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Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation to King Charles III to give the Speech from the Throne this month is a powerful statement of Canada's independence. It is one clear way in which Carney is measurably better than his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, who would have recoiled at the thought of inviting the King over, for fear of appearing to endorse Canada's colonial past. Carney, for his part, is suggesting he understands that the projection of legitimate authority must be grounded in first principles. Read More

I must disclose my background here; I was employed by the University of Saskatchewan for 40 years including 13 years as president. The institution’s distinctive origins combined the development of liberal education with a responsibility to build the province’s agricultural industry, and it did the latter with world-class agricultural programs and research institutes, and with faculty and students of many backgrounds from around the globe. Read More

In a livestreamed address Monday, Premier Danielle Smith indicated that, though she doesn’t support Alberta’s separatist movement, she will certainly use it as leverage in negotiating a new deal for the province. It’s a bold strategy, but it’s hard to see it playing out. Read More

More than half of Canadians no longer feel welcome or safe travelling to the United States, according to a new poll. Read More

ISLAMABAD -- India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani authorities said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. Read More

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports. Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would halt strikes on the Houthi terrorists in Yemen, saying the Iran-backed group had “agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East,” Reuters reported. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney met U.S. President Donald Trump in person for the first time at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Carney arrived at about 11:55 a.m. and was greeted by Trump with a handshake, after which they both raised a fist to the cameras. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since his election. Both made a point to make nice, praising each other as "transformational" leaders and pledging a friendship that will survive despite Trump's unchanged desire to make Canada an American state. Read More

A telling sign of how Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to the Oval Office was going was that JD Vance kept his mouth shut, except when required to provide the odd sycophantic guffaw. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that her United Conservative Party supports national unity, but adds that she won't stop members of her caucus from expressing different views on Alberta separation. Read More

The reviews have been flowing in for King Charles III delivering the throne speech in Ottawa on May 28, and they’re mostly appreciative. Such is the galvanizing power of President Donald Trump that even some skeptics of constitutional monarchy seem to think it’s a reasonable idea in the circumstances — to show America, and the world, that the foundations of Canadian democracy are too robust for any unhinged president to undermine. Read More

Howard Lutnick made headlines this week, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, by calling Canada "a socialist regime" that feeds off of America. Read More

WestJet is suspending nine routes between Canada and the U.S. due to lower demand. Read More

PARIS — Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash resurfaced in Paris Monday following an escape from Moscow last month after being put under house arrest and facing a 10-year prison sentence for posts condemning Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has an ally in Quebec and his name is Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the Parti Québécois leader. Read More

The New Democratic Party of Canada has chosen Don Davies as its new interim leader, after Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation as head of the party. Singh lost his own Burnaby Central seat in British Columbia in the April 28 federal election. Read More

LEDUC, Alta. — A law firm representing women who sued an Alberta municipality over claims of sexual assault, harassment and discrimination says over $9.5 million has been paid out to 155 women whose claims were approved in a settlement. Read More

On the eve of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s critical trip to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stole the spotlight and turned it firmly on herself. In a twenty-minute “address to Albertans,” she aired grievances against the federal Liberal government, from carbon taxes to Justin Trudeau’s infamous “no more pipelines bill,” C-69. Smith also presented a list of demands, from resource corridor development to greater provincial control over energy and immigration. And she pledged to hold a referendum on Alberta independence should “enough” citizens demand one — while insisting multiple times that she doesn’t support secession herself.  Read More

In the weeks of the election period, Canadian courts were busy preventing any legislation of controversy from taking effect — and they went relatively unnoticed. On March 28, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice blocked the Ontario government from banning supervised consumption sites near schools and daycares. It struck again on April 22, halting the Ontario government from removing Toronto’s bike lanes. Read More

OTTAWA — The Conservative Party caucus voted overwhelmingly to adopt Reform Act rules, namely granting itself the power to call a leadership review of leader Pierre Poilievre. Read More

Drivers returning to Canada can face additional inspections, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney met U.S. President Donald Trump in person for the first time at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Carney was due to arrive at the White House at 11:30 a.m. but he arrived at about 11:55 a.m. after a reported delay on the U.S. side. Carney was greeted by Trump with a handshake and they both raised a fist to the cameras. He met with Trump in the Oval Office for about 30 minutes, in front of the press. The meeting was due to begin at 11:45 a.m. but was delayed until about 12:10 p.m. Carney left the White House just after 2 p.m. He is addressed reporters shortly after 3 p.m. from the Canadian embassy. Follow National Post's live coverage, below. Can't see the live blog? View it at nationalpost.com. Read More

My love for Lake Ontario began when I was young. Like many people, my parents were not born in Canada. We didn’t have a family cottage up north to escape to every summer. Our family stayed in Toronto and the waterfront was our playground. It’s why I’ve spent my career fighting to make the waterfront an even better place to live, work and play. I’ve represented this part of Toronto at city hall and in Parliament. Read More

The Florida Panthers' Sam Bennett said the collision that sent Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender and former teammate Anthony Stolarz off the ice to vomit and later to the hospital via ambulance was "really just a bump." Read More

GATINEAU — The Competition Bureau is suing Canada's Wonderland for allegedly making false or misleading price claims online. The bureau says the amusement park north of Toronto is advertising prices that don't include a mandatory fee of up to $9.99. 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

Ethan Elharrar remembers having a single month of normal college life at Toronto Metropolitan University. He was anxious about leaving Montreal for Toronto, living on his own for the first time in a new city, beginning a new program. He was nervous but excited. Read More

OTTAWA - Quebec's "top diplomat" in the nation's capital retired last week as a new prime minister was elected, a new delegation of Quebec Liberal MPs is about to arrive in town, and when the province wants to play a bigger role in Canada-U.S. relations. Read More

Food prices remain top of mind for many, according to the second issue of the bi-annual Canadian Food Sentiment Index by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab (AAL). Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon find out what kind of reception he will receive from U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his administration, as the two leaders are set to sit down today for their first face-to-face meeting. Read More

CHESTER, N.Y. -- A town official in upstate New York has been arrested after state police say he shot and wounded a delivery driver who got lost and approached his house seeking directions. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to hear on Tuesday from caucus members’ discontent over mistakes made over the course of the campaign, with fingers pointing to campaign manager Jenni Byrne. Read More

OTTAWA -- A failed Liberal candidate in Windsor who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in last week's federal election says he is filing for a judicial recount. Read More