Images show fragments of U.S.-made missile at bombed Iranian girls' school. We broke down the evidence | Snopes.com www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...

Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance.

The petition notes Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre refuses to seek top-secret security clearance, which it says “exposes Canada to avoidable national security risks.” www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
#cdnpoli #Poilievre #security-clearance

Seems like extreme over-reach, doesn't it?

As always, young people bear the heaviest burden of a weakening labour market. rabble.ca rabble.ca/economy/yout...
#cdnpoli #jobs #labour-market #wages

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.

HSI personnel are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdowns making headlines in cities like Minneapolis, known as Enforcement and Removal Operations. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #ICE

N.S. pilot program cuts down payment requirements for first-time homebuyers - CMT News The Nova Scotia government says it’s the first province in Canada to slash the minimum down payment buyers are required to save in order to purchase their first home.

Housing Minister John White announced Tuesday the First-time Homebuyers Program, a four-year pilot that will lower the usual five per cent down payment to two per cent for participating first-time buyers. www.canadianmortgagetrends.com/2026/02/n-s-...
#nspoli #housing

Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News

Stacey Ross, 55, died on Jan. 16 after her family said she waited 11 hours after being admitted to the emergency room at St. Boniface Hospital. globalnews.ca/news/1165055...
#mbpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #wait_times

How would Canada's nuclear waste eyed for Ontario site get there? It's a key concern as public weighs in | CBC News Hundreds of people have been sharing how they feel about a project that could see Canada’s nuclear waste buried deep underground in northwestern Ontario. A key concern brought up during the public com...

An area near the Township of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, roughly 250 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, is being eyed to house the country's first deep geological repository. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #Nuclear_waste

Justice minister defends judicial appointment process after Alberta funding threat OTTAWA — Judicial appointments must be made without political influence, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Wednesday after Alberta's premier suggested she could withhold funding without more input on ...

Justice Minister Fraser said he will maintain that process, adding it’s essential for judges to make decisions without fear and without seeking the favour of those who have power over appointments. www.richmond-news.com/national-new...
#abpoli #justice_Minister

Alberta judges urge respect, independence after Danielle Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them | Globalnews.ca In a rare public statement, Alberta's three chief justices said democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other's role.

The province’s three chief justices said in a rare public statement that democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other’s role. globalnews.ca/news/1164001...
#abpoli #UCP #Chief_justices

BREAKING: Report Calls Trans Mountain a ‘Red Flag’ for Future Subsidies After Price Rises 584% The “financial quagmire” of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion—a project whose final price tag ballooned 584% from 2012 to 2024—should serve as a cautionary tale against risking public funds when b...

IEEFA writes that taxpayers could ultimately be burdened with paying the costs of another such project www.theenergymix.com/breaking-rep...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #TMX #taxpayers_expense

Pierre Poilievre hasn't learned a thing The more things change, it seems, the more the leader of the official opposition stays the same. Will his party's members give him the chance to run the same failed political playbook again?

After more than four months and a byelection since his April defeat, Pierre Poilievre has made one thing abundantly clear: his song will remain the same.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/o...

Meet the Canadian Aiding Trump’s 'Insane' War on Climate Science Ross McKitrick claims his views have long been ‘overlooked.' Now his work is helping guide the MAGA assault on climate regulations.

“I cannot state enough how insane it is that the same old debunked arguments from the same old debunked individuals are actually emerging in the year 2025” www.desmog.com/2025/09/01/m...
#cdnpoli #USA #lies #climate_denial #debunked

For some federal disability benefit recipients, the rollout has been a 'slap in the face' | CBC News Some Canadians with disabilities say a tumultuous rollout, an arduous application process and a meager payout have soured their view of the Canada Disability Benefit.

The new Canada Disability Benefit that is supposed to lift thousands of Canadians with disabilities out of poverty, pays Mark Davison $53.36, who after a stroke struggles to walk and use his left hand www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #disability #benefits

And, Postmedia news helps, by keeping us focused on more trivial matters, rather than issues that need to be dealt with.

