On Saturday, the BBC published a headline that might not instill confidence in Canadians waiting to watch Connor McDavid and Marie-Philip Poulin at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. It appeared on a story about the main hockey arena, which has become good at making bad news: “Ice hockey venue will not be ready for start of Olympics." Read More

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A 13-year-old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off Western Australia to get help for his family in a feat hailed by rescuers as "superhuman". Read More

David Greaves is making history with Israeli athletes at the Olympics again — this time for bobsleigh. Read More

On Monday, Parliament unanimously voted to fast-track Bill C-19, the Carney government's new package of affordability measures, which includes a 25 per cent increase to the GST rebate for five years starting in July, along with a one-time additional payment this year equal to 50 per cent of the normal payment. Read More

A Toronto crack cocaine dealer caught back in business three times over the course of ten months managed to convince a judge that he deserves some leniency because putting him behind bars would mean hardship for his nine children, but not because he’s addicted to the drugs he was caught peddling. Read More

When Trinity Ellis began sliding toward her first Olympics, she was required to pay $1,500 annually to Luge Canada to cover a portion of training and travel costs. Read More

The death of 26-year-old Kiano Vafaeian by MAID on Dec. 30, 2025, is emblematic of what Canadians can expect to become commonplace in the coming years. Read More

I returned to Ottawa from Calgary Sunday, fresh off a whirlwind weekend at the Conservative Party of Canada’s 2026 convention, the main event of which was leader Pierre Poilievre’s keynote speech and leadership review vote. Read More

A new website run by students in Montreal aims to create a permanent archive of antisemitic incidents at Concordia University since the October 7 massacre. Read More

A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to the production of child pornography and to coercion and enticement of a minor, after admitting he sexually exploited more than 100 children by creating an online persona and targeting them through social media, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. Read More

My favourite of Catherine O’Hara’s characters on SCTV (1976-1984) was “Lola Heatherton,” the fading and dubiously talented ingenue who couldn’t get through five minutes of a variety special or a talk show without coming apart at the seams. I hope it’s not tasteless to observe that Joey Heatherton, one of a few ’70s starlets who inspired the character, has done the unthinkable and outlasted her cosmic sister. Lola, to me, is the perfect representation of what Catherine O’Hara brought to SCTV and to the rest of her career. Read More

OTTAWA — Three contenders to be the federal NDP's next leader say they're not giving up on the party's traditional blue-collar base, after multiple speakers at the recent Conservative national convention touted the party's electoral gains on their turf. Read More

The son of Norway's crown princess goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women and assaulting several ex-girlfriends in a scandal that has tarnished the royal family's image. Read More

Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a U.S. House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt. Read More

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, local media said Monday, after U.S. leader Donald Trump said he was hopeful of a deal to avert military action against the Islamic republic. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Bill Blair will serve as Canada's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom and has resigned from his seat in the House of Commons. Read More

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper said he never anticipated the greatest threat to Canada's Arctic would eventually come from the U.S. Read More

The Olympic hockey arena saga is dragging on. Women's hockey starts on Thursday and the main rink in Milan isn't going to be fully complete, organizers finally confirmed Sunday. Read More

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament and human rights activists are demanding Canada do more to put pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, including sanctioning its supreme leader and increasing criminal investigations into perpetrators of the regime. Read More

The skeleton of a woman found in rural Florida 41 years ago has been identified as that of Jeanette Marcotte, a Canadian woman last seen in Saskatchewan in the early 1980s. Read More

Peel Regional Police have announced that seven Toronto men have been arrested and charged in connection with a 2024 crime that began as a home invasion and ended up with one man dead. Read More