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KINSELLA: Conservative MP petitioning for Don Cherry to get Order of Canada a dumb move

KINSELLA: Conservative MP petitioning for Don Cherry to get Order of Canada a dumb move

In politics, there’s kicking a hornet’s nest, and there’s tripping over one. Typing up a column about Don Cherry’s suitability for the Order...

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Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

BINDA: Carney should axe the home sale reporting requirement

BINDA: Carney should axe the home sale reporting requirement

Ottawa continues to dangle the threat of a home equity tax over Canadians. The Canada Revenue Agency has been forcing taxpayers to report the sale of...

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Edmonton Sun

Carson Binda

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney government all over the map on foreign interference by India

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney government all over the map on foreign interference by India

What in heaven’s name is going on in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government with regard to the threat posed to Canada’s national security by...

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Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

PARKER: Guarding against rich and powerful fanatics abroad

PARKER: Guarding against rich and powerful fanatics abroad

At the height of the energy crisis in the 1970s, when oil prices more than sextupled, The Economist magazine showed a map of the Persian Gulf on its...

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Edmonton Sun

Star Parker

LILLEY: Woman who threatened Mark Carney is no free speech hero

A Toronto woman who made online threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney is being held up as a martyr for freedom of speech when, in reality,...

18.03.2026 5

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

SIMS: Ratings and spending show why CBC should be defunded

SIMS: Ratings and spending show why CBC should be defunded

The CBC is a huge waste of money. Nearly nobody is watching it and journalists should not be paid by the government....

18.03.2026 5

Edmonton Sun

Kris Sims

JAY GOLDBERG: Smith joins call for common-sense nicotine pouch policy

JAY GOLDBERG: Smith joins call for common-sense nicotine pouch policy
17.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

GOLDSTEIN: Study accuses Carney Liberals of 'substantially' worsening federal finances

GOLDSTEIN: Study accuses Carney Liberals of 'substantially' worsening federal finances
17.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation slowing — but the squeeze isn't over

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation slowing — but the squeeze isn't over
17.03.2026 6

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: City-run grocery store not the solution to food inflation

LILLEY: City-run grocery store not the solution to food inflation
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

KINSELLA: Attacks on Jews show antisemitism exploding globally

KINSELLA: Attacks on Jews show antisemitism exploding globally
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

HANSON: Our long road to war with Iran

HANSON: Our long road to war with Iran
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Victor Davis Hanson

GOLDSTEIN: Al-Quds Day shows how Canada tolerates intolerance

GOLDSTEIN: Al-Quds Day shows how Canada tolerates intolerance
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

GUEST COLUMN: AI needs regulation, industry should lead way

GUEST COLUMN: AI needs regulation, industry should lead way
16.03.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Sayan navaratnam

JONAH GOLDBERG: Republicans aren't willing to call war in Iran what it is

JONAH GOLDBERG: Republicans aren't willing to call war in Iran what it is
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jonah Goldberg

CHARLEBOIS: The inconvenient truth about the carbon tax and food prices

CHARLEBOIS: The inconvenient truth about the carbon tax and food prices
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

LILLEY: Food inflation still high and Mark Carney can't blame war for that

LILLEY: Food inflation still high and Mark Carney can't blame war for that
16.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

TAIT: Long history behind para sports, and Canada-USA rivalry

TAIT: Long history behind para sports, and Canada-USA rivalry

The Vietnam War ignited a disability rights revolution that blazed across North America. Veterans stormed back demanding access and equality, forever...

15.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Canada advances to gold medal game after tight victory over China in Paralympic hockey

TAIT: Canada advances to gold medal game after tight victory over China in Paralympic hockey

It must be Friday the 13th, right? After bulldozing their way through preliminary play with a jaw-dropping 26-1 goal differential, the Canadian para...

14.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

HILL: Sales tax wouldn’t magically balance the budget, but it will leave less money in Albertan pockets

HILL: Sales tax wouldn’t magically balance the budget, but it will leave less money in Albertan pockets

In October, Albertans will vote in a referendum covering various policy issues. Recently, Premier Danielle Smith said that if Albertans collect enough...

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Tegan Hill

TAIT: Edmonton Paralympian prepares for hockey playoff round in Milano Cortina

TAIT: Edmonton Paralympian prepares for hockey playoff round in Milano Cortina

With the Canadian para ice hockey team preparing for its semifinal showdown Friday against China, Edmontonian native Micah Kovacevich will be ready...

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

WARMINGTON: Security funding for Jewish groups has been long overdue

WARMINGTON: Security funding for Jewish groups has been long overdue

Another day, another antisemitic attack. It’s no longer a question of will the Jewish community face antisemitic attacks, it’s a matter of when....

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Joe Warmington

GOLDSTEIN: Lack of political will made antisemitism exactly who we are

GOLDSTEIN: Lack of political will made antisemitism exactly who we are

To describe Wednesday’s announcement by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree — earmarking $10 million to Jewish organizations so they can...

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: There's no reason why we should allow IRGC members to stay in Canada

LILLEY: There's no reason why we should allow IRGC members to stay in Canada

When Canada was a serious country, we used to deport dangerous people even if there was a war on. We didn’t care if we were sending someone who was...

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: What does Mark Carney's majority mean for Pierre Poilievre's future?

LILLEY: What does Mark Carney's majority mean for Pierre Poilievre's future?

It looks like Pierre Poilievre is going to be stuck with the worst damn job in all of Canada for a while longer. Between Lori Idlout’s decision to...

13.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

JAY GOLDBERG: Alberta kills the last illusion of fiscal restraint in Canada

JAY GOLDBERG: Alberta kills the last illusion of fiscal restraint in Canada

The Alberta government’s recent budget confirmed a nagging suspicion that many concerned Canadians have had for some time: The era of fiscal responsibility in Canada is truly over. The federal government hasn’t been fiscally responsible with...

