Iran and the United States are holding talks on Friday in Oman, with Tehran pushing to focus squarely on its nuclear programme, while Washington's demands go beyond that. Read More

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, battling for his political future, apologized Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce he is scrapping the controversial electric vehicle mandate implemented by his Liberal predecessor, replacing it with a 75 per cent tailpipe emissions reduction target by 2035 and a new purchase incentive for electric vehicles priced under $50,000. Read More

MILAN - Canada will have to wait two more days to begin defence of its Olympic title in women's hockey. Read More

Cassie Campbell-Pascall knew her playing days were nearing an end as she prepared for what would be her final Olympics, at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. There had been a few signals that it was time: From her aching bones to the names that began to appear on the roster. Read More

MILAN - Jennifer Heil knows about injuries. As a Canadian freestyle ski star – and Olympic gold winner; a world champion – she went through a stretch of her career where she needed injections in her knee just to stay upright on the mountain. Read More

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In Salt Lake County, Utah, which is home to more than 1.2 million, parents interested in signing their children up for youth hockey are directed to one of three local ice rinks. Aly Mossberg is a high-scoring 14-year-old who practises three times a week with her all-girls team. Read More

Food inflation in Canada has been increasing relentlessly, even more than inflation on other goods, spiking again at the end of 2025. Read More

An Alberta judge recently discounted the prison sentence for a former university football player with Indigenous roots who bled profusely while sexually assaulting a woman, despite her repeated protests over the attack. Read More

Calgary — Pierre Poilievre’s convention success here last week and the Stephen Harper celebrations in Ottawa this week pose an old-as-Laurier question for Canada’s Conservatives: What is the party for? Read More

There’s a lot of Thucydides quoting at the moment — specifically the infamous line from the Melian Dialogue: "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" — to describe the realist parameters of the renewed Great Power politics we now again live with. Read More

There are few policy areas in Canadian politics as tortured as the CF-18 replacement program, now entering its 16th year and undergoing its fifth evaluation — which is likely to once again recommend continuing with the purchase of F-35s. Read More

The person who gets to appoint every judge on Alberta’s two highest courts — King’s Bench and the Court of Appeal — is Prime Minister Mark Carney. He also decides who to send up to the Supreme Court to represent Western Canada. Alberta wants better judges, and Premier Danielle Smith is completely right in seeking change. It is disappointing that Justice Minister Sean Fraser has already dismissed the premier's proposal. The entire judicial appointment process, not just for the West, needs an overall, one that puts competence and justice ahead of politics. Read More

More than a century ago, when Toronto built the Prince Edward Viaduct to connect Bloor Street to the Danforth, a lower deck was built to accommodate a future subway line that was still decades away from starting construction. Unfortunately, that sort of ambition is in short supply today. Read More

The unveiling of Stephen Harper’s official parliamentary portrait has provided a moment of unexpected catharsis in Canadian politics. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the recent Davos conference — where he called for decoupling from the U.S. while entering a “strategic partnership” with China — was greeted rapturously abroad. His tough on Trump rhetoric is certainly winning political points at home as well. Read More

OTTAWA — A free-market think tank is calling for a proposed Quebec liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be fast-tracked, arguing that Canada must act quickly to position itself as a major supplier to a rapidly changing European market. Read More

Russia vowed Wednesday to act "responsibly" should its last nuclear treaty with the United States expire on February 5, amid mounting fears the agreement's collapse could spur a new arms race between the top nuclear powers. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce a new system of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, replacing an electric vehicle mandate that was hated by the auto industry. Read More

The Trump administration hosted 55 countries at a critical minerals summit on Wednesday, pitching minimum prices and a flood of U.S. private equity in a bid to reduce dependence on China and ensure U.S. manufacturers have stable access to key resources. Read More

The first action of the Olympiad is in the books. Read More

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris crashed during big air training for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and was stretchered off the course in Livigno, Italy, on Wednesday night. Read More