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Lorne Gunter: Despite Carney's claims, Canada's immigration numbers largely unchanged Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government announced — or rather boasted — that they had brought immigration under control after the open-floodgate Trudeau years. In 2025 the national population, they claimed, shrank by 102,000 people, the first decline since Confederation.

Lorne Gunter: Despite Carney's claims, Canada's immigration numbers largely unchanged Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government announced — or rather boasted — that they had brought immigration under control after the open-floodgate Trudeau years. In 2025 the national population, they claimed, shrank by 102,000 people, the first decline since Confederation.

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GUNTER: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement

GUNTER: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement

Megan Fox wears sexy red catsuit to promote erectile dysfunction drug: ‘I WAS BORN FOR THIS’ WARMINGTON: Leave it to Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd to...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement It’s great that the West Coast pipeline — now known as the Pacific Link pipeline — is being fast-tracked by Ottawa. Who would ever imagine the first project deemed in the national interest by the federal Liberals’ major projects office would be one benefiting Alberta?

Lorne Gunter: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement It’s great that the West Coast pipeline — now known as the Pacific Link pipeline — is being fast-tracked by Ottawa. Who would ever imagine the first project deemed in the national interest by the federal Liberals’ major projects office would be one benefiting Alberta?

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith saddled with outsized influence of UCP's cranks and loons The most recent polls are good news for those Albertans who want the province to remain in Confederation.

Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith saddled with outsized influence of UCP's cranks and loons The most recent polls are good news for those Albertans who want the province to remain in Confederation.

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GUNTER: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

GUNTER: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

MANDEL: Killer of legal receptionist already discharged into community from CAMH Carney signals plan to crank up Canada's immigration intake Why...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

Lorne Gunter: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

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Lorne Gunter: City makes tax money from infill monstrosities This past weekend there were at least four more angry neighbourhood protests against the uber-density infill plans approved by the city without any concern for surrounding residents.

Lorne Gunter: City makes tax money from infill monstrosities This past weekend there were at least four more angry neighbourhood protests against the uber-density infill plans approved by the city without any concern for surrounding residents.

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GUNTER: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books

GUNTER: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books

SIMMONS SAYS: Guerrero's season was an apology waiting to happen GOLDSTEIN: OECD downgrades Canada’s economic growth as Carney moves away from...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books Spending. Then covering it up.

Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books Spending. Then covering it up.

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GUNTER: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers

GUNTER: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers

Kraft Heinz Canada unveils Kraft Dinner-flavoured cream soda WARMINGTON: Convicted murderer Mason Jenkins has escaped from Collins Bay pen What Blue...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers Mark Messier has always been my favourite Oiler.

Lorne Gunter: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers Mark Messier has always been my favourite Oiler.

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GUNTER: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum

GUNTER: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum
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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: UCP government finally does what it should have done months ago — cut the gas tax The province's decision to — finally — cut the gas tax is a couple of months too late, but better late than never

Lorne Gunter: UCP government finally does what it should have done months ago — cut the gas tax The province's decision to — finally — cut the gas tax is a couple of months too late, but better late than never

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum

Lorne Gunter: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum

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Gunter: Alberta separatist anger could raise fortunes of NDP leader Naheed Nenshi

Gunter: Alberta separatist anger could raise fortunes of NDP leader Naheed Nenshi
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Daily Herald Tribune

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith is facing pressure from Alberta separatists. It's of her own making

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Councillor's push for street parking permit punishes residents Tens of thousands of Edmontonians now live in neighbourhoods which, by the city’s own design, have no driveways or alleys. Parking on the street is their only option

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Lorne Gunter: University of Calgary report on Alberta separation settles nothing I’m not sure what impact Wednesday’s report on the cost of separation, prepared by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, will have on the independence referendum next month.

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GUNTER: Revolving-door justice system puts Canadians at risk

Former Blue Jays reliever Brian Wolfe dead at 45: Reports Indian Bishnoi mob's chilling warning: 'Canada has no guts to stop us. That is...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Revolving-door justice system puts Canadians at risk Early on Friday, Aug. 21, during morning prayers at the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple in rural Northeast Edmonton, Austin Sim-Pelletier was alleged to have entered and stabbed two Sikh worshippers with a screwdriver.

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Lorne Gunter: Energy rebate not going 'to everyone' as Smith said So far, only around 1.2 million out of 3.4 million eligible Albertans have bothered to jump through the requisite hoops to get the rebate.

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GUNTER: Trade war booze ban could backfire on Canada

Goalie Patriks Plumins shines as Maple Leafs prospects beat Jets Mississauga mayoral race officially underway as top candidates launch campaigns...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Trade war booze ban could backfire on Canada As satisfying as it is to be “Elbows Up” against U.S. President Donald Trump in the current Canada-U.S. trade war, it might be a tad counterproductive.

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Lorne Gunter: Victims, taxpayers on the hook for UCP government's new car insurance scheme The old axiom, of course, is if something appears too good to be true, it probably isn’t true.

