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Facebook’s 2013 year in review
Are you a Facebook junkie? It’s addictive, isn’t it?! So, what were the most talked about topics on Facebook in Canada in 2013? Check out the media release below to find out: With 19 million active...
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Google Canada reveals Zeitgeist: 2013 trending lists for pop culture, tech,...
What was trending in 2013? This media release from Google Canada provides answers: From controversy at Toronto’s City Hall to “sourtoe cocktails,” “twerking” and the Harlem Shake, Google Canada reveals...
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Mandryk: Ignore Montreal mayor's pipeline bluster
There really is only one productive response to Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre’s opposition to the Energy East pipeline: Ignore him. Why the hell should we care what Coderre or other Quebec mayors think...
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Mandryk: La Loche needs hope and opportunity
With all due respect to former La Loche mayor and current Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Georgina Jolibois, her notion that last week’s mass shooting “could have happened anywhere else” is...
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Watch live: PM Trudeau speaks in La Loche
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to La Loche Friday, the scene one week ago of one of the worst school shootings in Canadian history, “to personally express the country’s shock and sadness.”...
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Mandryk: Trudeau needs to be a cheerleader for Energy East
The NDP, Green Party and the environmental left claim the federal government’s new pipeline approval process falls well short of both protecting the environment and what the Liberals promised in last...
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Editorial: Wall government deficit breaks spirit of legislation
No matter how Premier Brad Wall spins it, his government will be contravening the spirit, if not the letter, of Saskatchewan’s balanced budget law with plans to run “modest deficits” this year and...
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Opinion: Use technology to help address emissions
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers meet in Vancouver tomorrow in an attempt to co-ordinate efforts to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, there will be a lot of discussion...
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Letter: "Canada is back"— oh, really?
The prime minister says the arms deal with Saudi Arabia cannot be cancelled because our international reputation would be damaged beyond repair. It’s got nothing to do with reputation, but everything...
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Letter: Justin Trudeau's 'genetic disdain' for the West
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s lack of action to build the Energy East pipeline is rooted in a genetic disdain for Western Canada and Newfoundland, evidenced by him damning with faint praise this...
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Mandryk: Wall needs extra dollars from Ottawa
Premier Brad Wall’s flip-flop a decade ago on removing natural resources from the equalization formula was hypocritical. But it was not the most unforgivable thing he has done. There is little doubt...
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Fingas: Federal budget, Sask. Party platform disappointing
This week’s federal budget — like so much about Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party — can be seen as a Rorschach test for political observers. Anybody hoping for immediate steps to rectify historical...
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Editorial: EI must be responsive to Saskatchewan's needs
Oilfield workers who have lost well-paying jobs in Saskatchewan and are faced with finding money to cover their mortgages and bills for the indefinite future have absolutely no reason to be “happy”...
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Wall talks Manitoba trade, Saskatchewan budget, sets date for government to...
Premier Brad Wall is looking forward to Manitoba joining the New West Partnership Trade Agreement. That agreement, made in 2010 with Alberta and British Columbia, created barrier-free trade among the...
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Chiefs to meet with Prime Minister Trudeau in Treaty 4 territory
It’s a visit a long time coming. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Fort Qu’Appelle to meet chiefs from the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council. It’s a rare opportunity for anyone....
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End-of-life bill brings demonstrators to MP's office
Whatever response he got as he visited Saskatchewan this week, Justin Trudeau had few fans in MP Ralph Goodale’s office midday Wednesday. Demonstrators filled the office of Goodale, the Liberal MP for...
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Johnstone: Pipelines no panacea for problem-plagued oilpatch
The conventional wisdom is that pipelines — Energy East, Keystone XL, Northern Gateway, Trans Mountain — will be the saviour of Western Canada’s embattled oil industry. Politicians, like Alberta’s NDP...
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Pardy: The 'no ransom, no negotiations' policy is a fairy tale
The murder of Canadian John Ridsdel by Abu Sayyaf militants brought to a tragic end his seven-month ordeal in the southern Philippines. Ridsdel and fellow Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan...
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Fingas: Trudeau apes Harper in controlling parliamentary debate
After taking an inexplicably long time to make any progress at all on a core campaign promise, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has finally unveiled a process to discuss electoral reform. But the...
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Trudeau announces EI benefits extended to three western regions
EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is extending employment insurance benefits to three western economic regions that were left out when changes were first made. Trudeau says...
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