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Seth Rogen on Justin Trudeau win: ‘Bright, new direction’ You can add Seth Rogen to the list of Canadians celebrating a Liberal election win. “I think it’s great,” Seth tells ET Canada. “I’m happy Stephen Harper is no longer the prime minister of Canada. I think this is a step in a bright, new...

Obvious is obvious. No long-term future in tar sands, says Alberta's premier The leader of Canada’s biggest oil-producing province has declared she sees no long-term future in fossil fuels, predicting Alberta would wean itself off dirty energy within a century. In an early reveal of her...

Halifax Dairy Queen Creates Stephen Harper 'Sorry For Your Loss' Cake Well, DQ did something different, that’s for sure. An ice cream cake featuring an edible photo of outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper drummed up some laughs on Twitter, shortly after his election defeat. Sandwiched...

Price on carbon would help salvage Keystone XL, former TransCanada exec says In a recent blog post for the Niskanen Center, a libertarian think-tank, McConaghy said outgoing Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper showed an "almost pathological resistance to carbon pricing" — even if it...

:lol: Former rogue page Brigette DePape optimistic about new Liberal government Four years after a young page snuck a sign into a throne speech urging the public to "Stop Harper," she has gotten her wish for a change in government. The stunt back then got Brigette DePape fired from her...

It's like NAFTA - but for the environment! :D Wynne encourages Trudeau to pursue North American climate change strategy Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is encouraging Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau to pursue more climate change agreements with international partners, including a...

Former British PM Blair admits Iraq war played role in rise of Islamic State Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was partly responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East. But he insisted that toppling dictator...

A better economy. Brought to you by the NDP. Premier Rachel Notley creates new economic development ministry Alberta Premier Rachel Notley shuffled her cabinet Thursday and created a new department to co-ordinate efforts to diversify the province's economy as it deals with massive job...

4/5 doctors recommend GDP growth to ease butthurt. Bay Street sees Trudeau’s stimulus strategy boosting Canada’s economy A majority win for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals means stimulus spending aimed at kick-starting a Canadian economy that went limp in the first half of the year. The plan to...

Indigenous Canadians take leading role in battle against tar sands pipeline Chief Na’Moks stood in the dark of a small smokehouse nestled in the Coast range of British Columbia. Hanging above him were nearly a thousand fish which glinted over the fire below. “For us, it’s one of the most...

For Wynne, Trudeau’s ascent also a victory for Ontario Never before have the provincial and federal platforms been so closely aligned – they are almost interchangeable, notes a senior Wynne official, on a number of issues, including values, family, the environment, retirement security and...

Restoring Canada Starts With Reinstating the Long-Form Census Canadians from small and large towns alike would like to count on Justin Trudeau, the prime minister-designate, to restore the count. Canadians have gifted an overwhelming mandate to Mr. Trudeau, partially to undo the harm done to...

Personally doesn't bother me but if you are one of those people who grew up on a farm or in a rural area of the country, you might be concerned. TPP would allow milk from cows receiving hormones into Canada As dairy imports from the United States appear set to increase under the terms of...

Don't pay attention to polls! The only one that matters is the election! I like the CPC so stop hurting our chances by looking at these polls! Whatever your excuse was before the election, you can be rest assured that it was verifiably wrong. How the polls and the projections did...

Liberal success good news for Alberta Whether you were happy or disheartened with the federal election results in Alberta, one pollster says the election of four Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary will likely be good news for the province. Polling research firm Return on Insight was one of the...

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau says he is "proud to be a feminist" “There seems to be a lot of anger,” Pelletier asked, “not just at women, but at feminism and feminists. Would you describe yourself as a feminist?” “Yes. Yes, I am a feminist,” said Trudeau. “I’m proud to be a...

Andrew Coyne: Conservatives brought down by their own cynicism When people come to recall the Harper government, the face they remember first may not be his. It may be one of the people he appointed to speak for him — his parliamentary secretaries, Dean Del Mastro, Paul Calandra and Pierre...

John Tory to declare Toronto ‘under new management’ to U.K. leaders Toronto Mayor John Tory will travel to London next week to study the city’s massive Crossrail transit project – a $27-billion rail expansion that serves as the basis for his own SmartTrack plan – as well as send the message...

Investment Investment Investment Investment Bank of Canada holds rate steady; cuts growth outlook The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate unchanged and said falling energy investment will hobble the economic recovery through next year. The benchmark rate on overnight loans...

Trudeau, Obama commit to deepening Canada-U.S. relationship U.S. President Barack Obama phoned prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau Tuesday afternoon, congratulated him on leading his party to an election victory and teased him about his hair — or its colour, to be exact, predicting he could...