With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy
Nearly seven years ago, a rookie politician surveyed the political landscape across the democratic world and saw the outlines of a new era."What we are seeing, in…
Students, graduates, politicians decry ‘devastating’ cuts at Laurentian University
Students at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., continue to react to news the school is cutting dozens of programs and laying off about 100 professors.Laurentian made the…
How parts of Canada are going about vaccinating teachers against COVID-19
This weekend, teachers and school staff in Ontario's Niagara region are getting their first chance at a COVID-19 vaccine, thanks to the recommendation of the area's vaccination…
CRA has found 35 cases of tax dodging in the Panama Papers leak, 5 years later
Five years after one of the world's biggest leaks of financial records exposed the tax-haven dealings of politicians, athletes, celebrities and mobsters, the Canada Revenue Agency has…
Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group's founder compared measures to…
COVID-19 and N.L.’s election results probably killed the idea of a spring federal election
If rising COVID-19 caseload numbers and the spread of more contagious and deadlier variants of the virus were not enough already to close the door on a…
What a Legault-Trudeau detente might mean for the Liberals in Quebec
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ventured into Quebec twice in the past two weeks to make joint announcements with Premier François Legault.If their new friendliness is a…
‘It’s silly’: Director of Bigfoot movie thanks campaign by Alberta’s energy war room
The director of a children's movie about Bigfoot wants to thank the Alberta government's energy centre for starting a "ludicrous" fight over the film.The animated Bigfoot Family…
Ottawa blames retired senator, survivors for undermining trust in residential school compensation system
The federal government blames the comments of survivors and public officials, including retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, for undermining faith in…
MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada
It was called "the greatest freedom show on earth."From the Depression era until 1967, annual Emancipation Day celebrations on Aug. 1 drew big acts, such as the…
Cruise ships would bypass B.C. under proposed Alaska law, prompting worries for battered tourism sector
There are fears British Columbia's tourism industry could be in jeopardy with newly tabled U.S. legislation that would allow cruise ships to sail around current laws and…