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At least one person is dead after a tour boat carrying 27 people sank off the coast of Tofino, British Columbia, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says. Officials say there are both fatalities and survivors, but it’s not yet clear how many people may have died in the...

#wetoldyouso Albertans, you broke it, you bought it, as they say.The collapse of crude oil prices that had former Progressive Conservative premier Jim Prentice warning Albertans to brace for a $7-billion hole in provincial revenues will result in his NDP successors tabling a budget Tuesday...

A former finance director of the Sipekne’katik band appeared in Halifax provincial court Thursday for a preliminary inquiry on seven criminal charges. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 60, of Halifax is charged with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, breach of trust and four counts of possession of...

Justin Trudeau is now experiencing a common trait of political journalism in Canada. It is, as the Toronto Sun’s late, great Peter Worthington used to say, that the media are either at your feet, or at your throat. And often, the same media that used to be at your feet, are now at your...

Provincial and municipal politicians love to say they’re against police “carding” because then they don’t have to say what should replace it. In fact, the term has become a dogwhistle used by politicians seeking to curry favour with police critics. That is, coded language meant to imply...

Big Bang Theory marks. Annual Kay Baxter Award presentation (from left to right) Lloyd Seivright; winner, Saman Samikermani; the Toronto Sun's Lorrie Goldstein; Lloyd Wilks, Consul-General of Jamaica; Andrea Seivright; and Neal Baxter on Oct. 14, 2015. (Michael Peake/Toronto Sun)...

inb4 my spitfire can beat your mustang. old school blowin' sh!t up skills.

What does it mean when a list of ONE-HUNDRED NINETY Hollywood Actors draft and sign a letter supporting Israel? It means a lot, but not what you might think. When that many actors come together to do EXACTLY the OPPOSITE of what Hollyweird is usually known for doing, it sends a strong signal...

Muslim "Refugees" Bring Pregnant Little Girls as "Child Brides" to Europe This is what "European values" now look like This is what "European values" now look like. The millions of Muslim migrants invading Europe under the guise of refugees are making the abuse of children into the...

Students in Wales are petitioning to silence pioneering feminist icon Germaine Greer, the combative "self-proclaimed Marxist anarchist who opposes hierarchy and capitalism", for her trans-exclusionary views. Another feminist intellectual finds herself in the crosshairs of the safe-spacers...

All they are doing is hurting kids to keep up the pretense. So much grandstanding as she will give them what they want plus more under the table. CBC Ottawa Verified account ‏@CBCOttawa...

Lorrie Goldstein Verified account ‏@sunlorrie Tories considered telling voters Stephen Harper wouldn't seek re-election http://on.thestar.com/1ZVReBX

TORONTO — In the federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party made a bold promise if elected: 25,000 refugees from Syria would be admitted to Canada by next January. “Canada can and should be directly doing more,” Trudeau said recently, repeating the election refrain. But...

because canadaland has proven itself a pretty nifty site. SHORT CUTS #42 - Which News Org won the Election? | CANADALAND #mediaparty

Justin Trudeau has made some big promises to Canada’s indigenous peoples, and the head of the Assembly of First Nations says he is anxious to get working with the incoming Liberal government to see those commitments realized. But critics say some of the goals that Mr. Trudeau has set for...

what a crooked fukkin' crooked. The Ontario government did not see receipts for the expenses of three teachers’ unions before secretly paying them $2.5-million to cover their costs during contract talks. Education Minister Liz Sandals said on Thursday there are no itemized accounts of...

The resolution would ask for a $100 million scholarship fund for minority students and institute mandatory diversity and cultural competency training for student organization and student government leaders. Additionally, the resolution asks the school to increase hiring and enrollment of...

Think Good Thoughts Peter Hasson discovers that questioning the premise of microaggressions is itself now deemed a microaggression and therefore impermissible: The phrase “politically correct” is now a microaggression according to the University of...

FBI Director James Comey said that in all 50 states of the United States FBI has ISIL radicalization cases under investigation. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been investigating Islamic State radicalization activity in 50 US states, FBI Director James...