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LILLEY: Carney–Smith deal marks major shift on Alberta energy and pipeline growth

LILLEY: Carney–Smith deal marks major shift on Alberta energy and pipeline growth

MOU announced on Thursday gives Alberta much of what Premier Smith has been seeking on energy and regulation. You can save this article by...

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Toronto Sun

Brian Lilley

Le milieu de l’athlétisme incite McGill à reculer

MONTRÉAL – L’Université McGill a provoqué une onde de choc en passant la hache dans son volet sportif incluant la suppression du programme d’...

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RDS

Éric Leblanc

Varcoe: 'An absolute game changer' — After years of discord, energy industry backs new Alberta-Ottawa deal

Varcoe: 'An absolute game changer' — After years of discord, energy industry backs new Alberta-Ottawa deal

It’s hard to imagine an energy accord between Alberta and Canada could provide so many things that industry leaders — and the province — wanted...

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Tristin Hopper: The Royal B.C. Museum was once beautiful. Wokeness drained it of all life

Tristin Hopper: The Royal B.C. Museum was once beautiful. Wokeness drained it of all life

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Canada’s museums have transformed themselves in the last...

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National Post

Tristin Hopper

A Quebec Liberal Party meltdown ups the likelihood of a PQ victory in the next election

Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez, right, opted not to seek a National Assembly seat in advance of the 2026 election, instead naming MNA Marwah...

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The Globe and Mail

Konrad Yakabuski

Terry Newman: Actually, the backlash against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ 'Nakba' exhibit is justified

Backed by a shady network of pro-Palestinian groups, the exhibit looks to be a one-sided, fact-free perspective on the events surrounding Israel's...

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National Post

Terry Newman

Lorne Gunter: Highlight of Carney-Smith MOU is departure of Guilbeault from Liberal cabinet

Lorne Gunter: Highlight of Carney-Smith MOU is departure of Guilbeault from Liberal cabinet

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Ding dong the witch is dead. Subscribe now to read the...

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Edmonton Journal

Lorne Gunter

Carney’s pipeline pivot seizes a hinge moment for Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met in Calgary on Thursday to sign an energy agreement that includes a pledge for a...

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The Globe and Mail

The Editorial Board

Violence in Canadian schools is reaching a tipping point. What needs to change?

Naomi Buck is a writer based in Toronto. On a June afternoon in 2022, in the hallway of an ivy-covered high school in Ottawa, 15 year-old Matthew...

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The Globe and Mail

Naomi Buck

Vendredi noir

Vendredi noir

Tiens, cette semaine, j’avais pris rendez-vous avec le graveur de pierre tombale. En septembre, entre déception, découragement, désespoir, dépit,...

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Le Devoir

Josée Blanchette

The day the modern internet was born

A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they will continue to...

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The Globe and Mail

Max Read

Anthony Koch: We need a Pierre Trudeau of the right to remake Canada

Anthony Koch: We need a Pierre Trudeau of the right to remake Canada

You cannot defeat Charter liberalism with tax credits You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....

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National Post

Anthony Koch

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta

Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta You can save this article by registering for free here....

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Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

La guerre, «yes sir»!

La guerre, «yes sir»!

J’ai toujours gardé ce souvenir vivace. Un jour où je parlais de l’indépendance du Québec avec une jeune Québécoise, j’ai osé souligner qu’advenant...

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Le Devoir

Christian Rioux

Should companies disclose to investors how they contribute to Canada?

Grant Vingoe is the chief executive officer of the Ontario Securities Commission. Recent trade tensions, protectionist policies and geopolitical...

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The Globe and Mail

Grant Vingoe

Opinion: Canada is climbing out of Trump’s frying pan and into Xi’s fire

Opinion: Canada is climbing out of Trump’s frying pan and into Xi’s fire

It is foolish to assume that China will suddenly decide to act as a partner and follow our rules You can save this article by registering for free...

