Federal Politics

Dreeshen, Calkins discuss pipelines, agriculture and trade at Chamber breakfast

Local business leaders were served with thoughts about pipelines, agriculture, and a new Alberta government Thursday morning at the Pidherney Curling Centre. Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen an...

Apr 25, 2019 Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen (left) and Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins (right) address a crowd of roughly 60 local business leaders at the Pidherney Curling Centre as part of the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Annual Breakfast with the MP's event Thursday morning.

Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show

OTTAWA - New federal data suggest Canada's highest earners paid a slightly greater share of the country's overall income taxes following Liberal changes designe...

Apr 18, 2019

Federal government extends Trans Mountain deadline to June 18

OTTAWA -The federal government says it is delaying its decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project until June 18 in order to wrap up consultations with Indigenous groups.The deadline is ...

Apr 18, 2019

Kenney's premiership poses challenges, opportunity for Trudeau, Scheer

OTTAWA - Attention is now turning to how Jason Kenney's win in Alberta could impact the fall federal election. Political observers say Kenney, an outspoken and articulate former Stephen Harper cabinet...

Apr 17, 2019

Court orders lobbying czar to take new look at Aga Khan's vacation gift to PM

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has ordered the lobbying commissioner to take another look at whether the Aga Khan broke the rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a&nb...

Apr 16, 2019

MPs Dreeshen, Allison host roundtable to discuss trade issues

Conservative MPs Earl Dreeshen (Red Deer - Mountain View) and Dean Allison (Niagara West, Shadow Minister for International Trade) held a roundtable on Monday with local stakeholders regarding interna...

Apr 15, 2019

Hasn't campaigned with federal leader: NDP's Notley says her focus on Alberta

CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she hasn't campaigned with the federal party leader because her focus is on what's best for the province - including pipelines. During a campaign stop i...

Apr 12, 2019

United We Roll convoy rolling out again Friday

Described as the "last push before Alberta votes" on Tuesday, the United We Roll For Canada group is hitting the road one more time. Another pro-pipeline convoy is scheduled to leave from Gorts Truck ...

Apr 11, 2019

Veer says proposed grant changes could hurt Red Deer

Red Deer's mayor says our city could be hit hard by proposed changes to how provincial grant funding is allocated to municipalities.Tara Veer shared her concern during a State of the City speech to me...

Apr 10, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

Scheer repeats alleged libel, goads Trudeau to follow through on lawsuit threat

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is trying to provoke Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into following through on his threat to sue him over allegedly libellous criticism of the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Conserv...

Apr 10, 2019