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Former Ontario indigenous chief fights banishment as unconstitutional

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UPDATED: Musk says 'Canada is cooked' — Alberta independence advocates seize the moment

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Ottawa revives push to regulate online content with new safety regime review

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Senior defence official censured for hiring friend in federal cronyism case

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Mark Carney speaking in Quebec

Carney says Liberal values unchanged after pro-life MP joins caucus

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Jeremy Borg

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Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch

Coalition challenges Ontario law creating 'lawless zones'

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Kelowna RCMP issue public warning over high-risk sex offender released into community

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Alberta First Nations claim a misinterpretation of legislation led to a second Alberta independence petition

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

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Former UCP insider crafted 'bombshell' stories, selected evidence for 'devastating' impact on Caylan Ford

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David Wiechnik

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New York serial killer pleads guilty to eight counts of gruesome murder

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Jackson Loy

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Calgary city council votes for a full repeal of blanket upzoning

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Myke Thomas

08 Apr 2026

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Opinion

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MACLEOD: A 2% GST hike is theft by another name — Alberta should’t subsidize Ottawa’s spending problem

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Why hold byelections when you can just buy elections?

WATCH LIVE: Why hold byelections when you can just buy elections?

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Canada baby

QUESNEL: As America debates birthright citizenship, Canada should too

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Gladu and Carney

BRAR: Marilyn Gladu's floor crossing is a mandate heist and Carney’s behind it

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney

KAPLAN: Scrap Alberta's net zero mandate — before it scraps the Oil Sands

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Floor crossing gives Liberals their majority

WATCH: Floor crossing gives Liberals their majority

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Pride Flag in Catholic Classroom

HILTON-O’BRIEN: Free speech and the classroom — what’s really at stake in Alberta schools

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Adrienne Smith, 2026 NDP convention chair.

BURTON: NDP's convention meltdown proves the party has lost touch with real Canadians

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08 Apr 2026

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Watch

Why hold byelections when you can just buy elections?

WATCH LIVE: Why hold byelections when you can just buy elections?

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Floor crossing gives Liberals their majority

WATCH: Floor crossing gives Liberals their majority

Derek Fildebrandt

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Podcaster Joe Rogan in episode 2478 of the Joe Rogan Experience with Theo Von as a guest.

WATCH: Joe Rogan, Theo Von, discuss Canadian gun grab

08 Apr 2026

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High-speed train wreck coming for Canadian wallets

WATCH LIVE: High-speed train wreck coming for Canadian wallets

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08 Apr 2026

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Business

Avi Lewis

WATCH: Lewis attacks oil and gas industry on first day on the job as NDP leader

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30 Mar 2026

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Air Canada Chief Executive Officer Michael Rousseau

BREAKING: Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to resign

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30 Mar 2026

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There have been renewed calls for Canada to assert its sovereignty in the Arctic and bolster its defences amidst growing threats from China and Russia in the region.

Canada’s Arctic build-up fuels new generation of defence contractors

27 Mar 2026

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A new economic outlook from ATB Financial forecasts Alberta’s economy to outperform the rest of Canada in 2026, in large part due to surging oil prices despite ongoing global instability and supply chain disruptions.

Alberta forecasted to lead Canada’s economy in 2026 despite global instability

27 Mar 2026

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Alberta introduces bill to cut red tape and boost interprovincial trade

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26 Mar 2026

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Features

Paywall, taxpayer money

IN-DEPTH: Feds spend $16 billion in research funding over decade — half locked behind paywalls

06 Apr 2026

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Dominion Exhibition, Calgary 1908

'OH THE HUMANITY!': Decades before the Hindenburg disaster, Calgary had brush with dirigible disaster

29 Mar 2026

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