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Climate change threatens to strip identity of Glacier National Park GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. — What will they call this place once the glaciers are gone? A century ago, this sweep of mountains on the Canadian border boasted some 150 ice sheets, many of them metres thick, plastered across...

Wrong move. (oh wait I'm not supposed to criticize my dear leader) Genius! Genius move! E-cigarette use to be restricted, flavoured tobacco to be banned in Ontario The law, which will be introduced on Monday, will effectively ban e-cigarettes wherever smoking is already prohibited. They...

Ottawa’s anticorruption rules on suppliers a threat to Canadian economy: study OTTAWA — New federal rules that threaten to ban companies convicted of crimes from public contracts could kill jobs and hurt the Canadian economy, warns a study conducted for a powerful business group. The report...

TFSAs will lead to 'welfare' for the wealthy, government warned The Conservative government is facing calls to change the rules around tax-free savings accounts now before a loophole means some of Canada's wealthiest people could start receiving "welfare for seniors." TFSAs were created in...

Religion not principal source of violence in world British author Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic nun who has spent her life researching and writing about the world’s great religions. Her latest book, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, looks at religion through...

Canadian taxpayers paying $5 million for Harper's pot propaganda In the latest taxpayer-funded mailout to all households in his Hastings-Prince Edward riding, our illustrious member of Parliament asks us if we are feeling safer these days. Daryl Kramp wants our feedback, postage-free (read: We...

Kirk Cameron’s latest Lie “Saving Christmas Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Christmas” is a cynical ploy masquerading as a movie aimed squarely at the faith-based demographic. And it’s political. This is the opening shot in Fox’s fake “War on Christmas” pageant. Cameron is an ideologue and right wing...

Stephen Harper’s northern tour cost taxpayers $786,000 OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s six-day trip to Canada’s North in August cost taxpayers over $786,000. Documents tabled in Parliament this week show that RCMP security for Harper’s annual trip came in at $252,921 alone, including...

Consumer prices in Alberta rise higher than Canada Consumer prices in Alberta showed the highest annual increase in October than any other province, says Statistics Canada. The federal agency reported Friday that the Consumer Price Index in Alberta rose by three per cent, after a 2.6 per cent...

Alberta Income Inequality Is Worse Than In The U.S. In Alberta, the rich keep getting richer, but where does that leave the rest of us? StatsCan’s new survey of top income taxfilers shows Alberta leads the country when it comes to unequal income. In fact, Alberta is the only province in Canada...

Canada Inflation Exceeds All Forecasts on Gas and Clothes Canada’s inflation rate accelerated faster than economists predicted in October, led by gasoline and clothing and suggesting the economy may be running hotter than the central bank had thought. The consumer price index rose 2.4 percent...

Ontario, Quebec sign deals on electricity, climate change The premiers of Ontario and Quebec signed a joint agreement to work together to share electricity and to advance their climate change agendas after a combined meeting of their cabinets today. The statement makes a direct reference to...

Religious extremism main cause of terrorism, according to report Religious extremism has become the main driver of terrorism in recent years, according to this year’s Global Terrorism Index. The report recorded 18,000 deaths in 2013, a rise of 60% on the previous year. The majority (66%) of...

Justin Trudeau bill would open up secretive Board of Internal Economy Just hours after the all-party Board of Internal Economy went behind closed doors to discuss sexual harassment complaints lodged against two Liberal MPs, Justin Trudeau got his first chance to promote his bid to hold future...

It's time to shift our focus from the economy to the environment. Top-earning Canadians’ income share declines: StatsCan report OTTAWA—Canada’s biggest income earners lost ground to the other 99 per cent in the post-recession world, as new data suggests a narrowing of the gap experts could...

The Harper government is doing more harm than good for the oil sands Canada’s hydrocarbon energy sector and, in particular, the growing oil sands sector, has an Achilles’ heel: greenhouse-gas emissions. The energy sector is supposed to have a friend in the Stephen Harper government—the...

Like a boss. Putin says he’s afraid Ukraine will drift ‘toward neo-Nazism’ and ethnic cleansing MOSCOW — Russia’s president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September. In an interview with German television broadcast...

Treasurer takes aim at Ontario’s ‘underground economy’ to find $700M TORONTO — Finance Minister Charles Sousa is taking aim at the "underground economy" with hopes of bringing in an additional $700 million to the treasury over the next four years, the Toronto Star has learned. Sousa will use...