MILAN — Canadian speedskater Félix Roussel just stood there, motionless, while his colleagues were explaining why they missed the podium in the men’s 5,000-metre relay race. Read More

Several Canadian tourists were staying at a popular resort in Cancun, Mexico when they recently became severely ill. Read More

MILAN – One by one, they trudged down the rubber mat leading them off the ice, through a pathway lined with journalists asking them about a team that wasn’t in the building. As the American players finished one game, everyone else was looking to the next: Canada.   Read More

MILAN — It was midway through the first period of another nervy elimination game in which Team Canada was well aware of the rather worrisome threat being issued by a pesky European opponent. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s considering a limited military strike on Iran, ramping up pressure on the regime as he masses military forces in the region and his envoys push for a deal to limit its nuclear program. Read More

OTTAWA — Federal officials say they won't stand in the way of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to put a number of constitutional and immigration-related questions to a referendum in the fall, and say they're already taking meaningful steps to bring migration down to a sustainable level. Read More

The idea was to shrug it all off at Milano Cortina, because Brendan Mackay's first pressure-packed Olympic experience left him wanting so much more than the ninth-place finish he earned in the men's halfpipe competition four years ago. Read More

For almost 58 minutes on Thursday night in Milan, Hockey Canada was getting ready to serve its doubters a big, heaping plate of told-you-so. Read More

Canada has updated its official travel advice to First Nations people and Native Americans born in Canada, warning them to take extra precautions when travelling to the U.S. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war against American consumers (and Canada and the rest of the world) isn’t over, but it just suffered a major setback. In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law on which the president relied to unilaterally impose high tariffs without seeking congressional approval awards him no such authority. With two of the three justices Trump appointed to the high court joining the decision, it’s a decisive blow against the Trump administration’s neo-mercantilist trade policies and also against the growth of executive power, which has been stretched beyond constitutional bounds by presidents from both major political parties. Read More

Set a lofty goal for a perch near the top of the mountain, as Alpine Canada did five years ago, and you inevitably take your chances on a humbling fall down a slippery slope. Read More

MILAN — It turns out Canada's game-winning goal on Friday in the semifinal of men's hockey at Milan Cortina 2026 was a year in the making. Read More

Ontario’s student financial aid system is set to undergo its most significant changes since 2019. Beginning this fall, the provincial portion of aid will shift toward a higher share of loans, with grants capped at 25 per cent. The province announced the changes last week alongside a $6.4 billion postsecondary funding commitment, describing the reforms as a step toward long-term sustainability. Read More

London (AFP) -- Britain's former prince Andrew was arrested and released under investigation in a day of drama. What is he being probed for? Could he be jailed? And what next? Read More

MILAN — Canadian speedskater Valérie Maltais climbed back onto the medal podium at the Milano-Cortina Games again on Friday, winning bronze in the 1,500-metre individual race in long-track. Read More

SDEROT, Israel — Sometimes it’s the GPS. You enter a destination a half-hour from your location, and it directs you to a neighbourhood in Beirut. Or Amman. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — They fought and fought and fought, their Olympics dreams up in the air almost from the beginning. Read More

OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the emergency authority that U.S. President Donald Trump relied on to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada and countries around the world "falls short" and said the president violated federal law when he imposed the trade barriers. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Gather, Savor, Share by Raghav Chaudhary. Read More

When Beau Harper met 108-year-old Joan Fuller at last year’s Remembrance Day service in Mount Hope, Ont., he knew he was witnessing something rare. Read More

A settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by 3,500 WestJet female flight attendants has been temporarily stalled by a B.C Supreme Court judge after she insisted the attendants get more time to consider the proposed agreement, which releases the airline from liability. Read More

If the past behaviour dictates future behaviour, there are two possibilities concerning the outcome of negotiations with Iran: either Iran’s well-known tactics of buying time and frustrating the United States will win the day, as it did in the Obama and first Trump administration, or U.S. President Donald Trump will eventually follow through on his threat and attack Iran, as he did Venezuela. If Iran refuses to give up its nuclear ambition and ballistic missile program, my bet is on Trump. He will go to war. Read More