Author Archives: David Opinko

NEW DELHI - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada would like to see a diplomatic solution to the war in Iran, even as Canada has expressed support for the U.S. military attack that killed I...

Canadians in Mexico continue to shelter in place as violence grips parts of the country. Government officials in western Mexico warn that Jalisco State, which includes the popular resort city of Puert...

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith is stoking hatred by blaming her government's financial "mismanagement" on newcomers. Smith announced in a TV address Thursday night tha...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to address the province in a TV broadcast Thursday evening and is expected to discuss immigration. Smith said Wednesday that rapid population growth co...

MILAN - Mitch Marner has scored in overtime as Canada defeats Czechia 4-3 in their Olympic men's hockey quarterfinal. More to come. The Canadian Press

LETHBRIDGE An Alberta judge has sentenced a 13-year-old boy to two years of secure custody for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly stabbed the seven-yea...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says judicial appointments must be made without political influence after Alberta's premier suggested she could withhold funding without more input on the selecti...

OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to increase the GST credit and offer a one-time payment to Canadians will cost Ottawa an estimated $12.4 billion over five years. The Office of the Parliamentary...

HALIFAX - Canada's famous prognosticating rodents are predicting an early spring. Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont., and Fred la Marmotte, the famous groundhog in Quebec's Gaspsie region reportedl...

OTTAWA - Political analysts say the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre have momentum coming off a unifying convention in Calgary but the party still has a hill to climb in Parliament to...