Twenty Tories Miss ISIS Vote

Blaine Calkins: Canada's answer to Charlton Heston. Except no one knows who he is. Open Parliament Canadian soldiers are going to have to wait in the desert just a little bit longer—approximately a year, t...

Harper in Hot Water over Half-Cocked Gun Comment

The Prime Minister is finding himself staring down the barrels of several metaphorical guns after his comments last week. Speaking to the Saskatchewan Association for Rural Municipalities, Harper was asked i...

Law and Order, Stephen Harper Style

The Canadian Press   The Harper government's law-and-order agenda has once again reared its ugly head. Last week, Prime Minister Harper announced that life means life, and he wasn't speaking about a...

Quebec Students to Strike (Again)

Over 30,000 students have voted to strike in the province of Quebec. The reason: the Couillard Government’s austerity measures. Much like the student strikes of 2012, individual faculties and student unions ...

Taber, Alberta Outlaws Yelling, Spitting, and Swearing

Stop the presses! Just kidding. Print media is dead. Alberta, a “have-ish” province, is suffering from a budgetary crisis, a Premier who has smelt it but hath not dealt it, and a traumatic loss of provincial...

Bathroom Bill Down the Toilet

As sad as it is, the Bill nicknamed the “Bathroom Bill” seems to be heading straight down the toilet. Bill C-279, officially referred to as an Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, se...

Selinger Remains Manitoba NDP Leader

After a very close leadership convention with a final vote of 759 to 726, the Manitoba NDP elected to keep party leader Greg Selinger rather than chief opponent, former cabinet minister, and current MLA for Sei...

Government Considers Video Games As Teaching Tool

Why waste hours with other students in a classroom when you could waste hours alone in your basement? Many large companies, including Canada’s federal government, are asking this question when they consider how...