Western Canada

The Alberta election was apocalyptic and British Columbia is always busy being crazy. Read about all the politics and news.

The Ballad of the Northern Gateway Pipeline (Or Everybody Loses)

The Hon. Greg Rickford's office at the Ministry of Natural Resources was shuttered this afternoon as his office sent out a statement about the government's decision regarding the Northern Gateway Pipeline—which...

Feds to Make Decision on Northern Gateway Pipeline Today

It’s been months since the NEB presented its long list of conditions that Enbridge must meet in order to begin construction on the Northern Gateway pipeline project in BC. Now, it’s finally time for the federal...

Homophobic or Just Lazy? Manitoba Tories Block Debate on Gay Marriage Tribute

The Manitoba NDP had some fightin’ words for the province’s Tories on Tuesday after they delayed debate on a resolution to mark the ten year anniversary of gay marriage in Manitoba. Verbal shots were fired as t...

Desmond Tutu to Deliver Keynote at Oil Sands Conference (Inexplicably)

"As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship In Our Time," a conference held in Fort McMurray this weekend on Aboriginal treaty rights and the oil sands, has attracted a curious keynote s...

Manitoba: What You and Your Family Need To Know To Be Safe

In "Exploring Canada's Wilderness," columnist Michael MacDonald offers Public Service Announcements on region-specific survival skills. The following is parody, and should not be taken too seriously. ...

Things get out of hand, President Fired at University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan's Board of governors was faced with backlash after the controversial firing of Robert Buckingham, a tenured executive, caused outrage across the province and the country. The back...

Revolutionary Alberta PC race begins with Jim Prentice

Moments ago, Jim Prentice, future Saint of Alberta, announced his intentions to run for Progressive-Conservative party leadership after the downfall of Alison "Nanny-on-a-plane" Redford. The ceili...

Tenured Principal Fired, re-Hired, Confused at University of Saskatchewan

“Never stop learning” Most of us have heard this adage more than a few times. This timeless wisdom is uttered parents, grandparents, friends, Instagram GIFs, memes, and so on. It reminds us that there will alw...

What’s Really Endangered: Whales or Pipelines?

Last month, in a bizarre move, Canada’s Conservative government downgraded the humpback whale from “threatened” to “species of special concern” under the Species at Risk Act. It was a move with purely political...

How to Redress Yourself: BC Apologizes to Chinese Canadians

Yesterday morning, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark formally apologized to Chinese Canadians on behalf of the provincial government for a sordid 140 year long history of discrimination, destitution, and d...