EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canada’s vast resources are essential to feeding the power hungry data centres that are needed to fuel cryptocurrencies and AI. These behemoth corporations are hungry for energy of any kind and have now infiltrated the White House and the only man self-serving enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for riches beyond his imagination.

DOOMED TO FAIL Unlike Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump likes and respects strong, intelligent women. I would lay odds that if Danielle Smith were prime minister, we would not be in this predicament.

TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2025 – As incoming U.S. President Donald Trump threatens a trade war to push Canadian officials to cave on a list of demands, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in a political bind that represents his first real threat to his electoral chances, experts say.

One’s enemy reveals himself by degrees. Vladimir Putin’s Russia did not suddenly show itself to be the enemy of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. At dawn on that day, yes, Russia launched air and ground assaults on Ukraine,

Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs — a measure U.S. President Donald Trump has said could drive Canada into “failed state” status.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is back home. She is back home after speaking with all kinds of American politicians and other assorted big shots about why U.S. President Donald Trump should not hit Canadian goods with tariffs.

Once again, Danielle Smith chooses to retaliate rather than work with the federal government. As usual, she is quick to lay blame when she does not get her way. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, our premier suggested Justin Trudeau is to blame for the complicated negotiations with the U.

Albertans aren’t traitors. We’re just pissed off. And Premier Danielle Smith is not standing alone. She is standing with Albertans. Now a new poll points out that reality in stark numbers. It confirms what people in Alberta have been saying for way too long.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trudeau actually cited the French’s ketchup alternative as an example of how Canadians might combat Trump’s tariffs. “Having Canadian consumers have alternatives to having to spend tariffs on American imports is part of how we make sure Canadians don’t bear undue costs around tariffs.”

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shouts from the rooftops what she’s been saying from Day 1. Toughen up at the border. Smith for a long time has said the border is Job No. 1 in dealing with the Americans and avoiding the Trump tariff threat that’s now right in our face.

Who is Trudeau speaking for as he stays on in this position? He most certainly doesn’t have the confidence of the House of Commons or even his caucus. And his last two election wins ended as ...