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LILLEY: While the world burns, the UN looks away

LILLEY: While the world burns, the UN looks away

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  The world woke up Sunday morning to intensified fighting between Ukraine and Russia,...

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Brian Lilley

TAIT: Elks success mirrors Edmonton's hard-working blue-collar identity

TAIT: Elks success mirrors Edmonton's hard-working blue-collar identity

You can feel it the morning after, can’t you? Take a look around next time you step out into that crisp dawn air. TAIT: Elks success mirrors...

yesterday 10

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Cam Tait

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cut the diesel tax, but your grocery bill will still go up

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cut the diesel tax, but your grocery bill will still go up

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Food does not move by magic. In Canada, it moves largely by diesel. CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa...

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

HANSON: The fantasy house of Mark Carney

HANSON: The fantasy house of Mark Carney

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western...

yesterday 10

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Victor Davis Hanson

JAY GOLDBERG: Canada has a cabinet accountability problem

JAY GOLDBERG: Canada has a cabinet accountability problem

See more Toronto Sun on Google —save as a Preferred Source  Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffled his cabinet last week, a move that was triggered by...

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Jay Goldberg

LILLEY: Canada seeking 'associate member' status with EU despite PM's denials

LILLEY: Canada seeking 'associate member' status with EU despite PM's denials

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Mark Carney couldn’t stop smiling as he rose in the European Parliament,...

18.09.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Carney's Europe pitch works best when he stops taking shots at Trump

LILLEY: Carney's Europe pitch works best when he stops taking shots at Trump

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Mark Carney delivered a serious and substantive speech on Thursday in Strasbourg,...

18.09.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Decision to open Canadian airports to private investment should be welcomed

Bring it on. That should be the reaction to Prime Minister Mark Carney opening up Canada’s four busiest airports to private capital. Carney made the...

17.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

KINSELLA: Macklemore, dropped from Ed Sheeran tour, should be despised

KINSELLA: Macklemore, dropped from Ed Sheeran tour, should be despised

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source For those who were blessedly unaware of Benjamin Hammond Haggerty’s existence, like...

17.09.2026 10

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Warren Kinsella

Tait: Cal Nichols a hero to Edmonton hockey fans

Tait: Cal Nichols a hero to Edmonton hockey fans

Cal Nichols was 84 years old when he died on the weekend. What and 84 years it was: of showing up, of gathering people. Of walking into rooms where...

16.09.2026 10

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Cam Tait

GREEN: Canadians should understand this risky element of Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta

GREEN: Canadians should understand this risky element of Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  In November 2025, the Carney government and the Alberta government unveiled their...

16.09.2026 3

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Kenneth Green

LILLEY: Mark Carney needs to come clean on what he'd surrender to join European Union

LILLEY: Mark Carney needs to come clean on what he'd surrender to join European Union

Mark Carney needs to be honest with Canadians about what pieces of Canadian sovereignty he’s willing to give up to achieve his “unique alliance”...

15.09.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

HAMMER: America has not learned the right lessons from Charlie Kirk’s murder

HAMMER: America has not learned the right lessons from Charlie Kirk’s murder

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. HAMMER: America has not...

15.09.2026 7

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Josh Hammer

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants $1 trillion in investment, but agri-food is starving for capital

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants $1 trillion in investment, but agri-food is starving for capital

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The Canada Investment Summit in Toronto was a good idea. It was an overdue one, frankly....

15.09.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

KINSELLA: Propaganda seeks to invert the reality of 9/11 and Oct. 7 terror attacks

KINSELLA: Propaganda seeks to invert the reality of 9/11 and Oct. 7 terror attacks

The purpose of propaganda is to make some people think that other people aren’t human. Aldous Huxley, the British philosopher, said that. So true...

14.09.2026 20

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Warren Kinsella

TAIT: Albertans with disabilities need a louder voice, and a plan

TAIT: Albertans with disabilities need a louder voice, and a plan

Edmontonians gathered Saturday at Downtown’s Centennial Plaza to honour the life of Bruce Johnson. Bruce died by suicide in June. He was 54 years...

13.09.2026 10

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Cam Tait

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation problem isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Canada

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation problem isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Canada

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The United States is imposing tariffs on much of the world, disrupting supply chains...

13.09.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an 'associate' EU member

LILLEY: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an 'associate' EU member

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Mark Carney’s goal this week when he travels to Europe is to make Canada an...

13.09.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Winning polls is easy – selling a trade deal is not

LILLEY: Winning polls is easy – selling a trade deal is not

If Mark Carney did blow the trade talks with the Americans last month for political reasons, the latest poll by Leger for Postmedia shows it is...

13.09.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: Why Hamas keeps praising Canada

GOLDSTEIN: Why Hamas keeps praising Canada

It’s bad enough Prime Minister Mark Carney handed Hamas a diplomatic victory when Canada became the first G7 nation to recognize a Palestinian state...

13.09.2026 20

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Lorrie Goldstein

JAY GOLDBERG: There never has been a better time for Carney to scrap Trudeau’s alcohol escalator tax

JAY GOLDBERG: There never has been a better time for Carney to scrap Trudeau’s alcohol escalator tax

See more Toronto Sun on Google —save as a Preferred Source  The federal government’s undemocratic alcohol escalator tax is devastating Canada’s...

