Food-related rituals around Valentine’s Day are quietly evolving. After Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day has long carried the dubious distinction of being the worst day of the year to dine out: inflated price-fixed menus, rushed service, and little value for money. This year, however, the calendar changes the equation. With Valentine’s Day falling on a Saturday, celebrations are likely to stretch from Thursday through Sunday. For restaurant operators, that creates an opportunity to turn a single, stressful evening into a multi-day event — an important reprieve for a sector that continues to struggle, even without the temporary boost of last year’s GST holiday. Read More

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I wrote the following in my book Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China's Secret War Against Canada: Read More

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TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. — Alicia Hill knew something had gone horribly wrong at 112 Fellers Ave. when she saw a trail of shotgun shells leading up the stairs and into the living room. Read More

Canadians, and especially all English-speaking Canadians, have lived all their lives intermittently explaining to themselves why Canada should be an independent country and not part of the United States. Apart from the many abrasions of his public personality, the greatest grievance in Canada against U.S. President Donald Trump is that he explicitly stated the same question. Like most Americans, Trump thinks all foreigners wish to be American, and like most foreigners familiar with Canada, he fails to find any significant difference between English-speaking Canadians and Americans from northern states of the U.S. This question arose when former prime minister Justin Trudeau told him that Canada's economy would "collapse" if subjected to sizable American tariff increases. To Trump, it was perfectly logical, and more a flattering than an insulting question, given that Canada had not paid its way in national self-defence for decades, to ask why it did not take the logical step to eliminate any question of tariffs or any worry about national defence and simply join the United States. Read More

Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is a small northern town most Canadians couldn’t point to on a map until this week. Now it will be remembered for the worst possible reason. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jews throughout North America are increasingly worried by rising antisemitism. The latest figures from both B’nai B’rith and the Anti-Defamation League reflect a shocking rise in antisemitic incidents, with the ADL audit showing a whopping 900 per cent rise over the past decade. Read More

OTTAWA — Weeks after the 2025 federal election, Nick Belanger was on the phone when he started receiving calls from an unknown caller. Read More

MILAN — An ugly scene in the third period marred an otherwise spirited, energetic Olympic men's hockey game between Canada and Switzerland on Friday at Santagiulia Arena. Read More

Some Canadians seem to have genuinely appreciated the speech by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet in the House of Commons in memory of the mass-shooting victims in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and in support of their families. Read More

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MILAN — Swiss hockey comes with a precision you can truly set your watch to. Read More

The deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reverberating on the other side of the country in the small Newfoundland fishing community where the killer’s mother spent her early childhood and many of their family members still call home. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Canada’s Team Brad Jacobs pulled off a two-win day in Olympic curling action to remain undefeated — including a heated, profanity-laced win over the defending Olympic champions, who accused the Canadian third of cheating. Read More

Athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics have been keeping busy during their downtime in the Village — a bit too busy. Read More

Scammers created a fake profile on a dating app and established online relationships in order to get a total of $250,000 from victims, according to Toronto police. Read More

Josh Morrissey's bad luck with health over the past year doesn't look to be stopping. Read More

OTTAWA — While Russia remains a military threat in the Arctic, Canada’s security officials told a House of Commons committee this week that they remain primarily focused on China’s threats to economic security in the North. Read More

OTTAWA — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson didn't directly mention the threat of Alberta separation when speaking in Calgary on Friday, but his remarks drew a clear connection between Ottawa-Alberta energy cooperation and keeping the country together. Read More

Vladyslav Heraskevych’s hopes of competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics are dead. Read More

MILAN — Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen knew from the start that his last Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina were not going to be a walk in the park. Still, he gave it his best shot. Read More

The discrepancy between gold and silver in the ice dancing finals has fans calling on the sport’s governing body to investigate. Read More

This week, tragedy struck the quiet town of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. What should have been a normal school day turned into an unimaginable nightmare when 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar entered the small community's secondary school with a modified handgun and a long gun, taking the lives of five students and one educator, while injuring at least 25 others, after killing two family members at home. In dark times like these, it can feel like the word "humanity" has lost all meaning. Read More