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GUNTER: Liberal refugee claimant policy burdens Canada's health care

GUNTER: Liberal refugee claimant policy burdens Canada's health care

Driver claims 'unstable' Toronto cop pulled gun during traffic stop WARMINGTON: A morning jolt of crack and beer on the TTC Tim Dolighan...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Liberal refugee claimant policy a burden to Canada's health care

Lorne Gunter: Liberal refugee claimant policy a burden to Canada's health care

At the end of July, the federal government restored full funding for refugees and asylum seekers’ health care

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National Post

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Lorne Gunter: Liberal refugee claimant policy a burden to Canada's health care That didn’t take long.

Lorne Gunter: Liberal refugee claimant policy a burden to Canada's health care That didn’t take long.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: New groceries benefit can drive up prices for consumers

GUNTER: New groceries benefit can drive up prices for consumers

Two Porsches get marooned at Toronto's Woodbine Beach WARMINGTON: Toronto doesn't seem to want to acknowledge two recent international...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: New groceries benefit can drive up prices for consumers The program costs more than $2 billion a year and yet it is having no effect on the mentality or lives of Canadians.

Lorne Gunter: New groceries benefit can drive up prices for consumers The program costs more than $2 billion a year and yet it is having no effect on the mentality or lives of Canadians.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Trump back with absurd complaints about smoke from Canada

GUNTER: Trump back with absurd complaints about smoke from Canada

Kevin Gausman's wife shares heartfelt message after Blue Jays trade star pitcher HUNTER: Gangsters bring 'all the ammunition' they need...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Trump back with absurd complaints about smoke from Canada On Monday, the majority of smoke in the western U.S. plus Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even northern Ontario was coming from the Spokane fires as well as fires in Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Lorne Gunter: Trump back with absurd complaints about smoke from Canada On Monday, the majority of smoke in the western U.S. plus Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even northern Ontario was coming from the Spokane fires as well as fires in Idaho and eastern Oregon.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule

GUNTER: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule
02.08.2026 8

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule

Lorne Gunter: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule

Beneath the headline numbers Abacus shows some intriguing facts about the Canadian electorate

01.08.2026 20

National Post

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Lorne Gunter: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule

Lorne Gunter: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule
01.08.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Silly to whine about Alberta's ridiculously low referendum threshold Embarrassed are ya, Mitch?

Lorne Gunter: Silly to whine about Alberta's ridiculously low referendum threshold Embarrassed are ya, Mitch?
31.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta leads the way in employment, housing At seven per cent, Alberta’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average of 6.5 per cent. It’s higher than every other province except New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lorne Gunter: Alberta leads the way in employment, housing At seven per cent, Alberta’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average of 6.5 per cent. It’s higher than every other province except New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
30.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Tough to stop soaring prices on groceries in Canada

GUNTER: Tough to stop soaring prices on groceries in Canada

Average Canadian family paying $21K for 'free' system, new report says Federal execs received $200M in bonuses despite half of targets being...

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Toronto Sun

Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter: Tough to stop soaring prices on groceries in Canada The problem isn’t producers, wholesalers or retailers putting the screws to consumers to pad their pockets.

Lorne Gunter: Tough to stop soaring prices on groceries in Canada The problem isn’t producers, wholesalers or retailers putting the screws to consumers to pad their pockets.

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29.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Gunter: Alberta Energy Rebate a colossal flop As of Monday, the provincial finance department says 966,000 Albertans have applied for cheques

Gunter: Alberta Energy Rebate a colossal flop As of Monday, the provincial finance department says 966,000 Albertans have applied for cheques

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28.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Federalist groups growing as Alberta separation debate rages on Let Alberta Decide, a relative newcomer to this fall’s debate, is headed by far more reasonable leaders than Stay Free Alberta.

Lorne Gunter: Federalist groups growing as Alberta separation debate rages on Let Alberta Decide, a relative newcomer to this fall’s debate, is headed by far more reasonable leaders than Stay Free Alberta.

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28.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney continues Liberals’ historic economic downward slide During the first 10 years of Liberal government — the Trudeau years — business investment per worker in Canada fell 18.8 per cent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024 (inflation adjusted), according to the Fraser Institute.

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18.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Province should stay in its own lane over bike lanes The Alberta provincial government has launched a web portal to collect public complaints about bike lanes, especially in Calgary and Edmonton. This is in preparation for legislation coming this fall that will limit municipalities’ ability to install new bike lanes. In some cases, it may even require them to rip out existing lanes.

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Edmonton Journal

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Gunter: Spending cuts, not incentives, key to fixing Edmonton's high residential taxes

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16.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story

SIMMONS: My all-time Toronto Blue Jays starting lineup in honour of 50th season 20,000 pigs killed in early morning fire near Simcoe Carney, cabinet...

