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It's the establishment! RUN! The ‘deep state’ is winning against Trump The "deep state." We've been hearing that potent term, relatively new to the political lexicon, a lot lately. It has different shades of meaning but generally denotes an entrenched natural governing elite. Conservative...

Time to clean up the shit stain. Justice Abella uses U.S. speech to take aim at ‘narcissistic populism’ A Supreme Court of Canada judge has used a commencement speech in the United States to publicly denounce "narcissistic populism." Speaking to graduates at a Boston-area university on...

:lol: Alberta's Wildrose, PCs have agreed to merge, sources say Sources have told The Canadian Press that Alberta's two conservative parties have struck a tentative deal to merge. The two party leaders — Brian Jean of the Wildrose Party and Jason Kenney of the Progressive Conservatives — are...

Driver speeds into Times Square pedestrians, causing 1 death A speeding car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen. Police said it did not appear to be an act of terrorism. Driver speeds into...

BC Liberals planning to introduce reworked, Green Party-influenced budget The BC Liberal government is plotting a course toward an early test of its strength in the legislature, working to rewrite its budget with enough appeal to opposition MLAs – specifically, Green MLAs – to allow it to...

Indian solar power prices hit record low, undercutting fossil fuels Wholesale solar power prices have reached another record low in India, faster than analysts predicted and further undercutting the price of fossil fuel-generated power in the country. The tumbling price of solar energy also...

Brad? Brad? Wake up, Brad. Federal carbon tax plan to follow Alberta program, include individual rebates The federal government's plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don't do it themselves is expected to mimic the Alberta carbon program, including rebate payments sent directly...

‘Time has now come’; Premier puts foot down in slow-going Ring of Fire saga After facing months of criticism for appearing to be letting the all-important Ring of Fire file fizzle on her watch, a tough-sounding Premier Kathleen Wynne says she wants action in “weeks, not months.” In a letter to...

Germany breaks renewables record with coal and nuclear power responsible for only 15% of country's total energy Germany has broken a new record for renewable energy, with low-carbon sources nearly obliterating coal and nuclear power last weekend. At one point on the sunny and breezy Sunday...

Canadian opinion of U.S. has hit an all-time low The poll was just released by Environics Institute on Monday. The entire poll can be found here. Donald Trump`s election had a dramatic impact on Canadian opinion about the U.S. the report claims. 20 percent of Canadians now say they have a 'very...

Pollsters vindicated in B.C. election Four years is a long time to wait for vindication, but pollsters in British Columbia finally got it last night when the results of B.C.'s provincial election closely matched the final polls of the four week campaign. In 2013, the polls missed the election...

UK can expect Macron to be tough on Brexit Emmanuel Macron does not favour a hard Brexit but will be a tough negotiator in the UK’s talks to leave the European Union, according to the French president-elect’s chief economic adviser. Jean Pisani-Ferry, who is tipped to play a leading role in...

Postmedia apologizes to Alberta Sikhs for Harjit Sajjan cartoon Postmedia has apologized for a political cartoon that sparked outrage among members of Alberta's Sikh community. On Tuesday, the Edmonton Sun and other Postmedia publications portayed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan stewing in a...

Thanks Trump. Trade deficit narrows to $135M in March as exports surge to record Canadian exports surged to a record $47 bilion in March, but the country still posted a $135 million trade deficit for the month as imports also rose. Statistics Canada reported Thursday that exports rose 3.8...

Which one is petros? Saskatchewan has more babies than seniors: census New census data released by Statistics Canada shows Saskatchewan has a higher percentage of children under the age of 14 than anywhere else in the country. That doesn't surprise Randi Falk. Falk was one nearly a dozen...

So much for caring about free speech. It's obvious her and Milo want to be rejected so they can pretend like there is a problem for them to solve. Ann Coulter Says She Will Pull Out of Speech at Berkeley Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she is canceling her planned speech at the University...

Trade minister courts China as US announces duties on Canadian lumber With Canada and the United States at war over softwood lumber, the Liberal government decided the time was right to look eastward for a new customer: China. The prime minister announced the decision after a meeting with the...

Kevin O’Leary drops out, endorses Maxime Bernier for Conservative leadership Kevin O'Leary is dropping out of the Conservative leadership race and endorsing Maxime Bernier because he says he can't win a general election due to lack of support in Quebec. In a stunning move that will rock the...

Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's failure of a presidency We begin today’s roundup with Peter Baker at The New York Times who highlights Trump’s trail of broken promises: Many of the more high-profile promises he made on the campaign trail are stalled or incomplete, like building a border...

Patrick Brown’s support for carbon tax causing rift between Ontario and federal Tories Federal Tory leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary is against pricing carbon-dioxide emissions to fight climate change. Provincial Tory leader Patrick Brown is in favour of it. Which puts Leeds-Grenville MPP...