13.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

TAIT: Canada's Paralympic hockey success showcases power of inclusion

TAIT: Canada's Paralympic hockey success showcases power of inclusion

The 2026 Para Ice Hockey Games are smashing records like a puck to the back of the net. Following the Paris 2024 Paralympics, where over 11 million...

12.03.2026 5

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Canada bests strong Czechia squad in para ice hockey in Milan

TAIT: Canada bests strong Czechia squad in para ice hockey in Milan

Did you hear that huge sigh of relief across Canada Wednesday morning caused by the Canadian para ice hockey team? There were a few nervous seconds...

11.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

OPINION: Canada’s economic future risks strategic drift without focused AI policy

OPINION: Canada’s economic future risks strategic drift without focused AI policy

As the artificial intelligence build-out accelerates across sectors of the economy, we face a consequential policy choice. Federal AI funding should...

11.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Special To Toronto Sun

LILLEY: With NDP floor crosser, Carney effectively has a majority now

LILLEY: With NDP floor crosser, Carney effectively has a majority now

Mark Carney moved one step closer to a majority government overnight as another MP crossed the floor to join the Liberals. This time it was a New...

11.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

KINSELLA: Trump's support in Israel is astonishing

KINSELLA: Trump's support in Israel is astonishing

For Israel, arguably the most consequential foreign policy achievement happened on Oct. 25, 2009. At a wedding. On that date, Jared Kushner married...

11.03.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

CHARLEBOIS: The rise of the pyjamas economy and what that means

CHARLEBOIS: The rise of the pyjamas economy and what that means

If you spend enough time in a grocery store these days, you will notice something that would have been unusual not long ago: Shoppers pushing carts in...

11.03.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

THOMPSON, HILL: Don’t be fooled — Smith government raised taxes in latest budget

THOMPSON, HILL: Don’t be fooled — Smith government raised taxes in latest budget

The Smith government has failed to rein in spending and Albertans will pay the price. Last month, the government tabled its budget, which includes a...

11.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Tegan Hill And Austin Thompson

TAIT: Canada with a second dominating para hocky performance at Paralympics

Boris Rybalka knows a party when he sees one. On Saturday the head coach of the Canadian Para hockey team said that, this year’s Paralympics was the...

10.03.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TERRAZZANO: Liberals owe Canadians a parliamentary budget officer now

The Liberal government would rather cut the budget watchdog than cut the debt. Prime Minister Mark Carney failed to appoint a new parliamentary...

09.03.2026 7

Edmonton Sun

Franco Terrazzano

GAGNON: Governor General Mary Simon should refuse her pay raise

When Canadians are asked to make sacrifices, those at the top need to lead by example. No one is better positioned to set that example than Governor...

09.03.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Nicolas Gagnon

LILLEY: Why three byelections could hand Liberals majority government

You better get used to the idea that Mark Carney will soon be leading a Liberal majority government. Carney called three byelections on Sunday – two...

09.03.2026 6

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: War in Iran threatens safety of Canadians at home

The greatest threat to Canadians emerging from the war in Iran is domestic terrorism. While all Canadians are vulnerable given that Iran is the...

08.03.2026 6

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

TAIT: Canada starts Paralympic hockey with a victory

In February 2024, the Camrose Kodiaks honoured Boris Rybalka, a man who had spent 26 seasons as their general manager and coach. It was a night filled...

08.03.2026 30

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

GOLDBERG: Trump needs to get ready for the blowback

It is a special kind of folly to make long-term predictions amid the fog of war. Nobody knows how Operation Epic Fury will end. But there are already...

07.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Jonah Goldberg

KINSELLA: Mark Carney's flip-flopping stance on Iran war hurts Canada's reputation – and his own

Leon Panetta, the revered former U.S. secretary of defence, is speaking about war. “Leaders have to understand,” Panetta says in an interview,...

07.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

SNOBELEN: Canadians deserve answers to governments’ COVID responses

The good people of Minnesota have suffered a lot of political blows recently. It seems that living in a state that elected a governor from the wrong...

07.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

Canadian men's para hockey team ready to take the ice in Milan

It would be so un-Canadian — almost treasonous — to downplay the grit, heart, and sheer determination of our women’s and men’s hockey teams,...

07.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

LILLEY: Truthfully Canada doesn't have what's needed to join Iran war

The discussion going on about whether Canada could or should get involved in the war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is becoming...

07.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

PARKER: America is doing what must be done in Iran

Following rounds of missile attacks from Iran on Israel, a warhead from one of the missiles was found just hundreds of yards from Jerusalem’s Old...

07.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Star Parker

GOLDSTEIN: Wanted: A watchdog, not a lapdog, of Liberal spending

Within the massive federal government bureaucracy, there are only two independent offices that can be relied upon to give Canadian parliamentarians...

05.03.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Iran strike right call, but one Donald Trump may end up regretting

The decision was absolutely, unreservedly the right one. Israel and America’s decision to move against the Iranian regime, that is. For decades,...

04.03.2026 8

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

LILLEY: PM Mark Carney ignores first instinct, shows weakness on Iran

At the beginning of June last year, just over a month after being elected in a stunning victory, Mark Carney went into a meeting with oil and gas...

04.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

SIMS: Alberta budget terrible for taxpayers

Spending is up, debt is up and taxes are up. Finance Minister Nate Horner delivered the 2026-27 Alberta budget on Thursday. SIMS: Alberta budget...

03.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Kris Sims

JAY GOLDBERG: Tumbler Ridge tragedy demands policy change, not sweeping new government powers

In the wake of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting last month, many are asking the question of where the line should be drawn between public safety and...

03.03.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg