Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States. The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard in recent years. So he’s open to the idea if it brings more prosperity.“If there’s an opportunity for me
By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted March 21, 2025 8:55 pm Updated March 22, 2025 10:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming federal election, set to be called on Sunday. The Liberal party had
Republican lawmakers have been facing angry constituents at town halls across the U.S., leading some to say that they don’t support U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats against Canada. At a town hall in Columbus, Neb., Tuesday night, Rep. Mike Flood was asked by the moderator taking written questions if he would oppose “going to war
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Donald Trump’s threat to make Canada the 51st U.S. state is a “compliment,” but it’ll never happen. Ford shared his new take when speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park Tuesday, saying after his high-stakes meeting in Washington last week, the Americans aren’t “coming into our country to take over.”“I kind
Immigration lawyers say the case of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States over a denied visa is a warning to other Canadians that it’s no longer business as usual when crossing the border for work. Jasmine Mooney returned to Vancouver this weekend after she was detained for about 12 days when she tried
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will push ahead with an election promise to permanently cut the provincial gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre, despite the federal government’s reversal on the controversial carbon tax. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an order-in-council removing the consumer fuel charge as of April 1 — a move that’s
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser is warning Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney not to try and match Trump’s rhetoric in future talks on trade and tariffs, and that doing so could further damage relations between the two countries. John Bolton says relations with Trump under Carney, who was sworn in as
The top diplomat of the U.S. government on Friday defended U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated call to make Canada the 51st state, calling it an economic “argument” that “stands for itself” while speaking on Canadian soil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was repeatedly pressed by reporters at the conclusion of the G7 foreign ministers summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday his Liberal government is “immediately” ending the consumer carbon price, making the change official during his first cabinet meeting. Carney, who was sworn in as prime minister along with his new cabinet earlier in the day, said the order-in-council he signed fulfilled a promise he made while running for
U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his frequently-voiced desire to acquire Canada and Greenland on Thursday — this time with the leader of NATO sitting next to him. “I think it will happen,” Trump said when asked by a reporter about the U.S. taking over Greenland during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.“I’m