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GUNTER: Danielle Smith and UCP have to lay off MAGA vibe

GUNTER: Danielle Smith and UCP have to lay off MAGA vibe

“Normies.” According to one of the deepest analysts within the UCP, if Danielle Smith and the United Conservatives want to win next October’s...

yesterday 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

TAIT: Documentary film provides gritty look into triumphant Man in Motion Tour

As the final frames roll across the screen, we are left with a moment of breathtaking, poetically stunning symmetry. There he sits against time: Rick...

yesterday 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

LILLEY: Canada-EU pact remains long on promises, short on answers

LILLEY: Canada-EU pact remains long on promises, short on answers

Don’t worry about the details of the Canada-EU deal – it’s Europe, man, and the vibes are great. That may as well have been Prime Minister Mark...

31.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

JAY GOLDBERG: Carney must pursue dramatic fiscal policy reform

JAY GOLDBERG: Carney must pursue dramatic fiscal policy reform

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source JAY GOLDBERG: Carney must pursue dramatic fiscal policy reform  Back to video JAY...

30.10.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

SNOBELEN: Listen to youth on idea of repealing the Indian Act

SNOBELEN: Listen to youth on idea of repealing the Indian Act

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source You gotta be careful around young, eager politicians. Heck, they want to fix stuff....

30.10.2026 6

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

GOLDSTEIN: Magic beans won’t fix the Canadian economy

GOLDSTEIN: Magic beans won’t fix the Canadian economy

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Prime Minister Mark Carney’s campaign to forge a closer economic alliance with the...

29.10.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: Carney's European romance hits the rocks

LILLEY: Carney's European romance hits the rocks

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Europe just isn’t that into us! LILLEY: Carney's European romance hits the rocks...

29.10.2026 20

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Brian Lilley

LILLEY: When Poilievre quoted the government, Robertson cried foul

LILLEY: When Poilievre quoted the government, Robertson cried foul

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source When all else fails, Liberals love to claim the Conservatives hate immigrants. They did...

29.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source On Sunday, November 1, many Canadians will turn their clocks back again. Others will...

28.10.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Supply management is sold to Canadians as a promise: stable farms, reliable supply and...

28.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney’s selective morality on human rights

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney’s selective morality on human rights

If Mark Carney is going to keep gallivanting around the world making trade deals with the world’s worst dictatorships and downplaying their...

26.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

TAIT: Darryl Sutter's new book a window to a lifetime of loyalty

TAIT: Darryl Sutter's new book a window to a lifetime of loyalty

That is the classic signature of Darryl Sutter, a gritty verbal habit I have affectionately grown to love across our 35 years of friendship. From...

26.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

CHARLEBOIS: Food banks are doing heroic work. Governments are making it necessary

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount 2026 recorded 2.35 million visits in March, up 8.7...

25.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: Canada and U.S. trade election meddling charges

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source It’s a bit rich for the Trump administration to complain about Canadian officials...

23.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: PBO says federal spending, borrowing and debt up, economic growth down

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan released her economic and fiscal outlook for...

22.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: Carney Liberals defend handing CRA security contract to U.S. firm tied to Trump’s ICE

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The Carney Liberals are defending moving a security contract from a Canadian institution...

22.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GUNTER: Time for Alberta to move past separatism and get back to work

In Canada’s wars — particularly the First and Second World Wars, and Afghanistan — as well as on peacekeeping missions, young Prairie men (and...

21.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

GUNTER: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau

Make of this what you will: In Monday’s unity referendum the separatist option received an almost identical share of the popular vote in Alberta as...

21.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

JAY GOLDBERG: Labour disputes cannot keep holding Canada’s economy hostage

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source JAY GOLDBERG: Labour disputes cannot keep holding Canada’s economy hostage  Back to...

20.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

KINSELLA: CBC acted unfairly and against its own rules by punishing journalist

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source KINSELLA: CBC acted unfairly and against its own rules by punishing journalist Back to...

20.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

TAIT: Monday's Alberta referendum a test of Canadian democracy

I could ask them, of course. The well-worn routine of a veteran journalist would be to pick up the receiver, dial Veterans Affairs, find an old...

19.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

SNOBELEN: Canada's health-care system requires innovation

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source SNOBELEN: Canada's health-care system requires innovation Back to video Government...

18.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

GUNTER: Safety, stability key to revitalizing Downtown — and we're not there yet

I am lucky enough to have been to New York City several times. One of my favourite trips was last summer when my wife and I attended the wedding of...

16.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

WARMINGTON: Federal government advertising that door is wide open to foreign workers

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Reminiscent of former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s famous social media invitation...

16.10.2026 200

Edmonton Sun

Joe Warmington

LILLEY: If Alberta votes yes to Canada, the rest of us have work to do

If Albertans are to say yes to Canada come Monday, the rest of us must show them the country is worth saying yes to. We need to do the hard work of...

