President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Read More

RCMP on Wednesday identified the perpetrator of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a transgender female. Dwayne McDonald, deputy commissioner of the RCMP in British Columbia, said that Van Rootselaar was born a biological male and began to transition to a female about six years ago. Read More

The aunt of Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victim Kylie May Smith said their family's world "crumbled" when they learned the 12-year-old girl was among the dead. Read More

MILAN — No matter who is the starting goalie for Czechia on Thursday to face up against Canada in each country's respective men's hockey opener here at the 2026 Winter Olympics, there is not doubt that the spectre of Dominik Hasek will be right there. Read More

A grieving father whose son was killed in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting said his 12-year-old son loved school so much he cried when his father once suggested home schooling. Read More

As the notes of the beloved Universal Fanfare played, Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabaté appeared to panic. His arms flailed and a left foot stretched out, immediately wobbling. That was a bad idea. Read More

School shootings are the most senseless, shattering event that can befall a community. A feeling of ultimate loss grips the entire nation. Read More

When Marc Kennedy was a young curler, Canada’s mission statement was simple: Gold or bust.  Read More

MILAN — Nathan MacKinnon is a Stanley Cup champion, so the idea that maybe he's a little too dialed up is a bit of a hard one to take seriously. Read More

MILAN — Every single job at the Milan-Cortina Games is important. Read More

The International Olympic Committee should know better than to think an athlete who throws himself down an icy track at 140 km/h would back down over a threat. Read More

The Norwegian biathlete who inadvertently stole the spotlight from his gold medal-winning teammate by making an on-air admission of infidelity has apologized to his fellow countryman and ex-girlfriend for airing the personal drama. Read More

Tuesday “started as any other” for Tumbler Ridge, B.C, mom Cia Edmonds, but within hours she was sitting in the Vancouver children’s hospital with her 12-year-old daughter, Maya, “fighting for her life” due to gunshot injuries to her head and neck. Read More

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Tumbler Ridge will never be the same. Read More

World leaders are reacting in shock and sympathy to one of Canada's deadliest school shootings. Nine people were killed and at least 25 more injured after the shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge in eastern British Columbia on Tuesday. Read More

Yiannis Exarchos, the chief executive of Olympic Broadcasting Services, sat at the centre of the dais while a short video played on the big screen over his shoulder. It was filled with highlights of the most unexpected star of the Milan-Cortina Games: The drones. Read More

MILAN — There were too many moments that went horribly wrong in the worst Canadian women's hockey loss in Olympic history to easily digest the magnitude of what had happened. Read More

OTTAWA — An emotional Prime Minister Mark Carney said it's a "time to come together as Canadians always do" to mourn as a nation after a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.left 10 dead, including the suspect. Read More

So you thought curling was Canada's game? Calgary writer and comedian John Cullen, a semi-professional curler for more than 20 years, explains how a former U.S. football star and his buddies are helping popularize the sport, in this excerpt from Curling Rocks! Chronicles of the Roaring Game. Read More

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Canada’s contingent at the Milan-Cortina Games is loaded with decorated athletes in the twilight of storied Olympic careers: Sidney Crosby, speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen; a Golden generation of curlers vying to go out on a high note. Read More

Universities clearly have a “trust deficit.” From left to right, faith in higher education has cratered as the search for evidence-based knowledge has been replaced with McCarthyite pursuits and litmus tests. By serving as platforms for pseudo-academic ideological campaigns, universities have surrendered their core credibility. Read More

Canada has a productivity problem. And it’s not a small one. Read More

Laura Cooper (not her real name) headed to Edmonton International Airport on Sunday with the intention of travelling to the East Coast of the U.S. to work for four days. Read More