Across the Commonwealth, Remembrance Day controversies tend to be rote affairs: some bureaucrat or politician says something dumb about poppies, or some group gets behind “peace poppies,” or some TV personality — let’s call him Don — says something indelicate about how many and which Canadians he sees wearing poppies, or some drunken yob is caught on camera using a cenotaph as a toilet. Read More

The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted in two suspected hate-motivated offences. Read More

Pierre Poilievre’s appearance on the Northern Perspectives podcast last month, in which he called the RCMP leadership “despicable” for allegedly covering up Liberal misadventures, continues to haunt him. Read More

A shift in the dominant strain of influenza could lessen the effectiveness of the annual vaccine and spell a rocky flu season for Canada, according to Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Medicine, and an infectious diseases specialist at the Toronto General Hospital. Read More

Even if the U.S. government shutdown comes to an end, flying will not immediately return to normal. Read More

In celebration of “a hard fought battle to reclaim their name,” The Guess Who — led by singer and keyboardist Burton Cummings and founding guitarist Randy Bachman for the first time in 23 years — will tour Canada next year. Read More

Protectionists, start your engines. On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a “Buy Canadian” procurement policy that prioritizes Canadian suppliers for all manner of federal spending, including a second set of national “major projects” he’s announcing on Thursday. “We will build Canadian, by becoming our own best customer,” Carney intoned. Ottawa will allocate nearly $186 million in new funding to the policy, including “streamlined support for Canadian small and medium-sized businesses trying to break into the federal market.” Read More

The havoc plaguing the U.S. travel industry will likely escalate Tuesday when tighter federal restrictions on flights take effect, even while lawmakers move closer toward ending the government shutdown. Read More

A suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the Pakistani capital Islamabad killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 on Tuesday, the interior minister said. Read More

A record-setting 41-day U.S. government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats. Read More

When the weather outside gets frightful, staying warm at home seems delightful. But cranking the heat inside can lead to a potentially harmful side-effect: condensation on the windows. Read More

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More than 500 days in harsh pre-trial custody was enough punishment for a Mohawk man caught driving around Peterborough with a crack pipe in his lap and a "killing machine" of a rifle in the back seat, along with a flame thrower in the trunk, according to a recent sentence of time served from Ontario's Court of Justice. Read More

Among the allegedly transformational, nation-building initiatives stuffed into the 493 pages of Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne's first budget, there was one substantial alteration that was notable by its absence. Read More

In the lead up to Remembrance Day, Canada’s military remains one of the most trusted institutions in the country. Read More

In a recent CBC interview, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien made some derogatory and misleading claims about Alberta. Given how many Canadians still share these sentiments, it is important to set the record straight. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last Wednesday over Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs on Canada and other allies. What unfolded wasn't simply another trade dispute. The justices revealed deep skepticism about whether Congress ever intended to surrender its taxing power so broadly to any president. Read More

The Canadian Armed Forces’ greatest enemy is ignorance — or a certain national cluelessness — and this is especially true for the reserves. From military reporters to regular full-time Canadian Armed Forces members, many don’t know what a reservist actually is or does. Let me offer a few ideas for reflection, based on my 500-page study of 30 years of unvarying reserve problems, Relentless Struggle. Read More

Last month, European countries began rolling out the new Entry/Exit System (EES) for travellers crossing European borders. It's expected to be fully operational by April 10, 2026. Here's what to know. Read More

BAGHDAD -- Iraqis elect a new parliament on Tuesday in a vote that comes at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, and which both Iran and the United States will be closely watching. Read More

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a US$5 million sexual abuse and defamation judgment against him in a civil lawsuit by former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Read More

On the new CBC interview series The Assembly, somebody has just brought up Howie Mandel’s obsessive compulsive disorder and asked about his body-shaving habits (wink, wink). There are nervous giggles and gasps in the audience, and Mandel is taking a moment to figure out how to answer. Read More