The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action.

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved.

The president says his tariffs will spur America into a "golden age," but that remains far from certain. Here are 5 things to know about how his trade policies could impact the U.S. and the global eco...

Wildfires burning at the Grand Canyon and in Utah are so hot that they're spurring the formation of "fire clouds" that can create their own erratic weather systems.

The Alberta Law Society found Jeffrey Rath had twice violated professional standards and ordered him to pay $10,000 in costs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government is 'disappointed' by the 35 per cent tariff, but said it's committed to CUSMA.

Bristol-based Open Bionics said that 52-year-old Michael Altheim is the first person in the world to get the device outside of prototypes.

Drought conditions have turned Miner's Marsh — normally a large, lush wetland in Kentville, N.S. — into dry, cracked earth.

Most of the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed on countries around the world — including the ones on Canada that he's threating to bump to 35 per cent — face a crucial legal test on ...

CAMROSE - Ten candidates vying to represent Battle River-Crowfoot in the House of Commons are to debate tonight in the riding's largest municipality.

New Abacus Data poll sheds some light on why Mark Carney is meeting the moment.

Note to readers:  The comments section below is now functioning.  Please feel free to comment on any of my scribbling. I would like to hear what you think. Key take-aways Smith is directing most of he...

I’m not licensed, but I’m a highly-educated citizen with the right to speak on the basis of my expertise. As is true for other scientists who have stepped up to the plate regarding this ugly issue.

The provincial geoscientist associations were created in the wake of the Bre-X scandal to protect investors from defrauding exploration companies, not to protect the exploration industry from criticis...

A revived Northern Gateway proposal tops the fossil fuel industry’s wish list. Carney should think twice before fulfilling that risky pipe dream.

‘Danielle Smith is full of it,’ says former premier Rachel Notley’s husband, Lou Arab.

RED DEER - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her hand-picked panel heard from several Albertans Tuesday who argued the only way to get the province a fair deal from Ottawa

HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced details of $16 million it's providing for energy projects in the Maritimes.

Nearly two years after the Alberta government announced its sweeping plans to restructure health care in the province, the transformation continues and some health workers say they're still struggling...

Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a 35 per cent tariff, saying he'll continue to defend workers.

Extreme weather events like flash flooding in Texas are pushing the limits of climate modelling because scientists don’t have the data to keep up.

'I believe, the tariff on copper we're going to make it 50 pe cent,' U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

"Litigation was our only option at this point. Once coal mines are approved the damage will be done and it will be too late.”