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A Throne Speech Meets a Distracted Public. Liberals and Conservatives neck and neck.
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto We completed a national survey of 2,025 Canadian adults from November 25 to 30, 2021. Here’s a snapshot of
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Environmental groups tell Jason Kenney to apologize and retract by next Tuesday or meet them in court
A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging Premier Jason Kenney to a legal duel over his serial claims
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Environmental groups tell Jason Kenney to apologize and retract by next Tuesday or meet them in court
A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging Premier Jason Kenney to a legal duel over his serial claims
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‘The Dead Candidate’s Report’: An interview with Lesley Hughes
The Dead Candidate’s Report: A Memoir tells the story of a celebrated journalist who decided she wanted to be a member of Canada’s
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Pipeline Company Wants Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders to ‘Prove’ They’re Indigenous
Wet’suwet’en land defenders fighting a pipeline in their territory say the oil and gas company behind the pipeline is asking two people who’ve
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RCMP arrest Wet’suwet’en land defenders days after COP26 summit
RCMP Emergency Response Team members stand watch during a raid on Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia, November 19, 2021. Photo courtesy
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The great Canadian media swindle
News media have undeniably been diminished financially in recent years due to the flight of advertising revenues online. The situation in Canada,
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What do Canadians know about Canadian politics and institutions?
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto In a recent national survey, we asked Canadians five questions to get a sense of how well people know some
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BC Flooding Sees Thousands of Animals Dead, Panic-Buying, Troops Sent In
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called in the armed forces to help deal with a “terrifically bad situation” marked by relentless
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Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper reported planning ‘activist fund’ with protégé of ‘Evil Captain Kirk’
Stephen Harper, the former Canadian Conservative Prime Minister, plans to team up with a protégé of Carl Icahn, the notorious vulture capitalist
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Alberta signs on to federal child care deal its premier once mocked as ‘9-to-5, urban, government and union-run institutional daycare’
Premier Jason Kenney didn’t look all that cheerful at yesterday’s announcement Alberta had finally signed on to participate in the Trudeau
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Rest in Peace, ‘Grassroots Guarantee’ – Jason Kenney’s famous promise is gone with the wind
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but, as Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have observed, you
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In Flanders Fields? It’s time to encourage another generation of school kids to read some better poems from the Great War
A civilization that forgets its poetry is barely worthy of the name. Like fiction and unlike non-fiction, poetry is how a culture’s most profound
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No, unions aren’t job killers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks as he participates in the PC Party leadership debate in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Photo courtesy
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More Kids’ Graves Expected at Site of Infamous Residential School in Canada
Another search for missing Indigenous children has begun at the grounds of one of Canada’s longest-running residential schools, where a related