U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump. Read More

At least four people were killed when a fire engulfed several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, the government said, with media reporting that some residents were trapped inside. Read More

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Courts across Canada have been issuing sentences for years that were less than the mandatory minimum for possession of child sexual abuse material, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. Read More

An Ontario killer ordered deported to St. Vincent in 2020 has been sentenced to six years in a Canadian prison after he was caught soon after he got out of custody for a manslaughter conviction with a Glock semi-automatic handgun in his Toronto nightstand that was equipped with a laser sight and loaded with seven rounds of .40 calibre ammunition. Read More

Canada’s security, competitiveness and independence now depend on how we invest in defence and innovation. Read More

The City of Toronto’s shelter system is still guided by radical policies that encourage the city to hire active drug addicts to staff their programs, push for drugs and drug kits to be provided in abstinence-based facilities and even require that all shelters with children residing in them provide drug services. Read More

When he was about 22, Jamaican national and Canadian permanent resident Zavion Forde impregnated his 13-year-old stepsister. She said he forced himself onto her, he said he didn’t remember; you be the judge. She had a child. This happened in 2007, and in 2008 he was convicted of sexual interference and sentenced to five-and-a-half months. Read More

Canada’s museums have transformed themselves in the last decade, adopting identity-driven makeovers under pressure from the Trudeau-led Liberals. National Post visited institutions from coast to coast to survey the damage and consider its implications. Rob Roberts visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. Read More

BEIJING — China's stranglehold on the rare earth minerals industry — from natural reserves and mining through processing and innovation — is the result of a decades-long drive, now giving Beijing crucial leverage in its trade war with the United States. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s cyber defence agency says hackers are increasingly targeting Canadian water systems as it called on utility companies and municipalities to take the threat seriously or risk devastating consequences.  Read More

Even Justin Trudeau’s own one-time foreign affairs minister, the late Marc Garneau, thought the former prime minister foreign policy prioritized style over substance — a perception that he said weakened Canada’s standing on the international stage. Read More

The National Post’s weekend story about the realities of late-term abortions in Canada — namely that they’re available, although many OBGYNs won’t perform them; and that women needn’t provide any medical reason for requesting such a procedure — produced some very interesting responses. Many could be filed under S for “spittle-flecked denial.” Read More

An improved kitchen and better separation of public and private space is the aim of renovations of the official residence for Quebec’s delegate general in New York. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday his government's forthcoming energy deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will create "necessary conditions" for a potential pipeline to British Columbia, but not provide an outright guarantee. Read More

Author Thomas King, long-celebrated for work rooted in what he believed was his partial Cherokee heritage, has revealed that he has no Indigenous ancestry to speak of. Read More

Paris — French authorities on Tuesday arrested four more people in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor said. Read More

OTTAWA — Canadian beekeepers are asking the government to ban all overseas bee imports, arguing the sting it would cause local industry would be less painful than risking importing a parasite that is devastating colonies in Europe and Asia. Read More

OTTAWA — Pressed on a Crown corporation’s decision to award a contract to a U.S.-based joint venture for the management of the country’s nuclear laboratories, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson suggested his government’s promise of “elbows up” can mean "lots of things." Read More

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning that ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula may be unsafe following an outbreak of infant botulism in the United States. Though no cases have been reported in Canada, the products are available for sale online and should not be consumed. Read More

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has announced a two-year suspension against Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak for a violation of the World Aquatics doping control rules. Read More

The Canada Border Services Agency has issued a set of tips to travellers from the United States intending to cross into Canada during the upcoming U.S. Thanksgiving long weekend. Read More

OTTAWA — A human rights group and a band of MPs issued a “wake-up call” Tuesday to Canada and other countries to help stop the genocide in Darfur, warning that the worst of the atrocities may still be ahead. Read More