Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has gone her own way on many files on Canada’s national political scene. (Peter Stockland photo)

While Ottawa zigs, Alberta’s Smith zags: Premier a ‘disruptor’ on national scene

A Canadian political scientist suggests that on many fronts, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a “disruptor” willing to explore policy and diplomatic routes starkly divergent from her fellow provincial leaders and the federal government in Ottawa. King’s University College political professor Dr. Jacquetta Newman cites the United Conservative Party leader’s approach to Canada’s tariffs imbroglio...

Supporters gather at a prayer rally in Georgetown, Texas, Sunday in support of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was shot the previous day in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Penn. FBI officials say have yet to determine what motivated the shooter to open fire from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others before he was shot dead by the Secret Service. The FBI believes the shooter acted alone. (OSV News photo/Sergio Flores, Reuters)

U.S. bishops, Holy See offer prayers following attempt on Donald Trump’s life

By Charles Wells In a statement issued in the wake of Saturday’s attack on former U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, said, “Together with my brother bishops, we condemn political violence, and we offer our prayers for President Trump, and those who were killed...

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