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The NHL’s top boss has noticed a change in tone around conversations about building a new event centre in Calgary. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was in the southern Alberta city Tuesday and shared some of what he heard from a “constructive” and “friendly” meeting with Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek and …
Read More »Premiers ring in 2023 with talks of economic improvement, health care, affordability – National
Premiers across the country used their New Year’s messages to emphasize everything from housing and affordability to healthy lifestyles. In his first New Year’s message as premier of British Columbia, David Eby says he’s honoured to celebrate the successes of 2022 “including the remarkable economic recovery in our province as …
Read More »Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talks regrets in 2022
Looking back at the year that was, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has some regrets. In October, at a throne speech meant to boost optimism for, among other things, public safety in Saskatchewan, the appearance of convicted murderer Colin Thatcher instead threw a lens on the province’s nation-trailing domestic violence statistics. …
Read More »COP15: Countries must overcome ‘trust deficit,’ UN official says at biodiversity talks
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations says the ongoing tension around public financing to save nature stem from a “trust deficit” because wealthier countries have failed to fulfil their financing promises to developing nations in the past. Amina Mohammed joined the COP15 nature talks in Montreal this week as …
Read More »COP15 talks to focus on role of financial sector in global biodiversity – National
The role of private money and industry in preserving enough natural ecosystems to keep the planet functioning will be the focus of talks Wednesday at an international conference on biodiversity in Montreal. While negotiators continue to try to hammer an overall conservation deal, discussions are also scheduled on how global …
Read More »COP15: Progress slow but some agreements made at biodiversity talks, Guilbeault says
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation …
Read More »COP15: Canada, China jointly host UN biodiversity talks amid rising political tensions
A major UN conference on biodiversity will get underway in Montreal Tuesday with a lofty goal to get every country to agree to protect almost one-third of the world’s land and oceans before the end of this decade. But the environment may be the easy part of a meeting that …
Read More »Ford’s battle with CUPE could have long-term impact on labour talks, experts warn
Premier Doug Ford’s battle with Ontario education workers, and his climb down after attempting to impose a contract on them, could mean his government is in for painful contract talks with other unions and frayed relationships with key labour allies, say experts who study the union movement. After weeks of …
Read More »Danielle Smith talks Ottawa. Albertans have health and inflation on their minds
EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News and The Road Ahead commissioned this public opinion research in mid-October, starting six days after Danielle Smith won the leadership of the United Conservative Party. As with all polls, this one is a snapshot in time. This analysis is one in a series of articles to …
Read More »What François Legault talks about when he talks about immigration
It can be difficult to ascertain what François Legault actually believes about immigration. The issue wasn’t central to the first campaigns he waged as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, the party he co-founded with a billionaire friend. After a couple of middling election results in 2012 and 2014, however, Legault …
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