I wouldn't doubt it! 😒

Letter to the Editor: Smith and UCP ignore Alberta's Poverty As long as federal and provincial governments are separated in their poverty reduction and financial strategies, Danielle Smith will always opt out of federal programs.

As long as federal and provincial governments are separated in their poverty reduction and financial strategies, Danielle Smith will always opt out of federal programs www.cochraneeagle.ca/opinion/lett...
#abpoli #poverty #UCP_ignoires

Cost to clean up orphan wells in Alberta reaches all-time high | CBC News The expected cost to clean up orphan oil and natural gas wells in Alberta has surpassed one billion dollars — reaching an all-time high.

The number of orphan wells in need of cleanup nearly doubled over the last year to reach 3,388 compared to 1,719 the previous year www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #orphan_wells #abandoned #Cleanup

He's obviously not afraid of lawsuits:
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Neil Young unveils new anti-Trump song, Big Crime | CBC Music 'Got to clean the White House out,' Young sings on the new track.

"Got to get the fascists out, got to clean the White House out," and "There's big crime in D.C. at the White House." www.cbc.ca/music/neil-y...
#cdnpoli #music #NeilYoung #trump #crime

No rush on new crude oil pipelines, Trans Mountain chief executive says | Globalnews.ca The head of the company that operates the Trans Mountain pipeline says there is no immediate need for new pipeline space in Canada.

There should be ample pipeline space to get Canadian crude oil to market until at least 2030 without the need for a whole new project being built from scratch globalnews.ca/news/1135458...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #No_new_pipelines

Trump tariffs: What happens next after court rules them illegal? A US appeals court has ruled that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal - so what happens now?

The court did not halt the tariffs but instead said they would remain in place until mid-October, setting up a further legal challenge in the US Supreme Court www.bbc.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #trade #tariffs #illegal

The cost and consequences of the climate crisis continue to break records As the federal government talks about building pipelines, they seem to ignore the cost of the climate crisis.

Big Oil is awash with profits, and the last thing any government needs to do is to continue to subsidize their operations or plow public money into their long-overdue efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the oil sands rabble.ca/environment/...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #fires #ClimateChange

We'll try not to make it easy for them :-)

Why Forever Canadian And not Never More Canadian

Canada is a nation-state. Canadian is a personal state of being. And as proud Albertans and loyal Canadians, we felt a dual identity. We believed that this was the same as most of our fellow Albertans kenchapman.substack.com/p/why-foreve...
#abpoli #ForeverCanadian #RebootAlberta

A look at Mark Carney’s priorities as he visits Poland, Germany and Latvia - National | Globalnews.ca Poland is Europe's fastest-growing economy and while Prime Minister Mark Carney is there, he is expected to sign a strategic partnership on energy and security.

Officials travelling with the PM told reporters that bringing Canada and Europe closer together is a top priority for the Carney government globalnews.ca/news/1134747...
#cdnpoli #trade #ukraine #poland #Germany #Latvia

‘Something is broken’: Ford slams assault charges against homeowner after break-in | Globalnews.ca Premier Doug Ford says "something is broken" after a Lindsay man was charged for injuring an alleged intruder during a violent break-in at his home.

“This criminal that’s wanted by the police breaks into this guy’s house, this guy gives him a beating, and this guy gets charged. Something is broken,” globalnews.ca/news/1134240...
#onpoli #ford #intruder #victim_charged

Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins  - Alberta Politics Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...

They’re also going to make you go through the same excessively bureaucratic process to get an influenza shot this fall, by the way, but no one will have to pay for that one … yet albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...
#abpoli #vaccines

UCP MLA Nathan Neudorf wants Lethbridge carved into 3-4 big rural-urban ridings I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to

This would almost certainly be seen as gerrymandering that would guarantee a UCP sweep of Lethbridge’s representation in the Legislature daveberta.substack.com/p/ucp-mla-na...
#abpoli #UCP #rural-urban-ridings

'Bout time these people reconsider voting for Conservatives for the next 40 years....