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National Post

Nathan Law & Daniel Dorman

A blockbuster not-yet-agreement with the devil in the politics

Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a new pipeline to the British Columbia coast a national priority. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press There is a...

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The Globe and Mail

Campbell Clark

If nothing else, Danielle Smith is a disruptor

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has made multiple attempts at challenging the norm in Canadian politics. Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail Every so...

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The Globe and Mail

Robyn Urback

Opinion: Online gambling industry not doing enough to protect vulnerable, says Windsor hospital CEO

Opinion: Online gambling industry not doing enough to protect vulnerable, says Windsor hospital CEO

'It is alarming to witness how the joyful narratives of sports betting overshadow the sobering realities faced by individuals battling addiction...

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Windsor Star

Reader Letters

JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney can't punt on Canada Post any longer

JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney can't punt on Canada Post any longer

The losses are mounting. The bailout money is almost gone. And if Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t privatize Canada Post now, Canadian taxpayers...

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Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

Derek Finkle: Toronto's South Riverdale injection site was infested with drug dealers

Derek Finkle: Toronto's South Riverdale injection site was infested with drug dealers

Murder trial of innocent bystander reveals just how much of a magnet site was for selling drugs You can save this article by registering for free...

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National Post

Derek Finkle

FACTS MATTER: Farewell to Little Italy? Corydon’s identity has shifted

FACTS MATTER: Farewell to Little Italy? Corydon’s identity has shifted

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. This column generally focuses on facts and figures which...

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Winnipeg Sun

Geoff Currier

The strange silence over slaughtered Nigerian Christians is ending Douglas Todd: More people in the West are overcoming fear, ignorance or indifference to learn about the atrocities being visited upon many church members in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, even while the actual death and abduction tolls are disputed.

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The Province

Douglas Todd

Matthew Lau: Brutal productivity numbers require more Carney course corrections

Matthew Lau: Brutal productivity numbers require more Carney course corrections

Raising output requires more business investment per worker, and that won't happen without reformed and reduced regulation and taxes You can save...

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Financial Post

Matthew Lau

On the Road: Owls in the frost

On the Road: Owls in the frost

There was nearly as much frost on the inside of the windshield as there was on the outside. I suspect that’s because when I’d parked the little...

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Calgary Herald

Mike Drew For Postmedia

La peur du voile préférée à l’amour de la culture

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Le Journal de Québec

Philippe-Vincent Foisy

Les syndicats craignent les syndiqués

Les syndicats craignent les syndiqués

Alexandre Leduc de Québec solidaire n’y est pas allé de main morte à propos du ministre Jean Boulet sur la réforme syndicale. Boulet serait «en...

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Le Journal de Québec

Mario

Tricherie et fling-flang

Tricherie et fling-flang

Les deux partis libéraux, à Ottawa et à Québec, ont été impliqués dans plusieurs controverses distinctes au fil des années, ce qui alimente des...

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Le Journal de Québec

Elsie

Bourse: les défis d’Alimentation Couche-Tard

Bourse: les défis d’Alimentation Couche-Tard

BALADO. Alimentation Couche-Tard a fait état de résultats financiers supérieurs aux prévisions des analystes au second trimestre de son exercice...

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Les Affaires

Denis Lalonde

Brookman: Council shouldn't forget the small details that rile up the public

Brookman: Council shouldn't forget the small details that rile up the public

It is fundamental to a smooth-running democracy that it be supported by an efficient and conscientious bureaucracy. The civil service is critical...

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Calgary Herald

George Brookman

On the Road: Owls in the frost

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Calgary Sun

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Confronter un élu qui a amené le hockey à Vegas

LAS VEGAS | «Vous savez qu’on aurait peut-être eu une équipe à Québec si vous n’aviez pas été là? Pouvez-vous au moins vous excuser,...

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TVA Sports

Jean-Nicolas Blanchet

Opinion: Wild West of the notwithstanding clause has arrived in Alberta

Opinion: Wild West of the notwithstanding clause has arrived in Alberta

For most of its history, the notwithstanding clause has been a constitutional footnote — a dusty emergency lever in Section 33 of the Charter,...

