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Alberta promises lawsuit, other 'consequences' on Sask. licence plate ban EDMONTON -- The licence plate fight between Alberta and Saskatchewan threatened Thursday to escalate into a much bigger trade conflict. Alberta's economic development minister hinted that the province will invoke...

Thanks Obama. Headed into this morning, the consensus forecasts pointed to job growth in November at about 261,000. We didn’t quite reach that total, but we got close. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 228,000 jobs in November, which is down slightly from...

You know what to do, folks. Obama Invokes Nazi Germany to Warn Against Political Complacency Barack Obama invoked Nazi Germany this week as part of a warning against complacency with a changing and seemingly worsening political climate. “You have to tend to this garden of democracy...

Is Trump's base fraying? (CNN)On the campaign trail, Donald Trump famously described his core supporters as impervious to outside influence -- even when it when it came to his own troubling or divisive behavior. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody," he said at a...

Petros and capn morgan are wrong, once again. Worst-case global warming predictions are the most accurate Current predictions of climate change may significantly underestimate the speed and severity of global warming, according to a new study. Reappraisal of the models climate scientists...

‘Auto insurance fraud has become an industry and it’s time to stop it’ The Ontario government is setting up a task force to tackle systemic fraud in the province’s auto insurance industry. The Serious Fraud Office, projected to be operating by spring 2018, is one of several sweeping reforms...

No wonder Trump was so salty. Time Names ‘Silence Breakers’ 2017 Person of the Year Time magazine honored the women who started the national reckoning about sexual harassment in the workplace and elsewhere, naming the ‘Silence Breakers’ the 2017 person of the year on Wednesday. One the...

Federal government scraps plan to buy Boeing jets, turns to Australian military instead The federal government will officially punish Boeing Co. for its trade dispute against Canada's Bombardier Inc., replacing the planned order of 18 new Boeing jets with the purchase of up to 30 second-hand...

Thanks carbon tax! Alberta unveils $1.4B plan to drive innovation, boost energy industry, diversify economy The Alberta government plans to direct nearly $1.4 billion over the next seven years toward fostering innovation in the oil and gas sector with the goal of reducing the carbon-emitting...

The Colpy Curmudgeons will not be able to convert enough of them to Nazis. A new Harvard University poll Tuesday is blaring a loud danger signal to the Republican Party after finding that millennials are now the largest generation of voters and they are overwhelmingly Democratic, by a...

TransCanada officially sucks. Keystone leak probe points to damage from 3,000-kg weight commonly used to secure pipelines A U.S. regulator's preliminary investigation into the biggest oil pipeline spill this year has raised a red flag that could trigger an extensive and costly inspection of...

Shoulda gone with Mad Max. This guy was a huge mistake. 6 months of Andrew Scheer Six months ago, Andrew Scheer became the new leader of the Conservative Party and the head of Her Majesty's Official Opposition. He took over a party still smarting from the 2015 election defeat, but...

Conservative MP James Bezan apologizes for ‘threesome’ quip OTTAWA—Conservative MP James Bezan quipped about a “threesome” during a spring photo op with a Liberal MP and another individual, a remark he conceded Monday was “flippant and inappropriate.” Liberal MP Sherry Romanado surprised the...

Well done. Wynne inks $1B in business deals for Ontario as China mission starts Premier Kathleen Wynne is touting $1 billion in new contracts with China that will create more than 1,100 jobs in Ontario. Wynne, on a two-week trade mission to China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, announced in...

Ontario to double amount of ethanol in gasoline The Ontario government is proposing to double the minimum amount of ethanol in gasoline, a step that would form one of the province's biggest moves toward hitting its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. The plan puts Ontario on track to...

Conbots are converting to Liberals in DROVES #scheerselfie Scheer’s support for Trudeau’s LGBTQ apology highlights a deepening consensus After Justin Trudeau finished apologizing on Tuesday for the wrongs committed by the federal government against sexual minorities, Andrew Scheer rose to...

Canada adds 80,000 jobs in November The Canadian economy added eight times more jobs than expected last month, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The data agency's monthly Labour Force Survey said Canada added 80,000 jobs in November, and the jobless rate ticked down four percentage points to...

Nazi Sympathizer Profiled by The Times Loses His Job A Nazi sympathizer who was profiled recently in The New York Times and his wife and brother-in-law have lost their jobs, after the article prompted an outpouring of hostility to the restaurant that employed them, both he and the restaurant...

Theresa May carefully rebukes Donald Trump Theresa May rebuked Donald Trump on Thursday over his sharing of propaganda videos from far-right group Britain First while the UK’s ambassador to Washington confirmed he had formally complained to the White House about the president’s offending...

Trudeau renames Langevin Block OTTAWA – The federal government is renaming the Langevin Block building, which sits across from Parliament Hill, out of respect for Indigenous Peoples. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says keeping the name of Sir Hector-Louis Langevin – someone associated with the...