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'No Canadian dream': Meet some who want to join a 51st U.S. state
EDMONTON — Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States. The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard in recent years.
Mar 22, 2025 6:00 AM
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The five senses of spring: How climate change is shaping our experience of the season
Singing frogs are looking for love. Sweet sap is flowing from the maple trees. Striking migratory birds are returning to their northerly nests. Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes.
Mar 22, 2025 4:01 AM
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RCMP unit that helps flag threats to PM faces 'numerous challenges': internal report
OTTAWA — Members of an RCMP unit that helps to protect the prime minister and other public figures face a risk of burnout due to a heavy workload and limited resources, says a newly released internal evaluation report.
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 AM
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Carney, premiers seek plan for national energy, trade corridor
OTTAWA — Canada's new prime minister and its premiers agreed Friday to pursue plans to move more energy across the country, tear down internal trade barriers and build big projects faster.
Mar 21, 2025 7:50 PM
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Carney keeping emissions cap on oil and gas, but focusing on investing in green tech
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Friday that his government would keep the emissions cap on oil and gas production in place if elected — but would fast-track investments in carbon capture to meet those emissions targets.
Mar 21, 2025 7:29 PM
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Randy Boissonnault announced he will not run in upcoming election
OTTAWA — Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming election. The Liberal party had confirmed Boissonnault as a candidate in Edmonton Centre, a riding he won in 2015, lost in 2019, then reclaimed in 2021.
Mar 21, 2025 6:28 PM
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Syrian-Canadians hopeful as Ottawa takes initial steps, but urge more action
OTTAWA — Canadians with ties to Syria say it's time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new leaders toward a democratic, pluralistic future.
Mar 21, 2025 4:37 PM
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER — Nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire, a study has found.
Mar 21, 2025 3:58 PM
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TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate
MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network's head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each, the Montreal-headquartered broadcaster said
Mar 21, 2025 3:29 PM
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U.S. limits Canadian access to border-straddling library, citing security concerns
STANSTEAD, Que. — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport required.
Mar 21, 2025 3:16 PM
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