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Calgary Herald

Telmo Dos Santos

Why are Conservatives criticizing Mark Carney for doing exactly what he should be?

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The Star

Andrew Phillips

Rebuilding Canada’s military may be the right thing to do — but Mark Carney still needs to sell us on his plan

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The Star

Justin Ling

4 games that help tell the story of the 2025 season

4 games that help tell the story of the 2025 season

How do you tell the story of the 2025 CFL season culminating with the Saskatchewan Roughriders winning their first Grey Cup in a dozen years? You...

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CFL

Matthew Cauz

Democracy has survived two world wars and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Can it survive Trump and the oligarchs?

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The Star

Richard Warnica

Mark Carney is giving in to the bros

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The Star

Supriya Dwivedi

Opinion: We need to rebalance financial regulation in Canada

Opinion: We need to rebalance financial regulation in Canada

Stability and consumer protection must always be key but competition and innovation also need to be priorities. Too often they aren't You can save...

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Financial Post

Gherardo Caracciolo

Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal

Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal

For months, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s courtship of Alberta and the oil patch has been the subject of conspiratorial interpretation by his...

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National Observer

Arno Kopecky

Scott Taylor: Future fighter debate takes off

Scott Taylor: Future fighter debate takes off

For the senior brass at the Royal Canadian Air Force, there is no question that they want the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning as the replacement for...

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PNI Atlantic news

Scott Taylor

Youth and environmentalism are key to Québec separatism

Youth and environmentalism are key to Québec separatism

Thirty years after Québec’s historic independence referendum, separatism is back in style. In late October of this year, young separatists staged...

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National Observer

Liam Otoole

Amid Buy Canadian, Should We “Listen Canadian” Too?

Amid Buy Canadian, Should We “Listen Canadian” Too?

E arlier this year, I was invited to travel to Los Angeles to talk about Canadian music as an export commodity. I was to speak alongside folks...

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The Walrus

Erin Macleod

CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to governments for closing eastern routes to Summerside

CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to governments for closing eastern routes to Summerside

Jeers to the province for the timing and poor planning of road construction on the only two entrances to Summerside on the eastern end of the city....

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PNI Atlantic news

Cheers And Jeers

Anyone Could Be Anyone

Anyone Could Be Anyone

Published 6:30, November 28, 2025 P EOPLE THINK private investigators are dirty. They’re oily guys with coffee breath, tattletales. On TV, private...

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The Walrus

Thea Lim

Opinion: Support your neighbours and community — shop local

Opinion: Support your neighbours and community — shop local

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. As the holidays approach, small business owners across...

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Edmonton Journal

Molly Maccormack

Opinion: Next-generation cancer care arriving in Edmonton

Opinion: Next-generation cancer care arriving in Edmonton

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. As the season of giving approaches, we reflect on what...

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Edmonton Journal

Christy Holtby

Drimonis: How Bill 2 takes a greater toll on female physicians

Drimonis: How Bill 2 takes a greater toll on female physicians

While much has been written about the Legault government’s health care reform, one aspect of Bill 2 that has been largely overlooked is how it...

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Montreal Gazette

La Drimonis

Voici pourquoi les pays africains ne profitent pas de leur richesse en minerais

Voici pourquoi les pays africains ne profitent pas de leur richesse en minerais

Les activités d’extraction d’or ont récemment repris dans le complexe de Loulo-Gounkoto, dans l’ouest du Mali, après plusieurs mois...

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The Conversation - FR

Bonnie Campbell

Donald Trump not to blame for B.C's financial woes, David Eby is

Donald Trump not to blame for B.C's financial woes, David Eby is

Vaughn Palmer: The NDP points to new schools and the like to justify deficits, but day-to-day spending is to blame for half of it You can save this...

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Vancouver Sun

Vaughn Palmer