Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has won a third straight majority government after a campaign in which he positioned himself as the best leader to take on U.S. President Donald Trump and push back on the American... read more
Even for the most pandemic-weary among us, avian influenza has become impossible to ignore, especially as Canada starts vaccinating those at highest risk of infection. Recent headlines have dredged up questions that we are loathe... read more
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winner to propel Canada to a 3-2 victory over the United States in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Boston on Thursday. McDavid, who was named the game’s... read more
Pizza maker Graham Palmateer pushed his cart down the aisle of A1 Cash and Carry, a restaurant wholesaler in west Toronto, and paused in front of the canned tomatoes. “Sorry, friend, but you’re dead to... read more
The entire Middle East came under renewed stress over the weekend as U.S. President Donald Trump proposed emptying the Gaza Strip of Palestinians and the ceasefire in the territory showed signs of unravelling. Hamas said on Sunday... read more
Shares in major technology companies fell sharply Monday after a little-known startup in China released powerful new artificial intelligence models built for cheap with equipment that is not considered top of the line, sparking worries... read more
Canadian relatives of those who were murdered or held hostage by Hamas and Palestinians whose families have been killed by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza greeted the news of a ceasefire with a mixture of cautious optimism and... read more
We have arrived at the place where climate scientists say we shouldn’t be. For the first time, the world’s average annual temperature has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels during a calendar year. A report... read more
Twenty-six government bills – including one designed to make voting easier in a general election – have been stopped in their tracks with the halting of Parliament. The bills had yet to pass the parliamentary... read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing an increasing loss of support within his party and low popularity in polls, says he will resign after just over nine years in office and only months before a federal... read more
Donald Trump’s repeated calls to claim Canada are nothing more than empty threats aimed at winning trade concessions, experts in U.S. relations and defence studies say, as Ontario’s Premier called the idea “ridiculous and a waste... read more
It’s Donald Trump’s new favourite line: The U.S. should annex Canada to erase the American trade deficit with its neighbour to the north. There is no serious movement in either country for any such thing.... read more
Thirteen violent years after Syria first rose up, the Arab Spring has finally prevailed in Damascus. On Sunday, the country got the change it first demanded in February, 2011, when a wave of pro-democracy revolutions was... read more
The federal government is banning even more firearms as it seeks to fulfill a long-standing promise to enact the tightest gun restrictions in a generation, and is also finally getting its much-delayed buyback program off... read more
Nicole Hannah is preparing to tell her two teenage kids that their Christmas presents won’t be coming this year – not on time, at least, as the postal strike drags on. Ms. Hannah had ordered... read more
