MILAN – These Winter Games, in Milan-Cortina, felt different from the very start. They were so spread apart – sweater weather in the city; snowstorms in the mountains – that it could sometimes feel like there were several smaller Olympics, rather than one unified event. Read More

MILAN — Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin has won silver in the mass start finals on Saturday, making it a second medal for the Olympian in Milano-Cortina. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — After a difficult start to these Games, Canada has climbed the medal table enough to make a round of hand-wringing about the country's place in international sports unlikely. Read More

MILAN — Has an Olympic gold-medal hockey game ever meant more to Canadians than Sunday's showdown between the men in red and our archrivals to the south? Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — There were ample opportunities for doubt. Read More

The International Olympic Committee’s attempt to shake off criticism for selling T-shirts commemorating the 1936 Berlin Olympics, known as the “Nazi Games,” has instead courted more controversy. Read More

MILAN — The good news is Sidney Crosby did skate again on Saturday. Read More

MILAN - Last week, this Postmedia reporter got to chat with Canadian figure skating legend Scott Moir, asking about his work as a coach with the Americans and yelling at referees during a hockey game. He was also, of course, asked about his long-time on-ice partner, Tessa Virtue. Read More

Ontario's top court agreed house arrest was an “unfit” sentence for a man caught with 22,746 images and 741 videos of child sexual abuse, but it declined to give him prison time. Read More

For years I have argued that 24 Sussex Drive, an unattractive and not-very-historic mansion that has only been home to 10 of our 24 prime ministers, should be knocked down, sold or otherwise removed from the government books. The National Capital Commission’s (NCC) stated budget for renovations is completely absurd: $37 million in 2021 dollars, or $44 million adjusted for today. That buys a lot of new house in Ottawa, though Rideau Cottage is clearly good enough for Prime Minister Mark Carney, as it was for Justin Trudeau. (Frankly, I’ve never understood why PMs don’t just live full-time at Harrington Lake, as Kim Campbell did. It’s a half-hour drive from Parliament Hill!) Read More

MILAN - Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe will not participate in the women's freeski halfpipe finals on Saturday after sustaining a bad fall on the slope in Livigno on Thursday. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent announcement launching Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy marks a significant moment in our country’s national defence renewal. Modernizing procurement, strengthening domestic industry and reducing reliance on foreign supply chains are tangible steps toward safeguarding Canada’s sovereignty in an increasingly uncertain world. Read More

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was curt and harsh about Jamil Jivani telling Trump-friendly American media that Canada was having an “anti-American hissy fit” and that governing Liberals needed “to grow up and mature” in the face of American aggression on trade policy. Read More

A group that is looking to trigger a referendum on the future of Alberta in Canada is taking its petition south of the border this weekend. The aim is to have Albertans who are wintering in Arizona add their names to the petition. Here's what to know about the event, and the status of the petition campaign. Read More

A few short years ago, before she had proposed a new set of referendum questions on Thursday aimed at curbing rapid population growth, Premier Danielle Smith was actively courting newcomers to the province. Indeed, with the private sector facing a shortage of skilled workers, the premier could hardly bring in enough people to satisfy her appetite. Read More

There were two events in Canada last week which may, viewed optimistically, constitute a turning point in the shameful and distressing flirtation that this country is having with antisemitism. There is widespread anecdotal evidence of discrimination against Jewish applicants for many categories of work and entry to exclusive professional occupations, including doctors and teachers. Antisemitic incidents are far more numerous than the police can make any pretense to respond to and include unprecedented levels of violence, car theft, and petty harassment such as ripping Mezuzahs off door-frames. Read More

On Monday, the prime minister appointed the Hon. Janice Charette as Canada’s top trade negotiator with the United States, an undoubtedly crucial role as the July 1 deadline for renewal of the CUSMA pact looms. (I still say it shoulda been called CAMUS. Change my mind.) Mme. Charette has an impressive CV, having been named clerk of the Privy Council on separate occasions by Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau and serving as high commissioner to the United Kingdom in the interim. She’s broadly trusted, in other words, by senior politicians of all stripes.  Read More

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged that the status quo for supplying Canada’s military won’t do, and unveiled a new $470 billion defence industrial plan. The attitude is welcome after years of defence neglect, but everyone should be questioning his capacity to execute. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East. Read More

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