Lest anyone foolishly think of sport as a reliable escape from politics and strife, recent events do away with that fantasy. A certain kind of Central Canadian is performatively furious with Auston Matthews and Brady Tkachuk, captains of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators, respectively, for visiting the White House with their Olympic gold medals. Read More

OTTAWA — As Alto commences its plans for construction on a high speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City, many in smaller Eastern Ontario communities are concerned about the proposal. Read More

It was quite the performance, you’d have to admit. After all, Donald J. Trump is nothing if not a showman, and his falsehood-strewn schoolboy encomium to himself Tuesday night, which lasted a full hour and 47 minutes, was quite the spectacle. The State of the Union event was punctuated by frenzied bursts of ovation from Trump’s sycophants in the U.S. Congress. Not quite Pyongyang, but close. Read More

If a worldwide catastrophe were to happen, one that threatened human civilization, would you have a better chance of surviving if you were alone or in a group? If shows like Man vs. Wild and Alone are any indication, you might be able to subsist solo for a while. But humans are social animals, and things like loneliness and depression could slowly sap your will to survive. Read More

SANTA MONICA, Calif. There’s nothing Jennifer Garner likes to do more on camera than get into a good slugfest. Read More

Bill Gates has admitted making a "huge mistake" in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier's crimes. Read More

Fans of the hit hockey romance series Heated Rivalry will soon have the chance to step inside one of the show’s most iconic settings. Read More

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser suggested Tuesday the Liberals are ready to limit debate if their bill banning hate symbols that also removes the religious exemption to some hate speech laws remains stuck in committee much longer. Read More

They say everyone in Bermuda has a story to tell and Montreal-born perfumer Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone is no exception. Read More

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a strengthening of defence, trade and counter-terrorism ties with Israel during a rare visit, forging closer bonds to combat security threats in their regions. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a directive in the coming days raising his global tariff to 15 per cent “where appropriate” and is seeking “continuity” with nations that struck trade deals, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said. Read More

Each year in February, NATO allies gather on the west coast of Norway to practice hunting enemy submarines. While principally directed at Russia, this year’s exercise had an additional audience: Donald Trump. Read More

An Iranian delegation headed by its top diplomat set off for Geneva on Wednesday for talks with the U.S., as the Islamic republic's president struck an upbeat tone about the prospect for a negotiated agreement to avert fresh conflict. Read More

Paris — The president of France's famed Palace of Versailles took over as head of the Louvre following a litany of problems at the world's most-visited museum including a $100-million jewellery robbery. Read More

A 26-year-old New Hampshire man has been charged with the attempted murder of a U.S. border guard after a shooting near the Canadian border last weekend, during which he himself was shot. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says that "of course a failure" occurred when OpenAI didn't alert police about information flagged internally about the Tumbler Ridge shooter's activities on its chatbot. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even the highest court in the land could not convince Donald Trump to stray from his love of tariffs. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has warned of “significant” deficits in her upcoming budget on Thursday, with analysts forecasting a shortfall somewhere around $10 billion. Read More

A property owner and a demolition contractor in Parry Sound, Ont., have been ordered to pay more than $157,000 after work at an abandoned hospital site damaged habitat used by threatened chimney swifts. Read More

An Indigenous Ontario man has swapped a life sentence for 12 years in prison for killing a disabled drug dealer. Read More

Before Bill C-3, popularly known as the “Lost Canadians Act” came into effect in late December 2025, Canada’s citizenship law limited passing on citizenship to the first-generation of people born or adopted abroad to a Canadian parent. Read More