Medicine Hat’s former Member of Parliament is part of a group hoping to open direct talks with U.S President Donald Trump about Alberta’s future, and is also now calling for a provincial independence referendum this year. LaVar Payne is listed among the attendees of a press conference set for today in Calgary to launch the “Delegation to Washington” project. It...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right...
Liberal leader says he wants to build an 'all-in-Canada' manufacturing network. Homing in once again on the fractured Canada-U.S. relationship...
Voters ages of 65 to 74 have turned out in the biggest numbers in every federal election since 2004. Conservative...
Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S...
We’re at a turning point in Canadian public opinion: once defined by a scarcity mindset—where rising housing costs, healthcare strains...
Support for the governing Liberal Party has significantly increased since Mark Carney was selected as its leader, a new Research...
We’re at a turning point in Canadian public opinion: once defined by a scarcity mindset—where rising housing costs, healthcare strains...
The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed...
Voters in Ontario and Quebec are propelling Mark Carney’s Liberals deep into majority government territory, polls suggest. The Star’s election...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right...
Voters ages of 65 to 74 have turned out in the biggest numbers in every federal election since 2004. Conservative...
Liberal leader says he wants to build an 'all-in-Canada' manufacturing network. Homing in once again on the fractured Canada-U.S. relationship...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec, while the NDP rolls out...
Seizing the momentum amid the United States’ trade war with Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called an early election—a...
The Liberal Party revoked MP Chandra Arya’s bid to run for the party leadership and his nomination in his own...
Pierre Poilievre has been witness to a lot of change over the 21 years he’s served as a member of...
The NDP has a love affair with losing. Although the Conservatives are fumbling the bag, the New Democrats have no...
It's only been forty eight hours and opening impressions rarely last long, but what about these? How damaging was Danielle...
First, former United States President Joe Biden was too sleepy. Granted, he is old, but he got rid of student...
All elections are consequential. But the one just called will be more consequential than most. At a time of self-inflicted...
Today, Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to put more money in the pockets of the people who need it most—working...
Poilievre’s plan allows seniors to earn up to $34,000 tax free (a boost of $10,000 more than at present), allow...
President Trump’s tariffs have directly threatened Canada’s auto manufacturing sector. Today, Mark Carney announced a new Liberal plan to protect...
Today, Mark Carney announced a new Liberal plan to invest in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and to protect our...
Pierre Poilievre has been witness to a lot of change over the 21 years he’s served as a member of...
The NDP has a love affair with losing. Although the Conservatives are fumbling the bag, the New Democrats have no...
First, former United States President Joe Biden was too sleepy. Granted, he is old, but he got rid of student...
All elections are consequential. But the one just called will be more consequential than most. At a time of self-inflicted...
Premier saying Conservative leader 'in sync' with Trump rattles both federal and provincial politics. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith came into...
It’s a hard line to straddle. Are the Liberal MPs who announced they were heading for the exits when the...
Well, there goes the Globe and Mail. One of the few news outlets in the country that hadn’t been entirely...
After taking part in many leaders’ debates during the 2015 federal election campaign, I may be in a unique position...
Mere hours after finalizing his plan to run an election campaign focused on protecting Canada from U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
The 45th Canadian federal election is the Liberals’ to lose. That’s not a line anyone would have written two months...
In the lead-up to most elections, pollsters and pundits usually have a good idea of what is most likely to...
Who is that smiling man? Who is that affable fellow with the big grin and the adorable family, the one...
Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith...
Smith has continued to pursue a diplomatic course with the Trump administration, quietly building contacts that might influence the U.S...
Should a political party pay for news coverage? That’s the bizarre question that was put to the party leaders by...
It’s democratic déjà vu all over again. For the second time this year, Ontario voters are picking a homegrown leader...
Instead of a smooth launch to get the campaign rolling, Conservatives found themselves hurtling backwards at pace
If the last near-decade has proven any adage true, it’s that the Liberals are terrible at governing, but exceptional at...
If Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives have one goal today, it should be to get Danielle Smith to stay home and shut...
With the campaign officially started, Canadians are about to experience something more akin to what we see south of the...
After months of prime ministerial departure and succession drama, of bilateral chaos, avoidable economic uncertainty, and a spit-take reversal in...
The “Canada Is Broken” candidate faces a changed national mood. RICHARD LIVES in a pup tent in downtown Ottawa, next...
Pierre Poilievre has a problem, and her name is Danielle Smith. The Alberta premier has become a thorn in the...
Justin Trudeau has rented a home in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood of Rockcliffe, where he plans to live for at...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec, while the NDP rolls out...
Seizing the momentum amid the United States’ trade war with Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called an early election—a...
It's only been forty eight hours and opening impressions rarely last long, but what about these? How damaging was Danielle...
The Liberal Party revoked MP Chandra Arya’s bid to run for the party leadership and his nomination in his own...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally...
The Canadian Future Party bills itself as a place for voters disillusioned by Liberals and Conservatives. Dominic Cardy, leader of...
Liberal Party refuses to answer questions about leader's time in private sector. In his time at Brookfield Asset Management, Liberal...
Which is worse for the climate — coal or LNG? After a study found LNG is worse than coal, internal...
Canada could be on the lower end of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened global tariffs next week, the Star has...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney named the wrong university as the site of the 1989 Montreal massacre on Tuesday — and...
National security leaks are rare in Canada. They’re even more rare during fraught election campaigns. So the allegations, delivered by...
Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...
Canada has frozen $43 million in payments to Tesla pending a line-by-line investigation into its last-minute surge in EV rebate...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right...
Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today...
Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue...
Mark Carney's first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can't keep coasting on the quick and easy...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says export taxes on shipments remain an option for retaliation in an escalating Canada-U.S. trade war...
Toronto city councillor Jennifer McKelvie is running as the federal Liberal candidate in Ajax.
The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed...
Voters in Ontario and Quebec are propelling Mark Carney’s Liberals deep into majority government territory, polls suggest. The Star’s election...
Conservative leader has long rejected calls to go through the process, claiming it would muzzle him. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's...
Our government created the Citizens’ Services portfolio in 2023 to champion service delivery excellence and to improve government efficiency. This...
It’s understandable that Canadians are angry. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the United States has...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers say they have accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to the White House to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European sales of Tesla electric vehicles tumbled 49% in the first two months of the year...
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire...
Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week...
The onslaught of President Donald Trump’s tariffs has pushed economic security to the forefront of the upcoming federal election. The...
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Peter Larkin launched King’s fund with $25,000 of his own cash, deposited Sept. 22, 1925 at the Old Colony Trust...
Now that the election is called, time to riff from that part of my bio that says “campaign manager” and...
Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin and Donald Trump’s White House have shown how political leaders who bond with billionaires can be toxic...
No time to wait for Stephen Carter. Zain and Corey assemble to talk about Pierre Poilievre's big swing.
David Herle, Scott Reid, Jordan Leichnitz, and Kory Teneycke provide insights on the latest in Canadian politics.
The campaign managers panel, Michele Cadario (Liberal), Jordan Paquet (Conservative) and Cheryl Oates (NDP) talk about the issue of alleged...
