Canada too slow to adapt to threats: outgoing NORAD commander
In a world of uncertainty, there is one critical mission the North American Aerospace Defence Command can count on every year: tracking Santa Claus.
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Yellowhead Institute to no longer report on TRC calls to action
Canada has been so slow to carry out recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that an Indigenous-led think tank says it has decided to stop publishing an annual report tracking its progress.
CP's 2023 Newsmaker of the Year -- Pierre Poilievre
An anxious electorate, a new look and a bite out of Liberal polling numbers have all boosted the profile of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who was picked by editors across the country as The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year.
As the holidays approach, Federal politicians poke a little fun
"Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?"
Poilievre breathes new life into Trudeau’s chances
The polls are starting to show a meaningful bounce in Liberal support — one that could portend a much better year for Justin Trudeau's government in 2024 than it had in 2023.
Alberta’s emissions cap freakout is a tell
Contrary to what Premier Danielle Smith keeps saying, the federal government's new emissions cap on oil and gas won't force Alberta to reduce its oil and gas production. That's going to be the market's job — one it's already starting to do.
Conservatives delay government bills, spending as holiday recess draws near
The official Opposition continued to force the delay of government bills and billions in spending on Thursday in an attempt to get the Liberal government to remove the federal carbon-pricing plan from all home heating by the holidays.
Young voters are done with Justin Trudeau
In 2015, young voters propelled Justin Trudeau to power. But if current polls hold, they'll be the ones who sweep him out of it. Can his new communications guru do anything to turn the tide?
The oil and gas emissions cap is the trophy Trudeau wants. A major update is just days away
In an interview with Canada’s National Observer, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said details of the oil and gas emissions cap framework are being finalized but should be ready “in the coming days.”
CSIS whistleblower hopes rape and harassment allegations 'lit a match'
A CSIS officer who is among a group of whistleblowers raising allegations of sexual assault and harassment in the spy agency's British Columbia office says she hopes their actions have "lit a match" to change what she calls a "dark and disturbing place."
World leaders put on notice that more ambitious emission reduction targets are needed — and soon
New commitments under the Paris Agreement to slash more planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions are due in 2025, the UN's climate change executive secretary told delegates on the opening day of the annual climate change negotiations, upping the pressure on countries like Canada that remain off track.
Countries pour money into new loss and damage fund in a stunning achievement for the first day of UN climate conference
With the leadup to COP28 marked by scandal after scandal and geopolitical tensions pitting the Global North and South against each other, establishing a loss and damage fund and pouring hundreds of millions into it on the first day of the UN climate conference is an unprecedented achievement, advocates say.
Who is U.S.-Canadian lawyer Gurpatwant Pannun, the alleged target of murder plot?
A decade ago this month, lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his friend Hardeep Singh Nijjar were in Geneva to deliver a petition calling on the United Nations to declare widespread killings of Sikhs in India in 1984 a genocide.
COP28 starts today. Here’s what you need to know
The annual UN climate change negotiations officially kick off in Dubai, and Canada’s National Observer is on the ground to cover it.
Despite promise to NDP, Liberals say pharmacare bill unlikely to pass this year
Government House leader Karina Gould warned on Tuesday the Liberals are unlikely to get a pharmacare bill passed by the end of the year, despite their promise to do so in an agreement with the NDP.