There are certain phrases that properly arouse immediate suspicion. “The dog did it,” for example. “Trump apologizes.” Or, “Jean Chrétien declines to talk about himself.” The latter is in play because the former Liberal prime minister has declined to appear before a parliamentary committee to discuss certain rather unsavoury directives he might have given his immigration minister in 1995 with an eye to winning the Quebec independence referendum. Read More

Who wouldn’t want to find Margaret Atwood under the tree on Christmas morning? Read More

A politician’s worst nightmare is to be thought of as yesterday’s breakfast by voters. When prime minister, Mark Carney, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy development with the premier of Alberta two weeks ago, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was made to look as relevant to the big issue of the day as the leader of the NDP. Read More

French prosecutors have indicted a 42-year-old Algerian woman for allegedly trying to poison the Jewish family that had employed her, Le Parisien newspaper reported on Monday. Read More

It's not exactly something to brag about, but Toronto leads the nation with the title of "rattiest" city, according to Orkin Canada. Read More

At the FIFA World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., on Friday, American, Canadian and Mexican leaders smiled together in a tableau of hemispheric partnership. But imperial strategy rarely announces itself at press conferences — it announces itself in doctrine. Read More

Mark Carney talked about his memorable Washington trip and how it was the first time he didn't dance to Y.M.C.A. The quip came during a conversation hosted by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on Monday where the prime minister spoke about new government initiatives. Read More

The latest annual report from real estate company Royal LePage is forecasting a modest hike in home prices of one per cent by the fourth quarter of 2026. But that overall figure is hiding a significant drop in two of Canada's most expensive cities, Toronto and Vancouver. Read More

The battle over Bill C-9, the federal government’s proposed anti-hate law, has blown up a cultural divide that not only pits Quebec against the rest of Canada, but seriously questions Ottawa’s willingness to tackle hate crimes. If Prime Minister Mark Carney gets the balance wrong, he risks both empowering hatemongers and fanning the flames of Quebec separatism — at a time when national unity is more crucial than ever. Read More

OTTAWA — After a week of delays and uncertainty, the Liberals say a deal is back on the rails with the Bloc Québécois to remove religious exemptions from Canada’s hate-speech laws in exchange for support to help pass the government's bill targeting hate and terror symbols. Read More

The U.S. authorities released two photos of former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, alleged to be the leader of a violent narco cartel on Monday. Read More

A federal judge in New York ruled that the Department of Justice can release grand jury materials from the criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. Read More

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled a new crime bill on Tuesday, seeking to stiffen punishments for offences committed against children and women, while also proposing to restore mandatory minimum sentences for a slew of offences.  Read More

Should we even bother sending our children to university these days? Certainly not to any arts departments, where the many ideas and research being produced are beyond parody. Read More

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President Donald Trump signaled he could impose fresh tariffs on agricultural products, including Canadian fertilizer and Indian rice, the latest sign that protracted negotiations with two U.S. trading partners could drag on. Read More

A Nunavut judge knocked nearly two years off the sentence for an Inuit man convicted of trying to choke a woman to death because she stood up for his abused sister-in-law, citing his Indigenous status, mental illness and the fact that a shorter sentence would not require him to leave Canada’s northernmost territory to serve the remainder of his time behind bars. Read More

OTTAWA — Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Liberal MPs won't support a motion brought forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre calling on MPs to support the construction of “one or more pipelines” to export bitumen to Asian markets. Read More

Rogers Communications on Tuesday announced the rollout of a new satellite-to-mobile service, the first of its kind in Canada. Rogers Satellite provides voice and video calling and a number of popular apps for weather and navigation information, vastly increasing the company’s coverage. Read More

It has been clear for some months now that David Eby and the B.C. NDP’s approach to Indigenous reconciliation would have ruinous consequences for British Columbia’s economy. Last Friday, the situation got even worse, as a new court ruling poured more cold water on economic activity in the province and opened the door to every B.C. law being subject to interpretation through a United Nations human rights document. The implications for British Columbia could not be much more dire. Read More

Albertans and Canadians value their freedoms. They know freedom is the foundation of our democracy and the reason we choose to build our lives here. Freedom of expression, in particular, is fundamentally important. It is the foundation that our democratic discourse is built on. For this freedom to be fully realized, people must be able to speak their mind without fear of losing their licence or their livelihood. Read More

On Friday, Alberta King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby issued an irascible ruling on a reference question from the chief electoral officer of the province. Justice Feasby had been asked to decide whether a potential citizen’s initiative launched by an Alberta separatist group was in conformity with the current version of the Citizen Initiative Act (CIA) passed in 2021. Read More

Of all the recipes for success as a political leader, the best is to have a rival who's falling apart. Read More