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Lorne Gunter: Province may need to enforce municipal development rules It’s not hard to understand the anger behind the Parkview infill protest last weekend.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Make 'Made in Canada' mean something again

CHARLEBOIS: Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford SUNshine Girl Charlene Sydney Sweeney turns heads with nipple-baring dress at Venice Film...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Make 'Made in Canada' mean something again The Prairies provinces, particularly Alberta, have the closest thing to authentic free interprovincial trade. Ontario is next closest.

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Lorne Gunter: Elections Alberta mistakes give fuel to separatists If Elections Alberta reaches voting day thousands of workers short, the lineups at polling stations could stretch to hours.

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GUNTER: Eastern pipeline more effective than oil tariffs in Canada-U.S. trade war

SIMMONS SAYS: Hockey Night In Canada has a new name, but an old host Canada's currency imbalance with U.S. 'unacceptable,' Donald Trump...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: All-in-one licence rollout just the latest UCP red-tape disaster The New Democrats’ Service Alberta critic, Gurinder Brar, has called on Dale Nally, the UCP Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, to resign from cabinet over the chaotic rollout of the new combined driver’s licence/health-care card .

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Lorne Gunter: Dual-practice health care uproar highlights Quebec favouritism

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Liberals ride anti-Trump wave to byelection wins, poll gains

'Zero chance of recovery' for Stoney Creek's Matthew Mayich, lawyer says 'Wheel of Fortune' announcer Jim Thornton suspended...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Liberals ride anti-Trump wave to byelection wins, poll gains The Liberals, of course, won all three federal byelections on Monday .

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Lorne Gunter: Nenshi's comments ring true on referendum turnout numbers Leger found that among those most likely to vote, pro-Canada support went up to 70 per cent from 65 per cent, while separatist sentiment remained the same at 23 per cent.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: CBC flip-flop on calling 9/11 'terrorism' exercise in disinformation

Tim Dolighan cartoon, Aug. 29, 2026 WARMINGTON: As trade spat rages, alleged U.S. consulate shooter freed on bail GUNTER: CBC flip-flop on calling...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: CBC flip-flop on calling 9/11 'terrorism' an exercise in disinformation If there is anything to laugh at (and it’s ironically funny) in the discovery this week that the CBC advised against calling 9/11 a “terrorist attack,” is that the CBC executive who sent the confidential memo to editors and reporters was Basem Boshra, who goes by the entirely misleading title “Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust.”

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GUNTER: Let Canadian consumers decide whether to boycott U.S. booze

GOLDSTEIN: Job losses, inflation and bail-outs – the high costs of an all-out trade war LILLEY: Carney walks away, now Canada faces the tariff...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Let Canadian consumers decide whether to boycott U.S. booze Stop being so uptight. Drink your bourbon. Or don’t. That’s up to you.

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's binding vote talk polarizes separation debate You should remember that Thomas Lukaszuk didn’t start his Forever Canadian movement to give Albertans a chance to show how they really didn’t want to separate in a provincewide vote. He was trying to give Premier Danielle Smith a black eye.

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GUNTER: Taxes an oversized part of Canadian families' affordability crisis

Niagara Falls, N.Y., in state of emergency over roads and abandoned homes Caitlin Clark reacts to Scotiabank Arena’s brutal conditions: ‘MAYBE IF...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Taxes an oversized part of Canadian families' affordability crisis In 2010, just 15 years ago, the average Canadian family paid $28,878 in taxes to all three levels of government. According to the Fraser Institute, last year the average family paid $50,721.

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Lorne Gunter: Time for the UCP to cut Alberta's gas tax already

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GUNTER: B.C. land transfers to First Nations pose problems for rest of Canada

Blue Jays keep rolling as they continue to make ground on AL wild card spot Search on for missing pilot in cottage country GOLDSTEIN: Claims...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: B.C. land transfers to First Nations pose problems for the rest of Canada

B.C. government set to give Hatley Castle, former home of a premier, to the Songhees First Nation

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National Post

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Lorne Gunter: B.C. land transfers to First Nations pose problems for the rest of Canada The British Columbia government is set to give Hatley Castle, the home of former B.C. premier James Dunsmuir, to the Songhees First Nation as part of B.C.’s aggressive land-claims process.

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Lorne Gunter: Danielle Smith's AI plans need more detail for Albertans Tuesday Premier Smith called on Alberta to build “digital pipelines,” not just oil pipelines, and “digital refineries.”

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Lorne Gunter: Liberal justice reforms expose Canadians to more violent reoffenders I guess everyone deserves a ninth chance.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Details of Mark Carney's Tuscany vacation shrouded in mystery

How did tennis icon Roger Federer lose his billionaire status overnight? MANDEL: 'Worst of the worst' Brampton-based trucking firm has...

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Toronto Sun

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Gunter: Details of Mark Carney's Tuscany vacation shrouded in mystery Where is he staying? Whose villa is he using? What’s the potential conflict? Is there a quid pro quo?

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Federalists need to conquer apathy to defeat Alberta separatists in October

Former Raptors boss Nick Nurse suing the Ontario government for $697,000 Golfer quits country club as hole-in-one cheating scandal goes viral Mark...

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Toronto Sun

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