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TAIT: The best thing David Foster ever produced wasn’t a song

TAIT: The best thing David Foster ever produced wasn’t a song

I met David Foster on the northeast corner of the Edmonton Country Club in 1986, at the Wayne Gretzky Golf Classic. He was already the man behind half...

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Cam Tait

CHARLEBOIS: The calorie economy is ending

CHARLEBOIS: The calorie economy is ending

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source How do you grow an agri-food business when there are simply fewer mouths to feed?...

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Bell: Defiant Pierre Poilievre fights back, vows to keep exposing Carney as a fake

Bell: Defiant Pierre Poilievre fights back, vows to keep exposing Carney as a fake

He’s not giving up. He’s not backing down. If he was a boxer you’d need to knock him out. The man insists he is not throwing in the towel. He...

11.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

LAU: Federal government’s footprint growing despite declining headcount

LAU: Federal government’s footprint growing despite declining headcount

According to new data from the secretariat of the Treasury Board, which oversees federal government spending and operations, the federal public...

10.07.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Matthew Lau

LILLEY: Alberta is winning again with pipelines, AI investment and new growth

LILLEY: Alberta is winning again with pipelines, AI investment and new growth

“It was a good week,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told me Thursday with a big smile on her face. A good week is an understatement. LILLEY:...

10.07.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney wants your trust, not your questions

JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney wants your trust, not your questions

Money seems to mean nothing to our leadership in Ottawa these days. Over the past couple of weeks, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been jetting around...

10.07.2026 10

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Jay Goldberg

LILLEY: If Mark Carney can avoid lecturing Saudi Arabia, why not Donald Trump?

LILLEY: If Mark Carney can avoid lecturing Saudi Arabia, why not Donald Trump?

On Thursday, Mark Carney stood in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and said something long overdue when it comes to Canadian foreign policy. The PM called for an...

10.07.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

MANDEL: Could new reforms finally clamp down on 'catch-and-release' bail?

MANDEL: Could new reforms finally clamp down on 'catch-and-release' bail?

Maybe at last, the message is getting through to our courts: Repeat dangerous criminals should remain behind bars while they await trial. So for now,...

08.07.2026 5

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Michele Mandel

LILLEY: Donald Trump still finds reasons to grumble despite big win at NATO summit

LILLEY: Donald Trump still finds reasons to grumble despite big win at NATO summit

Donald Trump’s victory in pushing NATO allies to increase defence spending was on full display in Turkey this week, though it did little to improve...

08.07.2026 5

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Brian Lilley

HILL: Smith government should resist spending away potential windfall

HILL: Smith government should resist spending away potential windfall

The ongoing war in Iran, and disruption of a major energy corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, continues to fuel surging oil prices. While this will...

08.07.2026 4

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Tegan Hill

CHARLEBOIS: Alcohol bans are coming back to haunt Canada

CHARLEBOIS: Alcohol bans are coming back to haunt Canada

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The decision by several Canadian provinces to remove American wines, beers, and spirits...

08.07.2026 10

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

When Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the United Arab Emirates last November, he was looking to expand trade. What he didn’t expect was an offer...

08.07.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Does Pierre Poilievre actually want to be prime minister?

LILLEY: Does Pierre Poilievre actually want to be prime minister?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source I want Pierre Poilievre to be Canada’s next prime minister, but I’m beginning to...

07.07.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Farm Credit Canada needs new mission — and more transparency

CHARLEBOIS: Farm Credit Canada needs new mission — and more transparency

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Most Canadians have never heard of Farm Credit Canada (FCC). CHARLEBOIS: Farm Credit...

07.07.2026 10

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

KINSELLA: Don't support bad people who do bad things

KINSELLA: Don't support bad people who do bad things

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Look: bad people do bad things. KINSELLA: Don't support bad people who do bad...

07.07.2026 9

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Warren Kinsella

TAIT: Team Canada's World Cup journey a uniting force

TAIT: Team Canada's World Cup journey a uniting force

Canada lost 3—0 to Morocco on Saturday in Houston. There it is. The score, plain as a fence post. And it closes the book on one of the finest...

06.07.2026 10

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Cam Tait

SHAPIRO: U.S. Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship mistake

SHAPIRO: U.S. Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship mistake

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The United States Supreme Court has now settled, at least for the foreseeable future,...

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Ben Shapiro

VUONG: Canada should retire multiculturalism for pluralism

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source VUONG: Canada should retire multiculturalism for pluralism Back to video Equality...

03.07.2026 8

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Kevin Vuong

CHARLEBOIS: On Canada Day, our biggest export is uncertainty

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source By any measure, Canada has become one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies....

03.07.2026 10

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

GOLDSTEIN: Carney's pivot on climate change the right move, but is it real?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pre-Canada Day pivot away from Justin Trudeau’s failed...

03.07.2026 10

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Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: What are and are not Canadian values?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source What is it to be a Canadian? KINSELLA: What are and are not Canadian values? Back to...

03.07.2026 10

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Warren Kinsella

JAY GOLDBERG: Canada’s high taxes are scaring away top talent

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source A Canadian-based National Hockey League team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993....

03.07.2026 9

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Jay Goldberg

CHARLEBOIS: What we learned from our exclusive interview with the U.S. ambassador to Canada

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canadians have heard plenty about the Gordie Howe International Bridge — but largely...

03.07.2026 10

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

MacPHERSON, HILL: Alberta teachers face rise of AI without training or policy guidance

The Alberta government recently announced it will spend $2.7 million to help bring ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning kits’ to classrooms...

