James McCarten

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Jason Kenney speaks in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, March 25, 2022. The Alberta premier is urging the U.S. government to convince Michigan to abandon its legal campaign against the Line 5 pipeline. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Jason Kenney speaks out against Line 5 shutdown at Capitol Hill

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney found mostly allies on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as he brought his pro-pipeline pulpit to Capitol Hill, urging a largely Republican cadre of U.S. senators to get behind the idea of new cross-border energy conduits and to speak out in defence of Line 5.

News, US News, Politics | May 18th 2022

Many U.S. politicians have 'sympathy' for Canada's Line 5 position: Wilkinson

White House officials, Capitol Hill lawmakers and the U.S. secretary of energy have all expressed "significant sympathy" for the plight of Canada's Line 5 pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Thursday, May 12, 2022, after a day of meetings in the U.S. capital.

News, US News, Politics | May 13th 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with the media as he make his way to caucus on Parliament Hill, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in Ottawa. Photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Liberals promise to protect abortion rights but details are vague

Liberal lawmakers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are vowing to defend access to legal abortions, but the issue's divergent and divisive history in each country guarantees they'll go about it in very different ways.

News, US News, Politics | May 5th 2022

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court early on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington. Photo by The Associated Press/Alex Brandon

Biden says basic U.S. rights at risk if Supreme Court draft abortion decision holds

Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.

News, US News, Politics | May 4th 2022

Canada's foreign affairs minister meets with U.S. counterpart to discuss Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada and the United States will continue to exert "maximum pressure" on Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

News, US News, Politics | April 27th 2022

Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, virtual meeting,

Canada, U.S. begin talks on deal to access, share data in criminal investigations

Amid rapidly shifting geopolitical sands, Canada and the United States unveiled plans on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, to work more closely in the nebulous world of cybersecurity, including on a long-awaited deal to make it easier to navigate each other's data privacy laws in criminal investigations.

News, US News, Politics | March 24th 2022

Justin Trudeau, Honda plant, Alliston, Ont.,

Trudeau says 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine

Canada has had to make "heartbreaking decisions" when confronted with images of bombed hospitals and schools in Ukraine, civilian casualties and the Ukrainian president's passionate plea for a no-fly zone over his war-ravaged country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

News, Politics | March 17th 2022

Enbridge, Line 5, Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station,

Michigan wants 'to have its cake and eat it too' on Line 5

Business leaders from the United States and Canada are again wading into the fray over Line 5, accusing the state of Michigan of dragging its heels to ensure the controversial cross-border pipeline remains in a state of legal limbo even as both countries contend with a looming energy crisis.

News, US News, Energy, Politics | March 17th 2022

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (AP, NIAID-RML)

As new Omicron variant looms, White House asks Congress to restore COVID-19 funding

With inflation spiralling, gas prices soaring and the soil of Ukraine now sown with the seeds of another great-powers conflict, the White House issued a pointed reminder on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, about another international crisis the United States isn't quite done with yet: COVID-19.

News, US News, Politics | March 16th 2022

Amid energy crisis, Ottawa asks Michigan to end crusade against Line 5 pipeline

The global energy crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is repressurizing North America's pipeline debate — and Canada's natural resources minister says it offers one more compelling reason for Michigan to abandon its crusade against Line 5.

News, US News, Energy, Politics | March 14th 2022