A dessert sold in Costco Canada is being recalled over the possible presence of cashew nuts and macadamia nuts that were not declared on the label. Read More

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Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are increasingly under scrutiny. Now, a first-of-its-kind study led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between consumption of UPFs in preschool years and behavioural issues in childhood. Read More

A Jewish student in Halifax, N.S., has been forced to study online after his school failed to stop repeated antisemitic harassment, his mother says. Read More

The Greek myth of Pygmalion is based on a sculptor who fell so deeply in love with the beautiful sculpture he created that it came to life. 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

As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, host Rob Breakenridge is joined by journalist and National Post columnist Adam Zivo who is on the ground in Tel Aviv. We'll get a closer look at the mood in Israel amid renewed hostilities with Iran and why there appears to be overwhelming support amongst Israelis for taking action against the Iranian regime. Read More

And with one slick soundbite — we take the world as it is not as we wish it to be — Prime Minister Mark Carney gets to straddle whatever political or foreign fence he is confronted with. Read More

The federal government’s most recent assault on free speech — Bill C-9, the combating hate act — has been held up in committee as Liberals and Conservatives squabble over proposed amendments. If passed, Bill C-9 could be used, among other things, to prohibit peaceful protests that the government dislikes. But C-9 is not the cause of the long erosion of free speech in Canada. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms says we have free speech. Cereal boxes and tax returns show we don’t. Read More

In October 2024, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau announced an about-face on mass immigration, admitting: “We didn’t get the balance quite right.” Read More

OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians say they would vote Liberal if an election were called today, giving Prime Minister Mark Carney's party its largest lead since 2016. Read More

David Common’s daily routine is anything but common. On Feb. 2, he became the newest host of CBC Morning Live, taking the baton from Heather Hiscox after her retirement. Read More

A kitchen tends to be the heart of a home, a hub where people not only prepare and store food but also gather to enjoy each other’s company. As such, functional design is crucial. What good is a kitchen that looks good on social media but demands Cirque du Soleil-like choreography just to make some pasta? Read More

CANBERRA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canada will "defend our allies" when it comes to the war against Iran, not ruling out future military participation. Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests this week of his country's naval destroyer, claiming Pyongyang is in the process of "arming the Navy with nuclear weapons," state media reported Thursday. Read More

More than 100 Labour Party lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to rethink changes to the U.K.’s immigration system, underscoring the scale of opposition confronting him from within his own ranks. Read More

President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the U.S. performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic republic's leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing to push on. Read More

Ontario education minister Paul Calandra says the return of paper report cards is one of the priorities for Ontario schools. Read More

“Proud to be #2 in the world,” was the front-page ad Toronto General Hospital (TGH) took out in Sunday’s Toronto Star to welcome some recent good news: Newsweek magazine recently named TGH the second-best hospital in the world, ahead of the Cleveland Clinic and behind the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Heady company, all will agree, even if such obsequious pride in second place seemed a bit, well, Canadian. (“Clearly they didn’t have Asian parents,” ER physician Kashif Pirzada quipped on X.) Read More

Last weekend it became known that the Federal Government had signed an aboriginal rights agreement with the Musqueam First Nation, which acknowledged rights and title “within” a large area encompassing most of Metro Vancouver. This bilateral agreement between the Carney government and the Musqueam sets out their shared intention to “negotiate” Aboriginal title for the Musqueam within their vast claimed territory using the principles of UNDRIP as their lodestar. Read More

Mike Myers has officially reached icon status. Read More

BERLIN — Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre promised a Conservative government would sign binding supply agreements with European allies such as Germany to supply them with natural gas while "overriding bureaucracies and other levels of government" to speed up building pipelines and LNG terminals. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney got a little bit chippy when asked by a National Post reporter if he agreed with an unnamed government official who downplayed India’s role in transnational repression and foreign interference in a briefing last week. Read More

OTTAWA — As progressives from across Canada and the world gather in Ottawa this week, one topic that will be near the top of the agenda is the rapid ascent of artificial intelligence (AI) in society. Read More