Politics

Tech Giants, Public Harm, and the Question of Accountability: What Canadians Need to Know

A question that has quietly gathered force over the past decade is now pressing itself into the centre of public debate in Canada and beyond: when the products built...

A U.S. Tariff Champion Is Calling on Both Countries to Step Back From the Trade War

Even the advocates are urging restraint. Canada-U.S. trade tensions reached a new pitch when U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders banning...

Alberta’s Judicial Appointment Referendum: Democratic Reform or Threat to Judicial Independence?

A Question Albertans May Not Have Seen Coming When Albertans head to the polls this October for Premier Danielle Smith's wide-ranging referendum, they will confront...

Emergency Physicians Are Leaving the Profession as Canada’s ER Crisis Deepens, New Study Finds

Canada's emergency rooms are losing the doctors who staff them. A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) paints a stark portrait...

Quebec Paramedics Reach Tentative Deal After Three Years Without a Contract

For more than three years, roughly 3,500 Quebec paramedics worked without a collective agreement — a prolonged standoff that put steady pressure on both...

Ontario Wildfires: Communities Warn They Were Left Behind as Ford Visits Thunder Bay

A Crisis Arrives Without Warning The smoke had been building for days before anyone in authority said the word "evacuate." In late June, Robert Laforge,...

Mark Carney’s Senate Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough — The Upper Chamber Still Needs to Reflect Canadians

The Senate chamber sits largely out of public view, its red-carpeted halls a world removed from the constituencies and kitchen tables that define Canadian...

Brooklyn Detective Shot by Friendly Fire in Fourth of July Incident, NYPD Confirms

A Brooklyn shooting incident that police initially attributed to an armed suspect has turned out to be a case of friendly fire, with the...

Trump Turns on Senate Republicans as His Voter ID Bill Stalls on Capitol Hill

The frustration spilled onto social media on a Sunday, as it so often does with Donald Trump. With his signature voting legislation languishing in the...

Supreme Court Lets $800-a-Day Fine Stand Against Reporter Who Refuses to Name Source

A Journalist, a Scientist, and a Leak The United States Supreme Court has declined to shield a former Fox News investigative reporter from an escalating...

West Coast Oil Pipeline Lacks a Private Backer

No private-sector company has yet agreed to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast. Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed as...