Virginia Giuffre, an outspoken victim of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, says she was told that she has four days to live after she went into "kidney renal failure." Read More

TORONTO — The Conference Board of Canada says U.S. tariff pressure will likely mean a sizeable hit to jobs and the economy in the quarter ahead. Read More

Fifteen years ago, when Ignacy Trzewiczek created a board game set in a post-apocalyptic world and dubbed it “51st State,” he never imagined he would one day hear a world leader publicly using the term. Read More

OSLO, Norway — A rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later. Read More

Mark Carney’s mishandling of the Paul Chiang scandal has got to be one of the worst cases of poor judgment in recent Canadian political history. From the moment the story broke, it was a no-brainer that Chiang could not remain as a Liberal MP and as the Liberal candidate in Markham-Unionville. Read More

PARIS — A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump is once again talking about serving more than two terms in office. In a phone interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on the weekend, he told her: "A lot of people want me to do it, But we have— my thinking is, we have a long way to go. I'm focussed on the current." Read More

A lobbyist who used to work for Ontario Premier Doug Ford failed to comply with some rules while asking for clients’ land to be removed from the Greenbelt, the province’s integrity commissioner concluded Monday. Read More

Pierre Poilievre keeps saying it: Canada is broken. Read More

After a massive ice storm hit parts of Ontario over the weekend, there are still more than 375,000 homes and businesses without power as of Monday morning. Restoration efforts are underway, but gusts of winds up to 50 kilometres per hour and icy conditions are making it difficult for crews. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promised his government would create an east-west “national energy corridor” to guarantee the approval of pipelines, railways and other resource-moving infrastructure within Canada, if elected. Read More

In the face of extreme and mounting pressure against their proposed anti-democratic Bill 7, David Eby and NDP backed down on Friday. The damage to Eby and the NDP, however, has been done. The attempt to sideline the B.C. Legislature using the Trump tariff threat as cover was as naked a power grab as we have seen in this province and confirms the current NDP and Eby instinct to find ways to exclude not only parliament from the decision making and legislative process, but the public as well. No decision B.C.’s NDP government makes now can be taken at face value and must instead be viewed with suspicion as to its true intention. Read More

Susan Aaron was an active 74-year-old retiree with Alzheimer’s who was told she might experience extreme fatigue and terrible headaches if she tried a new drug from Eisai Co. that promised to slow the progression of her disease. It didn’t sound like a dealbreaker, so she decided to try it. Read More

OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Mark Carney said he will not be dropping Paul Chiang from the race in Markham–Unionville, despite the candidate's comments about handing a Conservative candidate over to Chinese authorities to collect a lucrative bounty. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was “very angry” at Vladimir Putin and threatened “secondary tariffs” on buyers of his country’s oil if the Russian leader refuses a ceasefire with Ukraine. Read More

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario are still without power on the third day of a spring storm after freezing rain-coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. – In the three-party battle for Trois-Rivières, the Bloc Québécois MP will be on the ballot, but not the campaign trail. Read More

OTTAWA - Sheila Copps said she did not lobby during the COVID-19 pandemic for providers of personal-protection equipment. Read More

Despite the slaughter, pillaging and rapes committed by Hamas and many of its fellow Gazans, the international outbreak of antisemitism and the deaths of its soldiers in the ensuing war, Israel is stronger now than it was before October 7, 2023. Read More

I never thought I’d live to see the day when a Liberal Leader in Canada refused to participate in a French language debate. Read More

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction. Read More

The prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory. Read More

Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping center and apartment blocks in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. Read More

Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed solidarity with Canada to fend off President Donald Trump, who introduced tariffs against the northern neighbour and has repeatedly said it should become part of the U.S. Read More

The chairperson of an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry accused the royal on Sunday of orchestrating a bullying and harassment campaign to try to force her out as she pushed back following his abrupt resignation from the organization. Read More

A spokesman for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, while not commenting directly on the proposal, suggested it was the type of tax reform business would like to see. Read More

President Donald Trump said Sunday that "I'm not joking" about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends in early 2029. Read More

An ice storm that left hundreds of thousands of Ontarians without power as it felled tree branches and downed power lines is headed east. Read More

Hamas may have executed Palestinians who participated in rare protests against the group’s governance in the Gaza Strip. Read More

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be "Liberation Day" — a moment when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs that he promises will free the United States from foreign goods. Read More

An Ontario judge rejected a Hudson's Bay restructuring agreement Saturday evening, increasing the likelihood that lenders may seek to push the company into receivership. Read More

Tourism operators in Ontario's hot spots have been bracing for the fallout of U.S.-Canada tensions, but instead are seeing an uptick in demand that some attribute to Canadian staycationers. Read More

If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world's most powerful military to invade? Read More

As Conservatives face pressure to pivot their campaign strategy in the face of a polling deficit against the Liberals, one of the party's long-serving MPs says she's fully behind leader Pierre Poilievre's plan. Read More

As the 2025 federal election campaign begins its second week, U.S. President Donald Trump and another round of tariffs expected on April 2 could again sidetrack most of Canada's political discourse. Read More

QUEBEC CITY - The Bloc Québécois platform, unveiled Saturday, brings back the word "independence." It's only used once, but the spirit is clear. Read More

Legendary political insider and former diplomat Norman Spector says many interesting things on Twitter, a.k.a. X. Read More