Pollsters and political campaigners don’t deny it; there’s a generational fault line in the federal election. Boomers are leaning toward the Liberals, since Mark Carney won the LPC leadership. And younger generations (Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z), angry about the cost of living, endorse the platform of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Read More

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Donald Trump’s tariff crusade has frequently made Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter look like a paragon of sanity. While is it is tempting to mock and deride the United States at the moment, Canadians need to remember where our economic bread is buttered. Despite anything politicians or leaders may say, and like it or not, Canada’s economic future and success is tied to the United States for the foreseeable future. Read More

Those who recognize his name today likely know he was assassinated in downtown Ottawa in April 1868. Those who knew Thomas D’Arcy McGee when he was alive — friend and foe alike — would have been familiar with the bold vision he had for Canada. Those who don’t know about McGee should take a moment to discover the words of the man born 200 years ago this day (April 13). Read More

Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN) is an Indigenous success story. Situated along the Athabasca River, north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, the community has raised living standards for its members through revenue generated by First Nation-owned companies. Read More

“How do we meet the moment?” Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta asked the Canada Strong and Free Network (formerly Manning Centre) conference in Ottawa this week, calling for a patriotic groundswell to defend a Canada “worth fighting for.” Read More

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SHAWINIGAN — Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would not expand eligibility for medical assistance in dying, but pledged that Canadians would continue to have access to that right, should his party form the next government. Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s administration has been predicting its barrage of tariffs targeting China will push Apple into manufacturing the iPhone in the United States for the first time. Read More

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health is warning people who attended a recent concert at Coca-Cola Coliseum that they may have been exposed to the measles. Read More

Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, Iranian state television reported Saturday at the end of the first round of talks between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Read More

Those hoping to have a strong cup of coffee with fewer beans should pour water from high up, says a new study. Read More

The ongoing U.S. tariff rollercoaster has been an economic stress test for Canada, revealing some serious structural weaknesses in our economy. Read More

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When British Columbia’s newest political party, CentreBC, launched on Thursday, NDP Premier David Eby wished it “the best of luck.” Eby’s well-wishes were no doubt genuine, as B.C.’s political history shows that any significant vote split on the right has resulted in an NDP government every time. Read More

Canada is perilously close to the greatest electoral disaster in its history. A Liberal victory would commit the country to the deliberate pursuit of comparative poverty to reduce Canada’s minimal contribution to the fear of a rise in the world’s temperature due to carbon use. This is insane and must not happen. Read More

Finding a Canadian movie can be harder than finding pure Canadian orange juice. Read More

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Eighty-five per cent of Canadians say they're proud to be Canadian — up five percentage points from nearly one year ago, according to a new poll. Read More

More evidence has surfaced of friendly ties between the Chinese government and the Liberal candidate who replaced an incumbent criticized for his own approach to China. Read More

All the scrutiny and questions may be getting a bit too much for Mark Carney as he suspends his campaign for a third time. Read More

OTTAWA — The Conservatives will not have a candidate to challenge former Liberal minister Jean-Yves Duclos in Quebec Centre and they want Elections Canada to review the decision to exclude the party's candidate. However, Elections Canada says such a review does not exist under the law. Read More

OTTAWA —  Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says when it comes to calls from within the province to separate from Canada, political leaders shouldn't let the "small minority dominate the agenda." Read More

OTTAWA — Mark Carney says his cabinet has left "instructions" for officials to help prepare the next government for upcoming negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Read More

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TORONTO — Police in Durham Region say they’ve arrested a Toronto man after he allegedly pretended to be a teenager in order to have a relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Read More

LONDON (AP) -- Police in London arrested six people on Thursday after environmental activists from Greenpeace poured 300 litres (79 gallons) of blood-red dye into a pond in front of the U.S. Embassy in a protest against arms sales to Israel. Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer sentiment plunged in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, in a seemingly sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade wars that have fueled anxiety over possible job losses and rising inflation. Read More

Saskatchewan is the province that wants to leave Canada the most if Liberals win the upcoming election in Canada, a new poll finds. Read More

NEW YORK — A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing all six people aboard, officials said Friday. Read More

BRUSSELS — European countries vowed Friday to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a U.S. envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than three-year war. Read More

The Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, part of the University of Prince Edward Island, has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, after he stepped away from the position over a dispute with one of his paintings. Read More

Viola Davis isn't here to play by anyone else's rules. Instead, she’s changing the game completely. 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

As Canadians flex their patriotic muscles and hold “elbows up” in response to punishing U.S. tariffs, many might be surprised that another economic crisis has been percolating here for years — from inside the country. Read More

OTTAWA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Liberal Leader Mark Carney of attacking Israel after he appeared to endorse a protestor's comment earlier this week that there is a "genocide" of Palestinians being carried out in Gaza. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Matzah and Flour by Hélène Jawhara Piñer, a historian and chef based in Bordeaux, France. Read More