03.07.2026 10

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Tegan Hill And Paige Macpherson

HANSON: Don't forget the broader context of the Iranian memorandum

The tentative “memorandum of understanding” with Iran has caused glee on the Left and furor among many on the Right. The Left might welcome...

30.06.2026 8

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Victor Davis Hanson

AGAR: Movement to save Sneaky Dee's is taking the wrong approach

There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, and the arts community in Toronto is giving us an example of each. Let’s start with the wrong...

30.06.2026 10

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Jerry Agar

STOSSEL: America's minimum wages and why they fail to deliver

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared as app-based gig work. They include jobs like...

30.06.2026 10

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John Stossel

TAIT: Premier Smith apparently unbothered by fears of people with severe handicaps

Saturday morning in Alberta, the phones were ringing. Not with curiosity. Not with politics. With fear. TAIT: Premier Smith apparently unbothered by...

29.06.2026 9

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Cam Tait

LAU: Minimum wages hike will not increase ‘affordability’ in Alberta

It’s curious that a cornerstone policy of the Alberta NDP’s new “Affordability Agenda” will, in addition to reducing employment, raise prices...

28.06.2026 20

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Matthew Lau

TAIT: What a quiet moment after the Mike Babcock press conference taught me about respect

Thirty minutes after the press conference ended, Mike Babcock walks down the north stairs and made his way through a quiet corner of Rogers Place. He...

25.06.2026 10

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Cam Tait

LILLEY: Mark Carney's outrageous condo bailout plan for Vancouver

Have you heard the story about Mark Carney spending $3.2 billion to buy 2,200 condos in the Vancouver area and turn them into affordable housing?...

25.06.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

MANDEL: Pickering husband, hit man he hired to kill wife lose murder appeal

The Pickering husband and the hit man thought they could get away with killing his wife. But in 2018, a judge convicted David Knight and Graham...

25.06.2026 10

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Michele Mandel

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s green energy plan built on nuclear power and natural gas

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to use nuclear power and natural gas to cement...

25.06.2026 9

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Lorrie Goldstein

HAWORTH: The awful truth about Trump’s memorandum of understanding

Last week, my column dealt with U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that the “Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete” —...

25.06.2026 10

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Ian Haworth

REMPEL GARNER: City Council must find a way to let the show go on

What do Jason Aldean, The Chainsmokers, Ella Langley, John Summit, Chris Lake, and dozens of other world-class music acts have in common? They are all...

24.06.2026 10

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Michelle Rempel Garner

MADSEN: Canada’s National Electricity Strategy is a taxpayer trap

Ottawa’s National Electricity Strategy asks Canadians to believe that electricity demand is about to soar and that government-owned utilities can...

23.06.2026 10

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Ian Madsen

LILLEY: Aggrieved gunman in Montreal police shooting hated porn the most

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The shooting in Montreal that took the life of a police officer, an innocent civilian,...

23.06.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

ESMAIL, MOIR: More choice means better health care for Albertans

According to an announcement Thursday by the Smith government, starting in September some physicians in Alberta will be allowed to treat patients in...

22.06.2026 10

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Nadeem Esmail And Mackenzie Moir

LILLEY: Anti-American sentiment helped push Brady Tkachuk out of Ottawa

There were plenty of factors pulling Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk south to play in Sunrise, Fla. There was the opportunity to play with his...

22.06.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: No accountability for record federal spending on Indigenous issues

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source When Federal Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced $4.6 billion in new...

22.06.2026 20

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Lorrie Goldstein

PARKER: Americans should be free to stay in or opt out of Social Security

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Trustees of the U.S. Social Security program just issued their annual report. Each...

22.06.2026 10

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Star Parker

OPINION: Canada's crime problem worse than people realize

OPINION: Canada's crime problem worse than people realize Back to video Comparisons based on stats can be misleading Look beyond murders,...

22.06.2026 20

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LILLEY: Fixing rising food prices isn't a priority to Mark Carney

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source It seems that higher gas prices do push up food prices after all. LILLEY: Fixing rising...

22.06.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Under Carney, food inflation has outpaced inflation every single month

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The latest inflation numbers from Statistics Canada should make policymakers...

22.06.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

TAIT: Elks honour former equipment manager Dwayne Mandrusiak, who devoted his career to the team

It was raining at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday afternoon. Soft. Steady. The kind of rain that does not ruin a day so much as ask something of it....

21.06.2026 30

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Cam Tait

LILLEY: Don't cry for CBC as they drop 'Hockey Night in Canada'

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source If you were to listen to Liberal MPs, and to CBC, Canadians just won’t be able to...

21.06.2026 30

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Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: Prime Minister Mark Carney's accounting tricks won't save taxpayers

When it comes to a choice between raising taxes and hiking deficits, governments increasingly opt for raising the debt. The problem is, it’s a false...

20.06.2026 20

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Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Doctor held hostage by Hamas says Iran's vision is 'global Islamic state'

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source A psychological Oct. 7. KINSELLA: Doctor held hostage by Hamas says Iran's vision...

20.06.2026 20

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Warren Kinsella

JAY GOLDBERG: Carney tables social media ban for teens, relies on 'trust me' government

The Carney government has officially tabled its new Safe Social Media Act, with the centrepiece of the legislation being a ban on social media access...

18.06.2026 20

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Jay Goldberg

SHAPIRO: An Iran agreement defined by unanswered questions

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is promoting a new agreement with...

18.06.2026 20

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Ben Shapiro