Political pressure grows for end to convoy protests as Ottawa warns of weekend surge

OTTAWA — Pressure has mounted on both sides of the border, and across the political aisle in Canada, for protesters blockading key crossings with the U.S....

Poll: Nearly 30% of Canadians say it’s time to ‘learn to live’ with COVID-19

A new poll suggests almost 30 per cent of Canadians believe it’s time to lift pandemic restrictions and “learn to live” with the COVID-19 virus, while...

Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy

OTTAWA — Britain’s envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah...

Restoring community dialogue and resilience: The next COVID-19 emergency

COVID-19 is not the first health crisis to affect Canada. Previous emergencies, like the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy in 2013, showed the importance of including the affected...

Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

When the federal government released the budget in April 2021, it proposed creating a new tax credit for private firms that make investments in carbon capture,...

Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest ‘freedom convoy’ protesters?

The leaders of the so-called freedom convoy in Ottawa have been served with a $9.8 million class-action lawsuit for the private nuisance caused by the noise...

Immigration Canada’s backlog stands at 1.8 million people, but there are signs of improvement

Erin O’Toole’s ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Erin O’Toole is the second person to lead the Conservative Party of Canada since Stephen Harper stepped down in 2015. Why is it significant that the...

What the ‘freedom convoy’ reveals about the ties among politics, police and the law

The so-called freedom convoy, which began in January 2022 to challenge vaccination requirements for truckers crossing the Canada-United States border, is a fascinating specimen for the...

Canadian reconstruction aid to Tonga 40 years ago points the way today

Tonga is still assessing the devastation of January’s volcanic explosion that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The eruption...