One of the most vocal critics of the F-35 stealth-fighter program had some simple advice for the Harper government: fly before you buy. Read more…

Plumping up the Canadian mining and oil and gas sectors to feed resource-hungry countries the world over has become a singular focus of the Harper government. The prime minister refashioned that priority Monday as one belonging to all Canadians. Read more…

While Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the fate of Enbridge's proposed pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to tankers on the British Columbia coast will be based on science and not politics, documents show some of that science isn't forthcoming. Read more…

VANCOUVER - Alberta's Premier Alison Redford made a plea for Canada's leaders to work together, while at the same time she took a poke at British Columbia's premier. Read more…

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's decision to abolish the CSIS inspector general's office is a "huge loss" to the important task of keeping an eye on Canada's spy service, says the woman who held the job for the last eight years. Read more…

OTTAWA - Canadian troops and police were trained for two years by the international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater without the permission of the U.S. State Department. Read more…

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says science, not politics, will decide the fate of a controversial pipeline project between Alberta and B.C. Read more…

TORONTO - Growing weariness in Canada's labour movement coupled with the federal government's "assault on labour rights" have made it necessary for two of the country's largest private sector unions to merge, the key players said Wednesday. Read more…

Justice Michael L. Phelan of the Federal Court has declared that the appointment of a third-party manager for Attawapiskat First Nation was "contrary to law." Read more…

Mitchell Anderson, who travelled to Norway to report for The Tyee how that country of under five million people has managed its oil wealth differently than has Canada, will be a guest this afternoon on the CBC radio show On the Coast, which airs from three to six on AM690 and FM 88.1. Read more…

SASKATOON -- Change is on the horizon for farmers as the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on western wheat and barley sales draws to an end. Read more…

HALIFAX - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said Friday that she couldn't sign onto a national energy strategy before resolving a dispute over the Northern Gateway pipeline. Read more…

Ban all asbestos mining, export and use.

That's the demand made in a statement issued today and endorsed by over 150 organizations around the world. Organized by the Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology, with an initial draft dated June 4, the statement has garnered endorsements from scientific organizations and individual researchers in 20 countries around the world by July 24. Read more…

National chief Shawn Atleo wants the premiers to recognize First Nations as full and equal partners in developing natural resources, but he says such recognition should not have to wait for politicians to agree on a national energy plan. Read more…

The mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, again raises a by now common concern in Canada. What risks stem from bordering a nation ten times as large with far more lax regulations on guns? From The Tyee's earliest days, our writers have examined the implications from various angles. Here's a sampling. Read more…

The $15 billion bid by a Chinese state-owned company to acquire Nexen, a major oil sands producer, indicates just how far Canada's economic priorities have shifted, argues acclaimed energy thinker Jeff Rubin. Read more…

Alberta Premier Alison Redford told reporters her province would not share Northern Gateway pipeline royalties with British Columbia.

Her remarks, delivered at an annual pancake breakfast at the Alberta legislature, came on the heels of B.C. Premier Christy Clarks statement yesterday that her government would not support the project without additional cash. Read more…

Top federal government policymakers met with several oil industry executives during the summer of 2009 to discuss an oil sands "communications effort", according to internal documents. Read more…

A provincial government audit that found illegal billing practices at two B.C. private clinics is reason to examine the books at every private clinic in the province, says a public health advocacy group. Read more…

Enbridge's Northern Gateway proposal may not be the best way to get Alberta's bitumen to the west coast, said Danielle Smith, the libertarian-leaning leader of Alberta's official opposition. Read more…