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Canadian Federation Of Students Pushes Liberals To Spend $3.3B On Free College, University OTTAWA — Facing higher than average unemployment and a growing threat of bankruptcy, post-secondary students are lobbying the federal government this month for billions in new spending to help cover the...

What horrible news.... Canada’s bombing mission over by Feb. 22; training mission to triple OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's fighter jets will end their fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria within the next two weeks. Canadian bombs will stop falling by...

TPP would make it harder for Canada to innovate, Jim Balsillie warns Ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal would seriously impede Canada's future prosperity, according to Jim Balsille, the former co-CEO of Research In Motion and co-founder of the Institute for New Economic...

Trudeau Marks Chinese New Year At Toronto Dragon Ball TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau helped Toronto's Chinese-Canadian community celebrate the Lunar New Year at a gala event in Toronto Saturday night. He was the guest of honour at the Dragon Ball, where he celebrated the beginning of...

Time to get out of plastics. Latest victim of low oil prices: Plastic industry Energy companies aren’t the only victims of the persistent plunge in oil prices. Now the plastics industry is beginning to take a hit. South Korea’s biggest chemical company, LG Chem, is abandoning plans to build...

DoubleTree ‘goes green’ with Bullfrog Power | Regina Leader-Post leaderpost.com DoubleTree by Hilton Regina at 1975 Broad St. is the first hotel in Saskatchewan to ‘go green’ with electricity from Bullfrog Power, according to representatives of Bullfrog and the international hotel chain...

Clinton: Banning fossil fuels on public land a ‘done deal’ Hillary Clinton appeared to endorse a plan to end fossil fuel development on federal land following Thursday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire. An activist with green group 350 Action asked Clinton whether she would seek to...

Guaranteed income has merit as a national policy, minister says The federal minister responsible for reducing poverty says he is interested in the idea of a guaranteed income in Canada. Veteran economist Jean-Yves Duclos, who is Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, told The...

A carbon tax, if you will. Obama seeks $10 US-a-barrel oil tax to fund clean transport U.S. President Barack Obama is proposing to implement a $10 US-a-barrel tax on oil in the 2017 budget he presents to Congress next week, the White House confirmed on Thursday. The proposed fee, which...

Oil subsidies and free trade. Fast and furious: Canada's economy skidding from top of G7 to bottom It’s amazing how fast you can go from first to worst, hero to zero, bruiser to loser. Or, in this case, from G1 to G7. Remember how well Canada emerged from the financial crisis and Great...

Kenney tweets defence of 'English to English' heckle of Sajjan Conservative MP Jason Kenney went on Twitter to explain why he shouted in question period that he needed an "English to English translation" to understand Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Kenney, a former minister of defence...

BP profit drops to 20-year low as oil firm plans to axe 7,000 jobs British oil company BP said fourth-quarter earnings plunged 91 percent because of sharp declines in oil prices. BP reported Tuesday that underlying replacement cost profit fell to $196 million from $2.2 billion in the same...

CPP disability claims delayed by massive backlog, auditor finds Auditor General Michael Ferguson's latest report lays bare massive delays processing Canada Pension Plan disability payments that have left some of the most vulnerable Canadians waiting years for benefits. In his annual fall...

Saskatchewan will run deficit, Premier Brad Wall says Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his government is facing what he calls "serious revenue shortfalls" and will run a deficit this fiscal year and next. Wall told the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association that there isn't much room...

We need to kick these geezers out of our country bark bark bark Growing number of Canadians with heart failure putting strain on economy: report A new report says more needs to be done to help a growing number of Canadians who are living with damaged hearts. About 600,000 people are living...

Oil slips as hopes for production cut fade Oil prices fell on Tuesday, dented by worries about the demand outlook and rising supply, while hopes for a deal between OPEC and Russia on output cuts faded. Brent for April delivery had dropped 53 cents to $33.71 a barrel by 0910 GMT, after settling...

Cultured Meat Company Making Global Debut Memphis Meats, which is growing meat grown outside a live animal (cultured meat), will make its global debut on Feruary 4 in San Francisco. The founders will present to investors at the biotech accelerator Indie Bio, which was created by venture capital...

The Alberta Guy CBC brought 10 Canadians with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints from across the country to Ottawa to question Justin Trudeau face to face. Neither politicians nor special interest advocates, these Canadians were given unprecedented access, each sitting down with Trudeau...

Curmudgeons Day is one of those holidays most people find hard to believe is real. There’s no need to worry, though, because you don’t have to be grumpy to celebrate it. There are many schools of thought regarding Curmudgeons Day. Some say it’s a holiday where you’re supposed to stay home all...

US solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas The US solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas, a new report from the Solar Foundation claims, with most of the jobs in power panel installation. Last year, the US solar industry grew by 20% for a third year in a row...