The Future
NDP MP calls on Lametti to preserve St. Anne’s residential school abuse documents
NDP MP Charlie Angus is urging Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to stop the destruction of key compensation claim documents from...
Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released the government’s strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — and its centrepiece is a...
New federal climate bill unlikely to solve Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction problem – here’s why
This column is an opinion by Kyle Hiebert, a research analyst in Winnipeg and former deputy editor of the Africa Conflict Monitor. For more information about...
Alberta tried to build ‘a wall of defence’ around its most vulnerable citizens. It has crumbled
The Alberta Legislature was suspended in the spring due to COVID-19 and, when it resumed in late May, Premier Jason Kenney spoke at length...
The unsaid truth behind Prince Charles been jealous of Princess Diana
While Prince Charles was born to be in the spotlight, the future king grew jealous after he married Princess Diana because she consumed...
What cities can learn from the biggest battery-powered electric bus fleet in North America
The largest battery powered electric bus fleet in North America is Canadian. Toronto’s transit system is now running 59 electric buses from three...
On the edge of a bleak pandemic winter, Freeland offers a vague plan for recovery
The central metaphor of Chrystia Freeland’s speech to the House of Commons on Monday was seasonal. “We know the winter ahead will be...
A robbery won’t keep this restaurant owner from serving up kindness
When Mithun Mathew opened his SpiceX restaurant in St. John’s, serving delicious Indian food wasn’t the only goal he had in mind. Mathew...
What we expect from regional and city governments is increasingly out of step with their powers
This column is an opinion by Tomas Hachard, manager of programs and research at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University...
The bizarre injury Aaron Sorkin sustained while writing a fight scene
When Aaron Sorkin appears at an industry event, those around him are surely eager to ask him about his popular productions or pick...
Why Taraji P. Henson almost turned down her role on Empire
At the time that Lee Daniels used the function of Empire‘s Cookie to Taraji P. Henson, she “was finished with tv,” as she...
A surge in bitcoin in the COVID-19 era outshines gold, but can it last?
A return of bitcoin to its stratospheric highs has top financial experts scratching their heads and cryptocurrency boosters saying I told you so....
How COVID-19 has forged new friendships
Candice Makhan never accepts Facebook friends she doesn’t know. For some reason, she decided to accept a random request from Ruth Castellanos. Both got sick...
The environmental policy the oilpatch wants from Ottawa ASAP
Shell Canada will plant more than 800,000 trees in the interior of British Columbia next year, a project that the company hopes will create valuable carbon...
Package didn’t arrive? Don’t get caught between retailers and shipping companies
A Calgary online shopper is told his almost $2,000 drum set was lost in shipping and he’ll have to eat the cost. A Vancouver...
Nearly 2,000 travellers enrolled in Alberta’s COVID-19 border testing pilot project that can reduce quarantine
Nearly 2,000 travellers entering Canada by land or air through Alberta have participated in a COVID-19 testing pilot since it launched earlier this...
