Federal Politics

Alberta, First Nation in war of words as Teck oil mine decision nears

EDMONTON -- Alberta's Indigenous relations minister says a last-minute war of words with a First Nations leader over a multibillion-dollar oilsands mine is a case of bare-knuckle bargaining.Rick Wilso...

Feb 12, 2020

Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis becomes official candidate for Conservative leader

OTTAWA - Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis is running for leadership of the federal Conservative party. Her campaign says she was officially accepted into the race this week, after submitting the requi...

Feb 12, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

Feb 10, 2020

Calkins: Needles don’t belong in prisons

In the Prime Minister's Mandate to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, he was instructed to "lead the Government's work in ensuring that Canadians are kept safe from a...

Feb 08, 2020

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost balloons to $12.6B, up from $7.4B

EDMONTON -- Delays and design changes have driven the cost to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion up by about 70 per cent to $12.6 billion from the $7.4 billion estimate made three years ago, ...

Feb 07, 2020 Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on Tuesday June 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta uninterested in federal 'handout' if Teck mine rejected: Nixon

CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says the province is not interested in any federal handout if Ottawa rejects the proposed Frontier oilsands mine. A Reuters report, citing unidentified sources...

Feb 07, 2020

Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan's Scott Moe say they see signs that tensions in their relationship with Ottawa are beginning to ease. The two premiers are part of a delegati...

Feb 07, 2020

Speed restrictions ordered after Saskatchewan derailment

GUERNSEY, Sask. - Transportation Minister Marc Garneau has announced speed restrictions on trains carrying dangerous goods after a derailment in Saskatchewan caused a dozen tankers carrying crude oil ...

Feb 06, 2020 Smoke billows up from a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway train near Guernsey, Sask., on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Matt Smith / THE CANADIAN PRESS

Peter Mackay brings Conservative leadership campaign to Red Deer

Rural crime was the focus of discussion for Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership hopeful Peter MacKay as he made a campaign tour stop in Gasoline Alley on Wednesday.MacKay says rural crime is...

Feb 05, 2020 Peter Mackay visits with former Red Deer MP Bob Mills during a visit to Gasoline Alley on Wednesday. (rdnewsNOW/James Dunn)

Opponents to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal. Tsleil-Wa...

Feb 05, 2020