The News

It sounds like a broken record, but for the benefit of Canada’s first ministers gathered today in Montreal, it bears repeating. Federal and provincial governments have no trouble recognizing that international trade agreements and lower ...

Perspective truly is everything. Let’s be clear at the outset: the Alberta government is right to intervene in the oil industry at a perilous time for both the province and its most important industry. The irony is that it’s ...

The heart-wrenching tragedy in Yarmouth, N.S. last Saturday left people shaking their heads in disbelief. How could such a happy event like a Christmas parade result in such a horrible accident? As it turns out, very easily. The death of a ...

Friday, the Fourth National Climate Assessment was released. It’s a sobering look at the economic and physical effects of climate change in the United States, and where those changes are leading. At 1,656 pages, the report is massive. Much ...

November is coming to a merciful end. For many Atlantic Canadians, Dec. 1 launches the official countdown to the festive holiday period. It’s a reminder to get that Christmas card sent to Aunt Mary or that special gift mailed to Mom and ...

You’re worth money. Never forget that. And companies are going to sell you — or, at least, they’re going to sell your data. Where you live. How and where you drive. What you spend money on. What your social media interests ...

Well, so much for a pleasant late fall in Atlantic Canada. By now, we had hoped to see an end to the mercurial, extreme weather patterns experienced in the region through much of 2018. It felt like we deserved a quiet finish to the year ...

Here’s an interesting thesis: what exactly did we expect? And here’s a second one — why is anyone surprised? The subject of this thesis is Tony Clement, the shadow justice critic who is now out of the federal Conservative ...

It’s never a good sign when the federal privacy commissioner announces he’s launching a formal investigation. It’s more alarming when that inquiry is targeting Statistics Canada. Why? Because the national data-gathering agency ...

About the best thing you can point to in the leadup to today’s midterm elections in the United States is the dramatic growth in the number of people taking advantage of advance polls. After that, it’s pretty much ...