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A petition pushing for action on Western separation is circulating through Saskatchewan. Eric Wall, an organizer with Wexit Saskatchewan, is trying to build support for a vote on leaving Canada. He to...

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog warns that rougher economic waters will mean a deeper federal deficit, with no certainty on how much deeper. In a report Thursday, the parliamentary budget office...

CALGARY - Ideas that could give Alberta more independence from the federal government are getting a tepid reception from one of the province's big-city mayors and a chamber of commerce boss. Premier J...

EDMONTON - Alberta is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give companies incentive to drill more conventional wells. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says that starting immediately any oil pro...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's a "compelling case" to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan - an idea sure to face increasing scrutiny over the coming mo...

The Government of Saskatchewan has filed a written submission of facts to support Alberta's court challenge of the federal government's carbon tax. "Saskatchewan stands with Alberta and the hard-worki...

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new independent caucus aimed at ensur...

Since the early 1980s, University of Saskatchewan water scientist John Pomeroy has studied the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper, Alta. But last week he experienced a first -- a 16-year-old wanted a tour. S...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is turning to two political veterans to provide advice on forming a minority government in the face of renewed talk of separatism in Quebec and the West. Anne Mc...

OTTAWA - Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is willing to help bridge the current divide between western Canada and the federal government, but called speculation about him being appointed as a representativ...