MILAN — Long after time had expired for an historic game in her adopted sporting country, Laura Fortino — the Italian-Canadian from Hamilton, Ont. — was locked in an embrace with teammate Marta Mazzocchi that seemingly wasn't going to end. Read More

Canadian figure skaters might not have made it to the podium in the team competition at the Milan-Cortina Games -- they finished in fifth -- but they made an impression and some even made a name for themselves on the international stage. Read More

The draconian 20 year imprisonment of Hong Kong dissident and newspaper-owner Jimmy Lai, effectively a death sentence, is a reminder that if we are going to get into bed with China we should be aware that we are soiled by association. Read More

The Epstein files are threatening to bring down not the U.S. president who was once his buddy but a prime minister who never met the disgraced financier and sex trafficker. Read More

MILAN — Short-track speedskater William Dandjinou isn't shy to admit he hopes to bring back five gold medals to Canada — and inspire an entire nation in the process. Read More

OTTAWA — A federal judge took the exceptional step of revoking a Canadian man's citizenship after it was discovered that he helped lead a Guatemalan military unit that committed unspeakable monstrosities and massacred a village of 200 in Guatemala over 40 years ago. Read More

Cuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, while an allied nation cut off an important escape valve for migrants amid increasing pressure from the US aimed at toppling the regime in Havana. Read More

When it comes to reasons to ask for an extension on a homework assignment, this one ranks far better than the classic “my dog ate it.” Read More

Health Canada has issued a public advisory and recall notice after learning that some medications labelled as treatment for high blood pressure may in fact contain pills to treat low blood pressure. Taking the wrong medication can lead to serious side effects such as a dangerous increase in blood pressure, dizziness, fainting and organ damage. Read More

Not since Cold War tensions loomed over the Winter and Summer Games of 1980 and 1984 has U.S. politics been so centre stage at the Olympics. Read More

To see into the abyss, go on to X and search for the words “Epstein” and “Jews.” Read More

MILAN — For all the power Canada has at forward, for all the strength it has on the blue line, there's just no denying this men's hockey squad at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics has a big questions in goal. Read More

Ontario residents were breathing in arctic air this weekend, according to the Weather Network, a unique weather phenomenon that came to an end on Monday. Read More

The Olympics have been handing out medals for more than a century but somehow still can’t get it right. Read More

It’s setting off alarm bells in the White House for good reason: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new “strategic partnership” with Beijing is bigger than just the diversification and freeing up of trade in Canadian food exports and Chinese electric vehicles, as he claims. As Brian Lilley discusses with longtime China-watcher Sandra Watson Parcels, there are details of the pact that haven’t been widely covered. And it risks making Canada increasingly vulnerable to Beijing’s coercive power tactics, while putting us on the wrong side of the urgent effort necessary to preserve the western-backed global system from the threats of a rising revisionist power. There’s a case for trading with China, Watson Parcels says, but not on terms like this. (Recorded Feb. 2, 2026.) Read More

"Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie sent a public message to her missing mother's apparent kidnapper Saturday, signaling that she had received communication and offering money to secure her mother's safe return. Read More

There's so much chatter about how the men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics is, finally, a return to best-on-best hockey. Read More

Megan Oldham, the 24-year-old freestyle skier from Parry Sound, Ont., told reporters she was not always certain she would make it to Italy. She suffered a concussion two months before the Milan-Cortina Games, and it clouded her dream of making it to the mountains. Read More

As thousands of hours of Olympic coverage from Italy are broadcast around the world over the next two weeks, memorable on-air moments — good and bad — are sure to occur. Read More

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A Hong Kong court sentenced former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, handing the pro-democracy advocate the heaviest penalty ever meted out under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Read More

“If Jewish students ever needed a secure path to Jewish education, we need it now more than ever.” That’s the basic argument that the group Grassroots for Affordable Jewish Education has advanced in court in hopes of changing Ontario’s unique school-funding situation: public boards, English and French, get funding, as do Catholic boards, English and French — but no others. Read More

The rapid changes sweeping northeastern Syria have produced a troubling result: the escape of hardened Islamic State (ISIS) fighters from detention facilities previously secured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This development, unfolding amid a fragile ceasefire, poses a serious security threat, including to Canada. Read More

There's been a fascinating shift in the political landscape in British Columbia, and the BC Conservative Party leadership race comes at a pivotal moment. The campaign of Caroline Elliot has recruited some Canadian political heavy-hitters and drawn a considerable amount of national interest, as well. In this interview with Rob Breakenridge, Elliott talks about her candidacy, the emergence and future of the B.C. Conservative Party, and the "critical juncture" B.C. faces after years of NDP rule. Elliot also explains her philosophy of conservatism and why conservatives should be willing to tackle cultural issues as well as fiscal and economic issues. Watch the full interview directly below. Read More