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A $30 million government-funded ‘charity’ staffed by climate activists claims carbon taxes don't raise food prices. Meanwhile, Canada leads the G7 in food inflation and our economy is on life support.

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'No comment': Rustad mum on jumping into BC Conservative leadership race

The irony of Nenshi using 'horse paste' to treat rare face condition

Israeli forces bulldoze Commonwealth cemetery in Gaza containing 23 Canadian war dead

Toronto cops arrested in sweeping busts linked to organized crime

STIRLING: Carbon tax shell game — how climate activists masquerading as ‘experts’ are bankrupting Canada

Calgary leads the country in new home construction

News

Alberta First Nation chief calls for Carney to come to Alberta for an 'urgent' meeting

HR head from Coldplay kiss cam video earning big bucks headlining PR event

Manitoba RCMP issue alert after abduction in Pimicikamak Cree Nation

Fort Saskatchewan man charged with sexual assault following RCMP investigation

Calgary leads the country in new home construction

Canada holds back on US critical minerals trade bloc before CUSMA talks

'No comment': Rustad mum on jumping into BC Conservative leadership race

The irony of Nenshi using 'horse paste' to treat rare face condition

Alberta man who raped woman gets reduced sentence due to his indigenous descent

British national convicted in U.S. for dark web drug trafficking linked to Canadian network

Tories introduce bill to stop civil servants from talking about MAiD with Canadians

Opinion

STIRLING: Carbon tax shell game — how climate activists masquerading as ‘experts’ are bankrupting Canada

HILL / THOMPSON: Pro-housing policies paying off in Saskatchewan

OLDCORN: Carney's EV fantasy — a billion dollar boondoggle that won't charge Alberta's trucks

BARCLAY: Alberta’s independence movement is Canada’s right-wing response to the past decade of Liberal oppression

MACKINNON: ‘Dog laws’ come to Canada under the Combating Hate Act

WATCH: Epstein: Put ’em all in the woodchipper

OLDCORN: Carney, don’t merge Trudeau's failed 'antisemitism' and 'Islamophobia' czars — abolish them

SLOBODIAN: Taxpayer-funded 'spin' doctors — Ottawa spent $262,000 teaching bureaucrats how to dodge Parliament’s questions

Watch

WATCH: Epstein: Put ’em all in the woodchipper

WATCH LIVE: Unchecked federalism is sinking Nenshi’s NDP

'JUST VISITING': Carney and Poilievre trade barbs over time spent in Canada

WATCH: Dramatic video shows RCMP arresting prolific offenders after multi-county crime spree

Business

Smith says Alberta is studying five different ports for new pipeline route

Smith says Alberta’s energy advantage crucial for AI data centres, global demand

Canada loses 10% of small businesses since pandemic

Eddie Bauer bankruptcy to close North American stores

Crown bank braces for layoffs as Ottawa cuts 1,000 executives

Features

The delicate balancing act of handling Alberta's grizzly population

Loewen's 80-km African quest to support domestic violence victims