Unpublished Newswire

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney could soon be facing a national unity crisis after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith lowered the bar for a referendum on the province’s independence in 2026. Liberal insiders with ties to Alberta say this is a threat that Carney shouldn’t take lightly. And Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters on Wednesday that he agrees. “About two in 10 Albertans say routinely that they want to see the province separate from Canada,” says Dan Arnold, an ex-Alberta Liberal organizer who’s now an executive with...

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney left his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, officials left behind gifts seen as fit for a president with whom Canada is trying to forge better relations. They also spoke to the president’s favourite sport: golf. For his visit to Washington, Carney and the rest of the Canadian delegation — which included several of his ministers, senior advisors and top bureaucrats — gave the president a photograph taken by a Canadian military photographer of a football game...