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Alberta, Ottawa head to province's Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute
EDMONTON - About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of "economic masochism" that he would f...
Dec 16, 2019
Scheer's resignation tips party into internal war over school tuition payments
OTTAWA - Signs began to emerge Friday that the coming race to replace outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be an acid test for whether social conservatives have a place in the Conserva...
Dec 15, 2019
Brad Wall not interested in Conservative party leadership
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he's not interested in running for the Conservative party leadership. His is one of the names being tossed around in Conservative circles ...
Dec 13, 2019
Plans advancing for First Nations' pipeline purchase
KAMLOOPS - A leader of one of the First Nations communities situated right along the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline says plans to buy the project are moving along. Chief Mike LeBourdais of the Wh...
Dec 12, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Race to replace Scheer as federal Conservative leader could be crowded
OTTAWA - Moments after Andrew Scheer announced Thursday his intention to resign as Conservative party leader, speculation turned to who will replace him. Two of his prominent rivals in the 2017 leader...
James Peters Dec 12, 2019
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party ha...
Dec 12, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his...
Dec 12, 2019
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Dec 03, 2019
Scheer heads to Conservative heartland after a bruising week of challenges
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer heads into the Conservative heartland of Alberta today where he'll make a pitch to some of the party's most fervent supporters about why he ought to keep his job as federal...
Nov 29, 2019
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