The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicholás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores by U.S. forces is cause for global celebration, though caution is warranted so long as the Maduro regime’s remaining leadership clings to power. Read More

U.S. negotiators will join European leaders in Paris on Tuesday in the latest effort to hash out post-war security guarantees for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Read More

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a U.S. operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman from power after months of mounting military and economic pressure on his regime. Read More

President Donald Trump said Saturday from his Mar-a-Lago Club that the United States will control Venezuela for an unspecified period after a U.S. operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Read More

Since the Tkachuk brothers captivated the hockey world’s attention at the 4 Nations Face-off last February, there has been an unsubtle countdown to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. Read More

A stunning U.S. raid to capture Venezuela’s president came after a group of amateur intelligence analysts argued that satellite images reveal a Venezuelan launch site that could send ballistic missiles as far north as Washington, D.C. Read More

Sacred ancient gems linked to the Buddha were unveiled on Saturday in India for the first time since their colonial-era removal. Read More

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will work with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to transition to a democratically elected government after Nicolás Maduro’s capture early Saturday, but she and other regime leaders have thus far appeared uncooperative. Read More

TEL AVIV - Former IDF spokesman Alon Penzel is embarking on a Canada-wide speaking tour in coming weeks. He exhales deeply when asked why: he felt he had to, given the level of Oct. 7 denialism, minimalization and ignorance two years into the Gaza war. Read More

An immigrant pharmacist whose Canadian citizenship was revoked in November 2024, a decade after officials first suspected she hadn't met the requirements, has seen that decision set aside and revocation proceedings permanently stayed by a Federal Court judge who criticized officials for waiting so long to act on the allegations of "false representation, fraud, or knowingly concealing material circumstances." Read More

New York City's newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, rang in the New Year and his term at city hall by saying in his inauguration speech that his administration will "draw this city closer together" and "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." But "rugged individualism" is the characteristic trait of Americans, especially New Yorkers. It's this nature of individualism that makes the United States the most innovative country in the world. Read More

The inferior national newspaper has seen fit to bid farewell to the old year by printing another op-ed bemoaning the uninhabitable state of the prime minister’s traditional primary residence at 24 Sussex Dr. I wonder if this is going to become an actual political cause in 2026 — whether our sudden Trump-era panic about state capacity and national self-reliance is going to be pressed into the service of rebuilding or rehabilitating 24 Sussex. Read More

There are coming-of-age stories and coming-of-a-certain-age stories. Small Achievable Goals is the latter. The CBC comedy centres on two women who are confronting menopause and all the horrors and hilarity that it brings. Read More

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Indigenous Affairs Minister Rajan Sawhney says vocal opposition from some Indigenous groups won't affect her government's timeline for proposing a new West Coast pipeline to Ottawa by mid-2026. Read More

A recent court decision out of Ontario reveals how judges' hands are tied when it comes to sentencing hard-core criminals. Read More

A 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a cruise ship north of Cuba has not been located after an eight-hour search on Thursday, according to authorities. Read More

It took less than 24 hours for Zohran Mamdani to prove he is the worst possible nightmare for already nervous New York Jews. Mere hours after becoming New York’s new mayor on Thursday, the 34-year-old Democratic Socialist began enacting the strident anti-Israel (and, many insist, antisemitic) ideological agenda that fuelled his election victory. Read More

The North Korean leader's daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as likely next in line to run the nuclear-armed dictatorship. Read More

Critically injured victims of the deadly fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana are being treated in specialist burns units as far afield as Stuttgart, Milan and Paris, underscoring the scale of the tragedy. Read More

A grizzly bear broke into Tanyss Munro’s home, tearing down walls, ripping out the furnace and destroying her kitchen. Read More

The Ukrainian army said Friday it only hit "military targets", a day after Russia accused Kyiv of firing drones at a hotel and cafe in Ukraine's occupied south, killing 27 people. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Ferment: Everyday ferments and pickles, and how to eat them by Kenji Morimoto. Read More

As 2025 began, federal records showed that there were 4.9 million visas set to expire in the coming 12 months, with Conservatives pressing the Liberal government on how it would deal with those who didn’t leave willingly. Read More