15.07.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story Consumer spending has dropped, productivity is flat, investment is down and the housing market has softened.

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15.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Gunter: Dear Premier Smith, just give us a break at the pumps already I’m told by government sources that at least 20,000 people have begun the rebate application, only to have apparently given up before completing it

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

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11.07.2026 10

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

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National Post

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Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations In the United States, they refer to their national parks as “America’s Best Idea.”

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta population projection a blow to separatist ambitions The provincial government released a fascinating study on Thursday, “Population projections: Alberta and local geographic areas, 2026–2051.”

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council keeps ramping up taxpayer burden As a parting gift before it broke for its summer recess, city council decided to raise Edmontonians’ property taxes every year for the next 20 in order to build up a separate reserve fund that can only be used for “infrastructure” maintenance and repair.

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09.07.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Counter-Carney strategy the main challenge for Conservatives

Canadian World Cup star Alistair Johnston calls out airline after being flown to wrong city IRAN WAR: Trump says ceasefire is 'over' with...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Counter-Carney strategy the main challenge for Conservatives Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate because Martel has held a Quebec seat (Chicoutimi-Le Fjord) that was Liberal until Martel won it in a byelection in 2018. Carney wants it back for his party.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: New plan for all-Canadian pipeline is good news We cannot be held hostage if the oil needed in central Canada passes through an exclusively Canadian pipeline.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

SIMMONS SAYS: Blue Jays' Joe Carter statue celebrates a moment, not a career Breaking down Maple Leafs' prospect pool as we head into summer...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

There is some meat on the bones now but few costs estimates for what would be one of the most expensive capital projects in Canadian history

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National Post

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta UCP's convoluted, error-ridden energy rebate process just weak-kneed politics This is an overthought, needlessly complex program designed and administered by bureaucrats and implemented by weak-kneed politicians.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline ‘progress’ still more performance than reality It looks like a game of three-card monte to me, the classic confidence game where observers are tricked into predicting which card is the “money card,” only to discover the dealer has already palmed the winning card back into the deck.

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Edmonton Journal

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Gunter: Albertans are rediscovering a deep connection to Canada amid separatism debate Am I surprised by a Leger survey conducted recently for the Association for Canadian Studies? The results show that of all Canadians, fewer Albertans identify more strongly with their province or region than with the country.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: More teachers need to magically appear after Alberta injects money There will now be nearly one complexity team for every four high-needs classrooms in the province. That should start to make a dent in the problem.

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30.06.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Quick-release bail laws undermine faith in Canada's justice system

Anyone wondering whether the justice system is failing Canadians need look no further than the Joseph Kidd case.

27.06.2026 30

National Post

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Lorne Gunter: Quick-release bail laws undermine faith in Canada's justice system Since mid-April, Joseph Kidd of the Northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie, has been arrested on sexual assault charges three times and released shortly after each arrest, only to allegedly reoffend within a matter of days.

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27.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Downtown restaurant the latest victim of city's business-killing construction projects

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Calgary chamber report the latest in separatism war of numbers Get ready for another round in the Great Numbers War, another skirmish in the Battle of the Balance Sheets.

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25.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: When death comes casually, MAID out of control

24.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: New Alberta independence group fronted by reasonable leaders

HUNTER: Accused killer twice torpedoed by Canada. Why is she still here? Bell employees fired over fake office attendance sue BCE Mia Sara says...

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Toronto Sun

Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter: New Alberta independence group fronted by reasonable leaders As long as they can both avoid the ridiculous arguments made by other separatists, Let Alberta Decide will find a wider audience for its separatist arguments than the Prosperity Project ever did.

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23.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Alberta economy still leads Canada despite spectre of separatism

20.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta economy still leads Canada despite spectre of separatism

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Council blindly bulls ahead with undemocratic infill policy It is undemocratic when a few dozen councillors, bureaucrats and developers can dictate to the rest of us what our city should look like

19.06.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Danielle Smith's Dani Dollars a slap in the face to Albertans We should have received a 13-cent per litre reduction in the pump price for at least the next three months. That’s provincial law

17.06.2026 10

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Alberta separatist sentiment feeds on Ottawa's lack of appreciation

SIMMONS: Maple Leafs' hiring of coach Jim Hiller underwhelming WARMINGTON: Don Cherry reflects on decision to no longer air Hockey Night in...

17.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta separatist sentiment feeds on Ottawa's lack of appreciation Confederation is more than a crude balance sheet. But increased recognition of Alberta’s contribution would go a long way towards dampening separatist sentiment.

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Edmonton Journal

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