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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. It’s a meeting that both B.C. Premier David Eby and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith described as …

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Days after Manitoba expressed its concerns, Quebec is now taking a shot at Ontario Premier Doug …

Before landing in India for a six-day trade mission, B.C. Premier David Eby’s main objective was to pack in as many meetings and garner as much interest in his province’s resources as possible. Less than a year ago, that would have seemed virtually impossible to achieve in a country that …

Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, …

Five Canadian premiers, including Ontario’s Doug Ford, are in Boston on Monday at the invitation of some northeastern U.S. governors to try to forge alliances against Donald Trump’s tariffs. Ford is joined by fellow premiers Tim Houston of Nova Scotia, Susan Holt of New Brunswick, Rob Lantz of P.E.I. and …

British Columbia is pushing back against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposal for a bitumen pipeline to B.C.’s northern coast. It was among the topics of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting Monday with premiers in Saskatoon, where the assembled leaders are discussing a draft list of “national interest” projects to be …

There was cautious optimism in the air as provincial and territorial premiers began arriving in Saskatoon to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The first ministers are meeting on Monday, and Carney has said he wants to hear provincial ideas for “nation-building projects.” The premiers and other stakeholders joined Carney for …

Premiers from Western Canada are to meet Wednesday for the first of a two-day conference in Yellowknife. Premiers from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are set to attend the annual conference. Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson’s office says the leaders will discuss a …

Premier Susan Holt’s bold talk about “eliminating” and “tearing down” interprovincial trade barriers still has a long way to go before it catches up with economic reality. Holt’s latest shuttle diplomacy on internal trade took her to Newfoundland and Labrador, where she signed another memorandum of understanding with another counterpart. …

With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan’s premiers are again making noise about the country’s contentious equalization program. The federal equalization program is funded through general revenues, mostly sourced through federal taxes, and is used to ensure comparable services across the country.  Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle …