CanadaThe Trans Mountain pipeline and the end of the ‘veto’ fallacyToday’s appeal court ruling rejects the notion of First Nations having a veto over oil projects. But it’s not the end of the legal saga.
PoliticsCan TVO’s ’Political Blind Date’ help soften partisanship in Canada?The TV show gives politicians the rare chance to talk outside of a hostile question period and get to the bottom of the seldom-answered question: Why the (bleep) does that person think that way?
EconomyThe future of ‘Saskberta’Two Prairie provinces will make common cause in 2020 in an alliance born of anger and economic pain
OttawaWhat room can Andrew Scheer win, if not this one?Jason Markusoff: Alberta Conservatives gathered to listen to their federal party leader. They were not very impressed.
PoliticsWhy Trudeau’s cabinet is still all blurry on the western frontThe PM wisely avoided a stunt move like appointing an unelected Albertan. And he spoke of the energy industry with some overdue respect.
PoliticsJason Kenney’s strongman manoeuvreJason Markusoff: A question rang out across Alberta. How the (expletive) does he think he can get away with this?
CanadaEncana doesn’t want to be Canadian anymore, and Trudeau shrugsThe Liberals just failed their first key test after getting shut out of Alberta in the election
CanadaLethbridge says ’oki’ to everyone who visitsIn mid-September, city council declared the Blackfoot word oki—which means hello—the official greeting of Alberta’s third-largest city
CanadaJason Kenney slashed the budget—hey, Trudeau made him do it!Will post-election anger distract Albertans from their provincial government’s deep spending cuts?
PoliticsAndrew Scheer must find a way to the EastTime for Conservatives to reckon with the message they were selling, which worked great in two provinces, but inadequately in the other eight