OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he wants to boost the minimum penalty of $50 for violating the long-awaited and oft-delayed foreign agent registry after hearing repeatedly that it was too low. Read More

The electric vehicle mandate that would have forced 100 per cent of all new cars sold in Canada to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 was a typical Trudeau-era policy. It had more to do with preening self-righteousness than anything else. It sacrificed economic growth for green fantasies and was extremely paternalistic. As with most climate-change policies, the objective seemed to be more about control than actually accomplishing anything. Read More

Politicians often claim that they like “bold” ideas. How about this one? Let Ontario universities take full control of their own finances so they can do the vital job the province’s economic future requires. Read More

The Toronto sex assault trial for Canadian business titan Frank Stronach, one of the country’s richest men, was pushed into unsteady territory before it even started by allegations the prosecution improperly coached female witnesses who are set to testify against him. Read More

The World Health Organization has been forced to slash its staff as a result of “significant cuts” to the body’s funding, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday, characterizing 2025 as “one of the most difficult years” in its history. Read More

The Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the U.S. as it prepares for acute fuel shortages due to increased pressure from Washington, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said during a rare press conference. Read More

Artificial intelligence is coming to Olympic figure skating. Read More

OTTAWA — Housing Minister Gregor Robertson tabled legislation on Thursday to establish the federal government's new affordable housing agency, but acknowledged Build Canada Homes has no set targets on how many homes it will build. Read More

MILAN — The preliminary round games in Olympic women’s hockey really are just a tease. Read More

The Ontario NDP is demanding urgent changes to hospital funding after the Investigative Journalism Bureau reported hospital operating budgets were in deficit to the tune of more than half a billion dollars in the last fiscal year. Read More

A conspiracy to commit murder sparked an investigation that led to seven Toronto police officers and one retired Toronto police officer being charged, York Regional Police said on Thursday. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s fiscal watchdog projects that the Carney government’s commitment to increase defence spending to at least 5 per cent of the economy will increase the federal deficit by $63 billion a year over the next decade, almost twice what the deficit is currently expected to average over the next few years.   Read More

Another Justin Trudeau-era policy, the EV mandate, has been scrapped. That’s great news for consumers, because ultimately the market should decide the vehicles we buy, not Ottawa claiming some moral high ground. But while this is obviously a good move, let us not forget what came to those who opposed these Trudeau-era climate measures over the last decade. Read More

Catherine O'Hara, the actress and comedian who got her start on the Canada's Second City Television and then went on to play iconic moms in Beetlejuice, Home Alone and Schitt's Creek, died last week at age 71. Read More

Calgary-born singer Tate McRae would like "y'all" to know she's "Canada down," after starring in an ad for NBC that hypes both the U.S. winter Olympics team and the upcoming Super Bowl. Read More

The World Economic Forum, which organizes the Davos summit, said Thursday that it would conduct an independent review into its chief executive's interactions with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

U.S. news anchor Savannah Guthrie tearfully pleaded with kidnappers to share proof that her 84-year-old mother was still alive in a video posted to her social media Wednesday night. Read More

Auston Matthews. Connor McDavid. Eileen Gu? Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nothing zaps consumer and investor confidence quite like a trade war.  Read More

Wearing a red jacket and matching red toque, with a snowcapped mountain over his shoulder, Canadian snowboard veteran Mark McMorris looked level into the camera and made a sombre announcement: An injury was forcing him from at least one event at the Milan-Cortina Games. Read More

Iran and the United States are holding talks on Friday in Oman, with Tehran pushing to focus squarely on its nuclear programme, while Washington's demands go beyond that. Read More

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, battling for his political future, apologized Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce he is scrapping the controversial electric vehicle mandate implemented by his Liberal predecessor, replacing it with a 75 per cent tailpipe emissions reduction target by 2035 and a new purchase incentive for electric vehicles priced under $50,000. Read More