Canadian passport fees that haven't risen in over a decade are set to go up at month’s end when the federal government begins to charge a price that reflects Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation. Read More

On the third day after the U.S. and Israel’s joint strike on Iran, conflict in the Middle East threatens to escalate further. Iran has carried out relatiatory stikes on U.S. bases and Gulf energy sites, with explosions reported in Dubai, Bahrain, Iraq and elsewhere. Read More

Tehran’s nuclear-weapons race was a risk the United States, Israel and others couldn’t tolerate, and its terrorism and brutality have only worsened. Its development of weapons that could reach Europe is a growing, grave threat. But as more than one of this episode’s guests say, the war with Iran involves other states, too — including China, which faces losing another supplier of the cheap oil that has been powering its own ambitions. It’s also a message from U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing that America won’t ignore adversarial aggression. Brian Lilley speaks with John Bolton, former presidential security advisor; Rick Hillier, Canada’s former chief of the defence staff; former U.S. intelligence officer Jonathan Panikoff; Eylon Levy, former Israeli government spokesman; Vivian Bercovici, former ambassador to Israel; and Postmedia’s Adam Zivo, reporting from Tel Aviv. (Recorded Feb. 27–Mar. 1, 2026.) Read More

Three U.S. fighter jets crashed on Monday after being mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences, in what stands to be among the worst incidents of its kind yet involving U.S. forces. 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

An Iranian-owned boxing gym in Thornhill, Ont., was targeted by gunfire early Sunday morning in an apparent threat against activists speaking out against the Islamic Republic governing Iran. Read More

The last 10 or 15 years have not been kind to Canada. Along with a decline in prosperity has come an erosion of the things that made our society great, a decline of what held us together and made us the envy of the world: things like resilience, friendship and service. In this series, National Post writers consider What We’ve Lost. Read More

Over the past several months, the Trump administration has employed military force to spectacular effect — against Iranian nuclear facilities, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and Boko Haram targets in Nigeria. Many observers have interpreted these events as an escalating cycle of force by the White House, one that will inevitably reach Greenland and ultimately Canada. Such fears are understandable given the administration's inflammatory rhetoric, but the record suggests something quite different. The common thread connecting these operations is not escalation, but political opportunism: applying force only where the political and military costs appear low, in pursuit of quick wins that serve a limited foreign policy agenda. Read More

It’s clear, after former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld was ordered by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) to pay $750,000 to LGBTQ teachers in the district, that I do not have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning my own complaints, for discrimination on the basis of political belief, at the same tribunal.   Read More

Pierre Poilievre’s speech on Thursday to the Economic Club of Canada in which he laid out his vision for how Canada should navigate international challenges received near-universal praise, including from some unexpected quarters. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta announced last week that it will be following Quebec's lead in asserting provincial control over medical assistance in dying (MAID), but it will be taking a much different direction. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency says India remains one of the main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage against Canada, contradicting a claim by a senior government official last week that Indian agents are no longer linked to such crimes. Read More

The EU warned Sunday against a prolonged war in the Middle East, saying further escalation could threaten Europe and beyond, as it urged Iran to refrain from indiscriminate retaliation after U.S.-Israeli strikes. Read More

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Mark Carney invited his Indian counterpart to visit Canada as he concluded his four-day trip to deepen ties, leaving India with plans to formalize a new free trade agreement at the same time as he faces domestic security pressures at home. Read More

Federal authorities are investigating whether a mass shooting outside a bar in Austin, Texas, early Sunday was a reaction to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, people familiar with the investigation said. Read More

The killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the ongoing U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign have ushered in a period of uncertainty for the country's leadership. Read More

At least 17 people were killed Sunday across Pakistan as protesters outraged over the death of Iran's supreme leader took to the streets, with some attempting to storm U.S. diplomatic buildings. Read More

The biggest disruption to global air transport since the COVID pandemic snarled travel for a second day on Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Gulf hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after U.S.-Israeli strikes. Read More

Iranians were experiencing a mix of shock, grief and joy after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Israeli and U.S. strikes extended into a second day Sunday. Read More

OTTAWA — Israel's top diplomat in Canada says the elimination of Iran's head of state in coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes doesn't necessarily mean the country's Islamist regime is critically compromised, in fact, he says it could now be more dangerous than ever. Read More

Shattered glass lay strewn across the streets of a residential area of Tel Aviv on Sunday, the day after an Iranian missile strike left one woman dead, but residents insisted they could withstand further attacks. Read More

Nine people were killed and over two dozen wounded by an Iranian missile impact in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service. Read More

Donald Trump was done negotiating. Read More

The U.S. said the first Americans have been killed in a war with Iran that’s spread to several countries in the Middle East, while threatening to upend energy markets. Read More