DALLAS — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced. Read More

France looked set for more political turmoil after both the far-right National Rally and the leftist Socialists said they would vote to bring down the government. Read More

The business community is ramping up pressure on the federal government to intervene in the ongoing Canada Post strike, which is on its 20th day. Read More

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Since its widespread adoption in the 1960s, water fluoridation has proven to be a key ingredient in improved dental health for hundreds of millions of North Americans and people the world over. Read More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced Bill C-78, a two-month GST/HST holiday on certain items like beer, wine, candy and kids' clothing. There’s also a separate bill, which has yet to be passed, for $250 rebate cheques to millions of Canadians who earned less than $150,000 working in 2023. Read More

For roughly fourteen months — since Hamas carried out their horrific terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7 — adoring fans of the group have said and done things across Canada which should have the entire country up in arms. Read More

The militant left has been working to change universities into indoctrination camps by employing a common playbook. When radicals want to speak, campus leftists feign persecution and sanctimoniously cloak themselves in the liberal ideals of free speech and open inquiry. When differing views come to the fore, activists routinely shout them down, claiming that opposing ideas make them feel unsafe. If that tactic fails, threats of violence often follow. Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberals' Christmas GST holiday and promise of a $250 cheque for workers appears to have put them on voters' naughty list, with a new poll suggesting Canadians overwhelmingly view the policies as "purely electoral," while also showing support for the Liberals has dropped five points since last month. Read More

Besides partisan Democrats, among the United States election’s biggest losers is what is commonly called — inaccurately — “mainstream media.” Accustomed to acting as information gatekeepers and setting the “acceptable” range of discussions, journalists woke up on Nov. 6 to discover that years of eroding credibility had culminated in what they feared the most: irrelevance in the eyes of many Americans. Read More

With our phones such an integral component of our daily lives, having an intuitive device in our hands makes all the difference between a nice gadget and an essential piece of equipment. Google’s new line-up of Pixel phones is firmly in the latter category, combining a sleek design with improved AI tech (also found in the latest Google TV Streamer) that subtly makes every interaction one that — well — you don’t actually need to overthink.  Read More

A British Columbia woman and her daughter will be attending one of Taylor Swift's coveted Eras Tour shows in Vancouver, but only after a provincial tribunal ordered her friend to hand over tickets. Read More

OTTAWA -- Canada has again breached its years-long policy and voted in support of a United Nations motion critical of Israel, based on concerns about the viability of a two-state solution. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from a closed-door meeting with opposition leaders on Tuesday to warn his Conservative rival against amplifying "erroneous narratives" that he says Americans are using about the Canada-U.S. border. Read More

REGINA -- Saskatchewan introduced a promised legislative amendment Tuesday that would continue to see residents no longer pay the federal carbon tax for home heating. Read More

An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream early Wednesday morning. Read More

WASHINGTON -- An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants of a sedan, early Tuesday. Read More

Canadian airline Air Canada is launching a new identification system on Tuesday allowing travellers to get around the airport without reaching for their passport or driver's license. Read More

OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says he has outlined the number of officers needed to increase security at the Canada-U.S. Border to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who opposition parties pressed on Tuesday to detail the Liberals' plan. Read More

On Monday, the Government of Canada announced that it finally decided to list Ansarallah, more commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code. Read More

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some US$11 billion, or three-fourths of what she defrauded in the country's largest financial crime. Read More

On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared an “emergency martial law,” accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea, and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Read More