The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on reimposing deep economic sanctions on Iran over its resurgent nuclear program. Read More

MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico have signed a pact to deepen economic and security ties ahead of what is expected to be a challenging round of negotiations with the United States on a trilateral trade deal. Read More

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Even a casual watcher of Star Trek is likely to have seen the characters exploring strange new worlds with compact translator devices in hand. Well, now Apple users armed with the new AirPods Pro 3 can bring science fiction to life. Read More

Toronto-area police arrested two men and charged them with attempted murder in relation to a violent carjacking in Brampton earlier this year that sent the victim to hospital with a stab wound in his neck. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed his principal secretary and former Liberal justice minister David Lametti to be Canada's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform Thursday morning during a state visit to the U.K. His announcement comes in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Read More

A Jewish law professor has lost her bid to get a court to quash Toronto Metropolitan University’s decision not to discipline students who signed an open letter "condoning, if not outrightly encouraging the Hamas terror attacks on October 7 and denying Israel's right to exist." Read More

Ontario Liberals did the right thing when they pushed out leader Bonnie Crombie on the weekend. She will be 69 by the time of the next election, doesn't have a seat in the legislature, and has not created a clear image for herself or the party. Read More

OTTAWA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is urging the federal government to "look west" for major projects, but is still wavering on the so-called "grand bargain" on shipping decarbonized oil through B.C.'s north coast. Read More

Dementia is a “qualifying, stand-alone diagnosis” for euthanasia in Canada, provided people have the capacity to make a reasoned decision and don’t lose capacity before they want their lives ended, according to Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) providers. Read More

You may remember Evel Knievel and his death-defying motorcycle stunts in the '70s, but do you recall Canada’s very own stuntman, Ken Carter, who was often referred to as 'The Mad Canadian'? Read More

It’s time to play the music! It’s time to light the lights! Life sure can feel much brighter with the Muppets back in sight. Read More

A late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel has been taken off the air after comments he made about Charlie Kirk. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated ABC for “finally having the courage to do what had to be done" and called on NBC to follow suit after Jimmy Kimmel Show was indefinitely shelved for comments he made regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that claims the Jewish state was involved in the murder of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk were a “monstrous big lie.” Read More

A dismembered corpse found rotting in an impounded Tesla registered to rising American rap star D4vd was that of a teenage girl, a U.S. medical examiner has said. Read More

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The B.C. government’s secretive and exclusionary approach to "reconciliation" took a sordid turn recently, with the ministers of Indigenous relations and forests both caught in blatant and readily disprovable attempts to mislead the public. Meanwhile, British Columbians have yet again been left on the outside as huge tracts of land are signed away, one-sided "consultations" are held in secret and the public interest is ignored. Read More

According to a poll released last week by the Angus Reid Institute, Quebec Premier François Legault is by far the least appreciated of the 10 premiers in their respective provinces, with only 22 per cent of Quebecers approving of his performance. Considering that five years ago, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Legault’s appreciation score was close to four times that (77 per cent), his downfall is nothing but spectacular.  Read More