16.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GUNTER: Alberta voters unsure where Premier Danielle Smith stands on separation

One of the political hangovers from next Monday’s separatism referendum (and let’s be honest, the separation question is the only one of the 10...

15.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

CHARLEBOIS: Canada — food powerhouse with empty plates

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  World Food Day falls on Friday, Oct.16. For Canada, the occasion exposes an...

15.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

GOLDSTEIN: Weasel words led to Canada’s recognition of Palestine

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  It now seems clear that Prime Minister Mark Carney misled Canadians when he said, in...

15.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

TAIT: Opinions take a back seat when family, friends gather for Thanksgiving

The turkey comes first, golden and glistening, carried to the table like a small, edible crown. Around it gather the faithful: mashed potatoes whipped...

14.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

LILLEY: NDP’s favourite subsidies? Ones that also benefit the rich

Why on earth does anyone with a household income of more than $500,000 need to have their daycare costs covered by taxpayers? LILLEY: NDP’s...

14.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GUNTER: 'Chaos' a stretch – Numbers don't support Andrew Knack's response to province

Since the province stepped in on Thursday to force the city to undo its controversial infill policy, Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack has claimed several...

14.10.2026 150

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

GUNTER: Pro-Canada side needs to win big to stop separatist movement

I spent the Thanksgiving weekend in the heart of Alberta separatist country — a rural section of Premier Danielle Smith’s own riding. While the...

14.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Lorne Gunter

KINSELLA: Russian data centres big players in global hate-propaganda war

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Want to stop hate propaganda on a global scale? Take out a Russian data center....

13.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

ELDER: The anti-Trump media and ‘economic pessimism’

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source In a college psychology course, my class studied an experiment. ELDER: The anti-Trump...

13.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Larry Elder

LILLEY: PSPP is about to blow up Canada’s immigration consensus

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Paul St. Pierre Plamondon, Quebec’s new premier-designate, is about to shake up...

13.10.2026 150

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Weak dollar, expensive groceries

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canada lost 68,000 jobs in September. Young people were particularly hard hit, and...

13.10.2026 20

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

JAY GOLDBERG: Conservatives must look to Quebec election for inspiration

See more Toronto Sun on Google —save as a Preferred Source  As the federal Conservative Party continues to trail Prime Minister Mark Carney’s...

09.10.2026 20

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Jay Goldberg

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s bottomless climate change money pit

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source We’ll never know the total cost Canadians paid to fund former prime minister Justin...

09.10.2026 40

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Lorrie Goldstein

CHARLEBOIS: New data showing Canada’s food boycott from America is all talk

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Where is the American food boycott? And where is Canada’s agri-food trade...

08.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

KINSELLA: Never too late to take back the narrative of October 7, 2023

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source October 7, 2023: what happened on this day, three years ago? KINSELLA: Never too late to...

07.10.2026 30

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Warren Kinsella

LILLEY: Carney wants more immigration, Canada needs less

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Despite what Mark Carney wants to tell the New York Times, Canada’s immigration system...

07.10.2026 40

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Brian Lilley

TAIT: 25-year veteran of Oilers broadcasts a true Prince-ipe

If I ever cornered Gene Principe to pitch a silver anniversary feature marking 25 years on the Oilers beat, he’d skate circles around the spotlight....

05.10.2026 40

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TERRAZZANO: Carney failing to put bloated budget on a diet

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Imagine a diet where you only count calories at lunch and dinner. The weekend brunch,...

05.10.2026 40

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Franco Terrazzano

ELDER: CNN biased against Trump? Surely, you jest

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source On ABC’s This Week, hosted by Martha Raddatz, Attorney General Todd Blanche complained...

05.10.2026 30

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Larry Elder

GOLDSTEIN: With new pipeline, Mark Carney admits the economy trumps climate change

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source How does Prime Minister Mark Carney’s support for the new Pacific Link Pipeline fit in...

05.10.2026 40

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Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: B.C. judge's dangerous drug delusion

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Justice Catherine Murray of the British Columbia Supreme Court certainly thinks a lot of...

04.10.2026 40

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: New pipeline is great, the government owning it is not

Building another oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast has always been in the national interest – on Thursday, it became official. Prime...

02.10.2026 40

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: New report on federal response to antisemitism comes three years too late

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  The federal government, through Public Safety Canada, published a document last week...

01.10.2026 20

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Lorrie Goldstein

CHARLEBOIS: Magnifying glass is influencing food choices, whether you want to admit it or not

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  For years, Canadians have wondered why so many packaged foods contain so much sodium,...

01.10.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: White House celebrates steel investment as Canadians workers are laid off

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source On Tuesday, a new round of U.S. tariffs and product bans will hit Canadian exports,...

29.09.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley