The Kenney government sharply changed course yesterday and announced much tougher lockdown measures that have the potential to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Conservation authorities have long had a central role in regulating development in Ontario. The Ford government's 2020 budget bill eviscerates their power.

"Hope Matters" author Elin Kelsey questions the singular doom-and-gloom narrative, arguing that "evidence-based hope" can help advocates find solutions and push harder for climate justice.

It was evident as soon as Meng was arrested in Vancouver two years ago that participating in this charade was not in Canada's interest.

Any further expenditures on police body-worn cameras should cease until the public has clear information on how the cameras will definitively contribute to transparency and accountability.

The pandemic has been particularly cruel to women, disproportionately impacting their wellbeing and safety, not only in Canada but also abroad.

The government's 2020 fall economic statement is sweeping and ambitious in its rhetoric, but more modest when it comes to details. If the measure loses in the House, we will have a pandemic election.

CBC scoop shows how Alberta pandemic response has been guided more by political pressure and right-wing ideology than science and expert advice. A witch-hunt for the leaker will be launched.

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed catastrophic weaknesses in Canada's patchwork system for housing and caring for the elderly and disabled. The government needs to act.

While background issues and polling suggest campaigners are well placed to mobilize the public against the federal government's $19-billion fighter jet purchase, there is still a huge hill to climb.

A new book captures the wonders of concrete but equivocates on the damage it does to the environment.

Bill C-10's major initiative is to give more scope and power to the CRTC to regulate broadcasters who use the internet, not the traditional airwaves.

The provincial government is recruiting unemployed workers from retail and other sectors to fill staffing gaps in long-term care.

MP Peter Julian has introduced a private member's bill to create a national prescription drug benefit for all Canadians, in conjunction with the provinces.

Although many concerns around banning single-use plastic beverage containers are valid, ban proponents argue they aren't insurmountable -- and the reasons to include them in a ban are compelling.

"Take Back the Fight" is a manifesto, a scathing criticism of the status quo, and a call to action for the next generation of feminists all in one.

Bill 168, if passed into legislation, would require the government of Ontario to be guided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's controversial working definition of anti-Semitism.

The pandemic is quickly getting worse in Alberta with 860 new daily cases, 225 people in hospital including 51 in intensive care, and the province's ICU wards said to be overcapacity.

The Conservative Party of Canada and the Republican party in the United States increasingly resemble each other in disturbing ways.

Because we're shaped by the societies we're part of, we must learn to recognize and overcome our own conscious and unconscious biases.

It's time to demand the elimination of anti-poor discrimination and the outright eradication of poverty and stigma in British Columbia.

French officials commonly invoke the nation's republican history when discussing the fight against terrorism, but are reluctant to address French colonial crimes.

Alberta is taking the most extreme austerity measures in response to the pandemic as it seeks to replace public employees with private industry.

When we turn away from the world not shaped by human hands and decrease our connection to other living things, we can be struck by profound loneliness.

A toolkit for understanding the 2020 United States election.

The 2020 U.S. presidential election could see a repeat of 2000 or 2016, where the Republicans win electoral votes in just enough states to carry the electoral college, while losing the popular vote.

If the NDP ever wants to govern Saskatchewan again, it will have to build a new coalition that can embrace the key issues of the day.

Unifor leadership and workers have questions about why police intervened when there was no injunction preventing picketing at a Weston's Bakery location.