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Ouch. Scheer won’t vote in Ontario election nor campaign with Doug Ford, his office says Andrew Scheer won’t be voting in the Ontario election and is no longer planning to campaign with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford due to scheduling conflicts, the federal Conservative Party...

Fooooor the peeeeople Patrick Brown says he's not to blame for Doug Ford's campaign woes He's not the party leader anymore. He's not even running for a seat. But former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown's name keeps popping up in the Ontario provincial election —...

Ireland moves forward with abortion law reform after historic vote Ireland’s health minister has said he will push forward with new abortion laws after Saturday’s resounding referendum result overturned a 35-year ban on terminations. Simon Harris said he would start the process on Tuesday...

Young candidate embroiled in controversy with Doug Ford During the week at Toronto city hall, Kinga Surma worked for then-councillor Peter Milczyn. The rest of the time was a different matter. The man she was dating, Amin Massoudi, was executive assistant to then-councillor Doug Ford and, on...

Ontario PC Party to release details on ‘revelations of anti-Semitism’ involving NDP The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario says it will announce “revelations of anti-Semitism” involving the NDP. In a press release issued by the Ontario PC Party on Thursday afternoon, it said the...

National Energy Board approves the one pipeline that Alberta's government opposes CALGARY — The National Energy Board has approved a TransCanada Corp. pipeline project that will move natural gas from British Columbia into Alberta, despite the opposition of local energy companies and concerns of...

Police seek two men after 15 people injured in Mississauga restaurant explosion An explosion police say was caused by an improvised explosive device injured 15 people inside a Mississauga restaurant Thursday night. Fire crews and paramedics arrived at Bombay Bhel, an Indian restaurant at 5035...

Doug Ford accused of buying memberships to help preferred candidate win Tory nomination Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford paid for memberships for new Tories —contrary to party rules — and bused them in to help his preferred candidate win the PC nomination in the riding where he...

NDP calls for Elections Ontario to probe 12 PC nominations WOODSLEE, ONT. — As the New Democrats demanded Elections Ontario probe 12 Progressive Conservative nomination contests, Tory Leader Doug Ford signalled he is ready to remove more PC candidates if necessary. “Once new revelations come...

This could get interesting. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh sides with B.C. over Alberta in Trans Mountain dispute Jagmeet Singh planted the federal NDP flag firmly on British Columbia’s side of the Trans Mountain dispute Wednesday after months of trying to stay neutral in the bitter feud between...

In case you've been living under a rock the last decade, it should be obvious by now that traditional conservatism has gone belly up. Putting aside the obvious motivators, either federally or in places like Ontario, Quebec or California, it's patently clear that populist movements in some...

Trudeau calling for independent probe of reported use of 'excessive force' in Gaza shootings Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling for answers after a Canadian doctor was among hundreds injured in a violent clash at the Gaza border Monday, while condemning what he calls an "excessive use of...

There's been a flurry of shit against the PCs this week, it's hard to keep up. Ontario PC candidate suggested government job available if nomination rival dropped out: secret recording A Progressive Conservative candidate in the Ontario election asked a fellow Tory not to challenge him for...

PC candidate fires campaign manager for anti-Muslim tweet KENORA – The Progressive Conservative candidate in the new Northern Ontario riding of Kiiwetinoong has fired his campaign manager for alleged anti-Muslim statements published on her Twitter account. It appears Anne Ayotte posted a tweet...

Liberals say Ford's star London candidate 'has to go' after racist and sexist comments surface from 2016 The Ontario Liberals are suggesting Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford replace Andrew Lawton, Ford's hand-picked candidate in London West, after the Liberals revealed more recent...

Ford under fire for illegally attending party fundraiser, abrupt departure of candidate With exactly three weeks until election day, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is under fire for illegally attending a party fundraiser and the resignation of his Brampton East candidate amid an...

That fat fukk wouldn't have pulled this off. Alberta premier 'prepared to turn off the taps' now that legislation approved The Alberta government is poised to turn off the taps to British Columbia after approving landmark legislation that could throttle energy exports in defence of the...

An oil company lying? This is absurd. John Ivison: On Trans Mountain, Morneau has called Kinder Morgan's bluff When it comes to spending public money, governments are generally more emptor than caveat. So who can blame Kinder Morgan for trying to upsell Ottawa on the Trans Mountain...

inb4 BUT HER EMAILS Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP The Senate Intelligence Committee has determined that the intelligence community was correct in assessing that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election with the aim of helping then-candidate Donald...

If you're from Alberta or Saskatchewan, you're just not paying enough. A federal equalization program that includes First Nations The challenge of reconciliation hinges on a series of fundamental questions: How will Indigenous and settler Canadians live side by side? How are we to understand...