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Alberta budget cuts hit Calgary Stampede, Edmonton Northlands, meat agency EDMONTON — The Calgary Stampede and Edmonton Northlands are feeling the kick of the Alberta government’s budget cuts. Alberta Agriculture is reducing its financial support of the non-profit organizations this year by $2...

Good. 'This ain’t Canada right now’: G20 police violated Charter rights, court rules In a decision being hailed as a victory for civil liberties, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a group of G20 demonstrators who were prevented from approaching the security fence unless they submitted to a...

Fix your economy Alberta. Ontario's economy to top Canada's provincial growth rankings in 2015: RBC Economics TORONTO, March 12, 2015 /CNW/ - Ontario is expected to top provincial economic growth rankings in 2015, something that has not happened since 2000, according to the latest RBC...

U.S.-Mexico sign climate co-operation deal as Canada stalls on UN emissions bid Canada’s economy is “so entrenched in fossil energy” that most stocks are still linked to the extractive industries, says a white paper from two University of British Columbia researchers working with the Pacific...

Economists Fear Oil-Price ‘Contagion' Has Hit Canada's Economy ‘Unbelievable’ decline in oil drilling could impact banks, construction Cost-cutting budgets in Alberta, Quebec will reduce economic growth Analysts completely divided on where oil prices are headed now Following some nasty...

Stephen Harper’s anti-niqab rhetoric helps terrorist recruiters Taylor said Harper is fuelling anti-Muslim sentiment and that, in turn, makes alienated Muslim Canadians easier targets for recruitment by radical Islamist terrorists. OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused Saturday of...

Does Alberta do this? 2014 Ontario Public Sector Salaries Disclosed Ontario is Improving Transparency Across the Public Sector In keeping with Ontario's commitment to openness and transparency, the government has released the salaries of Ontario Public Service (OPS) and Broader Public Sector...

Jeremy Clarkson and the Political Correctness of the Right One of the many delusions of the Right is the myth of conservative robustness. Conservatives don’t play the victim card, they say. They tell it like it is, and don’t care who knows it. They stand on their own two feet, and take it on...

Anti-Islam protest in Montreal scuttled by opposition groups An anti-Islam protest by a right-wing European political organization was scuttled in the face of hundreds of counter-demonstrators in Montreal on Saturday afternoon. The Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West group...

Obama Surprises Harry Reid By Calling In To Radio Show President Barack Obama surprised Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on a radio show Friday, just hours after Reid announced he would be retiring from the Senate at the end of his current term. "Well, I'll be damned," Reid said upon...

Anti-terror bill to be scaled back as Tories bow to criticism CBC News has learned the government will propose a handful of amendments to Bill C-51 starting Tuesday. The government wants to limit the kind of protests which would be captured by the bill by narrowing the scope of activities...

John Ivison: Executive tipped as Trudeau’s pick for Finance would target wealthy to boost middle class As mentioned in this space yesterday, the Conservative government’s best-laid jobs, growth and long-term prosperity plan has gone awry, threatening to leave nothing but grief and pain, instead...

Stephen Harper's flip-flop on war fits pattern of deceit As with just about everything else, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said one thing about the war on the Islamic State but is doing another. The non-combat mission featured combat. The short-term commitment has become long. No involvement...

Rob Ford to apologize for racial slurs City Councillor Rob Ford. (Craig Robertson/QMI Agency) TORONTO — The city’s integrity commissioner says Rob Ford breached council’s code of conduct when he used several racial slurs during his time as mayor. Valerie Jepson’s report says Ford doesn’t...

The US just joined a big Iran-backed offensive in Iraq Iraq March, 2015REUTERS/StringerA military vehicle, belonging to Shi'ite fighters known as Hashid Shaabi, burns after being hit by Islamic State militants, during clashes in northern Tikrit, March 11, 2015. (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition...

Harper rebuffs legal concerns over bombing Syria (with video) Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed aside questions Wednesday about Canada’s legal right to bomb Syria, ridiculing the opposition by saying he wasn’t worried about “lawyers from ISIL taking the government of Canada to court.” The...

Improving democracy? Who woulda thunk it. Mayor Tory backs ranked ballots for Toronto Mayor John Tory has opened the door to big change in the way Torontonians choose their city representatives, throwing his support behind ranked ballots in the next civic election. Tory said this week, for...

Guess what? More people are living in peace now. Just look at the numbers Has the world seen moral progress? The answer should not depend on whether one has a sunny or a morose temperament. Everyone agrees that life is better than death, health better than sickness, prosperity better than...

Absolutely agree 100% Perez & Pereira: Meet the millennials — ‘generation screwed’ Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email Andrew Perez and Ashley Pereira, National PostMonday, Mar. 23, 2015 The largest demographic cohort to follow the baby boomers has been getting a rough ride as of late. AP...

Scientists shoot down Ted Cruz after attack on Nasa's Earth sciences mission Curtailing the Earth sciences mission of Nasa would deprive scientists of important data relating to volcanic eruptions, destructive algae growth, extreme weather events and much more, experts warned a week after a...