A tweeted photo from newly-minted Alberta Premier Jason Kenney unlocks a wealth of stories about ‘preordained’ power, going back decades and involving countless political giants such as Laurier, Diefenbaker, JFK, Clinton and the Trudeaus.
"I don't know of any country that could be better positioned for an election than we are, which doesn't mean that we aren't invulnerable or that nothing wrong is going to happen," Elections Canada chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault told National Observer in an interview. "But I don't think that we could have a better system than we do now."
As social media companies struggle to purge extremist content from their platforms, a new National Observer investigation reveals how purveyors of hate speech and disinformation are gaming the system to evade social media bans and keep their content online.
Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants have become so big, powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law — at least in a small country like Canada.
The newest Green MP spoke to media for the first time on Parliament Hill on May 10 alongside his new boss, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, after winning a by-election on Monday in Nanaimo-Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.
Gasoline prices are expected to remain just below record highs all across Canada this summer except in Vancouver — where a perfect storm of factors will likely ensure motorists continue to set new all-time records at the pumps.
An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently protect large sections of the Eastern Arctic from any industrial development.
Nature photographers are gathering in a central Nova Scotia marsh this weekend capturing images of the latest bird species to fly off course and find itself in a foreign — but nourishing — location.
The case of an Ontario woman who was murdered by her husband days after she filed for divorce underscores that victims of domestic violence face even greater danger when they try to leave their abuser, experts say.
Hundreds of young Sikh men in India disappeared in a time of turmoil. One photojournalist captures the experiences of the families who still lack answers.
