OTTAWA — Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney "approved" Ontario's anti-tariff ads, which U.S. President Donald Trump blamed as the reason for ending trade talks with Canada.  Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s in a bind. On one side, there’s U.S. President Donald Trump, strangling our auto industry and cutting off trade talks, in the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s “Reagan was right, you are wrong” ad campaign. On the other, there’s Chinese leader Xi Jinping, offering to lift restrictions on agriculture and seafood imports in exchange for Canada dropping its ban on electric vehicle imports from China. Decisions, decisions. Read More

New Department of Homeland Security regulations in the United States will, beginning Dec. 26, require all non-citizens (including Canadians) to be photographed while entering or leaving the country. Read More

As cold and flu season approaches, you may be looking for ways to stay well. Your immune system is your body’s frontline defense — fighting off viruses, bacteria, and more. With age those defenses can weaken, making you more prone to infection. The good news? Optimal food and lifestyle choices can help keep your immune system strong. Read More

Canadian singer JP Saxe changed the lyrics of the national anthem at Monday night's World Series game. Read More

San Francisco — U.S. online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Tuesday that it is reducing its workforce by 14,000 posts to streamline operations as it invests in artificial intelligence, without saying where the cuts will be made. Read More

Melissa could be the worst hurricane Jamaica has experienced since record-keeping began -- but some residents on the Caribbean island say they will believe it when they see it. Read More

Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence, according to U.S. media reports. Read More

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Members of Alberta's United Conservative Party want a detailed plan explaining the "potential benefits and negative consequences" of the province becoming an independent nation, according to a draft, obtained by National Post, of prospective policy proposals to be debated at the party's annual general meeting. Read More

Canada has lost one of its preeminent historians, storytellers and patriots. Read More

It looks as though we are destined to spend this week wrestling with the tactical fallout from the Ontario government’s television ad for American audiences featuring Ronald Reagan’s wise words in favour of free trade. Speaking in Malaysia at the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Monday morning, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that the U.S. had broken off trade talks with Canada on aluminum, steel and energy. President Donald Trump had denounced the ad, stating on social media that “Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement.… Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now.” Read More

Last week, British Columbia’s attorney general, Niki Sharma, said that fee simple title in private property is superior to Aboriginal title. She’s a day late and a dollar short. In fact, her NDP government, led by Premier David Eby, has been doing everything in its power to have Aboriginal title triumph across B.C. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As temperatures drop and golden leaves cover lawns throughout Canada and the northern United States, residents are starting to turn on the heat. Earlier this year, amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, it appeared that energy tariffs might be used as a weapon, potentially driving up electricity prices for U.S. and Canadian consumers alike. Read More

OTTAWA — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says Canada is not focused on any one route when it comes to sending more energy into the United States, but stands ready to do "whatever we can" to help with a possible revival of the Keystone XL pipeline. Read More

JERUSALEM -- Hamas said Monday it would hand over the remains of a deceased hostage, the 16th since a ceasefire began, shortly after families of missing Israelis called for a suspension of the Gaza truce until all captives' bodies are returned. Read More

Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators have lined up an array of diplomatic wins for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to unveil at a summit this week. Those easy hits are pleasing investors, but leave deeper core conflicts unresolved. Read More

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with his chief of staff, watched the province’s anti-tariff television ad featuring Ronald Reagan before it first aired and later drew the retributive ire of U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

Canada is "not trying to sabotage" the Los Angeles Dodgers, the baseball team's manager said after he implied that he was not certain if there was "intent" behind a delay that occurred while he was travelling from Toronto to the U.S. Read More

Britain's scandal-tarred Prince Andrew faced continued scrutiny Sunday of his contentious living arrangements and titles, amid reports of talks with King Charles III about vacating his 30-room royal residence. Read More