No, it’s not an alien, but we may have just been visited by something that originated beyond our solar system. For the first time, astronomers have observed something passing through our solar system that has likely travelled light years to get here. The object — which initially some believed to …

Jason Kenney has been elected the first leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party. Kenney, a former Conservative MP and cabinet minister under former prime minister Stephen Harper, won on the first ballot over opponents Brian Jean and Doug Schweitzer, taking 61.1 per cent of the vote. Jean came second with …