13.09.2026 20

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Jay Goldberg

LILLEY: The midterm myth won’t save Canada from Trump’s tariffs

LILLEY: The midterm myth won’t save Canada from Trump’s tariffs

Even when shuffling his cabinet to fill positions left vacant by resignations, Doug Ford was all about Donald Trump. Ontario’s premier announced...

11.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

McCAUGHEY: Call in the feds to investigate lawless Mamdani

McCAUGHEY: Call in the feds to investigate lawless Mamdani

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is weaponizing the apparatus of city government to...

11.09.2026 10

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Betsy McCaughey

LILLEY: Diversify, yes. Pretend Europe can replace America? No.

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Prime Minister Mark Carney will host an investment summit in Toronto next week, then...

10.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Carney invokes history while eyeing China and EU to replace US

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Mark Carney invoked Canadian history Tuesday as he warned the tariff war with the...

10.09.2026 30

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Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: Poll suggests ‘elbows up’ crowd doesn’t realize the consequences of a long trade war

See more Toronto Sun on Google —save as a Preferred Source  A new poll from Build Canada suggests Canadians in the “elbows up” category when it...

10.09.2026 30

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Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Carney treats Israel like Trump treats Canada

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source A year later, not one of Carney’s conditions has been met. None.  KINSELLA: Carney...

09.09.2026 20

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Warren Kinsella

CHARLEBOIS: Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The Canada–U.S. trade dispute has crossed another threshold. What began with tariffs...

09.09.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: Trump escalates trade war, targets Canadian whisky and more

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  It didn’t take long for the Empire to strike back. LILLEY: Trump escalates trade...

09.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

AGAR: Pay more. That’ll show him

Politically, people like to shoot themselves in the foot. Politically, people like to take their money, crumple it up and throw it in the fire,...

08.09.2026 10

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Jerry Agar

FINLAYSON: Carney government’s ‘export’ plan relies on Canada’s natural resource sector

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  The Carney government wants to double Canada’s exports to countries other than the...

08.09.2026 10

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Jock Finlayson

TAIT: Labour Day Classic brings memory of classmate & fellow sports fan

When I counted the years last night, I was taken aback: 47 years. Yet it’s as fresh as the bagel and cream cheese I enjoyed. But one, of course,...

08.09.2026 30

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Cam Tait

LILLEY: Ignore Donald Trump’s trolling, what he does next should concern us

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source It’s not Donald Trump’s map jokes or hockey memes that should worry Canadians....

08.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

JAY GOLDBERG: Canadian politicians knew Trump’s tariffs were coming but failed to prepare

Some Canadian politicians have been caught flat-footed in responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. For a year and a half,...

06.09.2026 30

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Jay Goldberg

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau’s failed climate policies left us captives to the U.S. oil market

See more Toronto Sun on Google —save as a Preferred Source  The reason it’s unrealistic for Canada to curtail or tax the flow of Canadian oil to...

04.09.2026 20

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Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: Mark Carney embraces protectionism amid fight with Donald Trump

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source We’re all protectionists now. LILLEY: Mark Carney embraces protectionism amid fight...

04.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Carney's Liberals romp in byelections while pressure mounts on Poilievre

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Mark Carney was all smiles as he stepped out of his vehicle to speak to reporters on...

03.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cuts taxes at the pump, then adds them to the grocery bill

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Ottawa’s decision to extend the federal fuel-tax suspension just days before a new...

03.09.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

AGAR: Line up for your government beets

Have you ever seen the sad pictures of people in the Soviet Union lining up to get enough beets for dinner? A website called Russia Beyond writes,...

02.09.2026 20

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Jerry Agar

KINSELLA: Everything is Trump, Trump, Trump

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Everything is Trump; Trump is everything. KINSELLA: Everything is Trump, Trump, Trump...

02.09.2026 30

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Warren Kinsella

LILLEY: Trade wars aren't won by matching punch for punch, Carney’s rhetoric has a price

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source “You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Mark Carney said after...

02.09.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Trump keeps talking about Canada, but we're not the real target

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canada was clearly occupying a lot of real estate inside Donald Trump’s brain over...

31.08.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Canada shouldn’t copy Trump’s beef blunder

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source President Donald Trump knows how to provoke and move markets. But when it comes to beef...

31.08.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

OPINION: Youth smoking is at historic lows. Let’s make sure nicotine policy keeps moving in the right direction

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source There is a lot of encouraging news in the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s...

31.08.2026 20

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Special To Toronto Sun

LILLEY: Where was the outrage as Canadians renamed our own history?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canadians are furious that Donald Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario. Funny how quiet...

31.08.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

OPINION: Open complaint to CBC over not calling 9/11 'terrorist attack'

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source OPINION: Open complaint to CBC over not calling 9/11 'terrorist attack' Back...

29.08.2026 20

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Special To Toronto Sun

LILLEY: CBC's 9/11 retreat doesn't fix its terrorism problem

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source In the face of worldwide public outcry and a dressing down by the Carney government, CBC...

29.08.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Trade talks collapse under weight of politics on both sides of the border

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Saying there is politics involved in the trade spat between Canada and the United States...

28.08.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Trade war theatre helps Carney, Ford and Trump but hurts everyone else

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source For the last week, Mark Carney, Donald Trump and Doug Ford have been ramping up the...

28.08.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: If CBC can't call 9/11 terrorism, why should anyone trust it?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source When the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks takes place two weeks...

28.08.2026 20

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Brian Lilley