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Our cookbook of the week is Kin by Marie Mitchell, a London-based chef, writer and co-founder of Island Social Club. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

When authorities seized 33 Boston Terriers from a Kingston, Ont., home last November, the dogs were in distress and the smell of urine was so powerful it made an inspector’s eyes burn. Read More

As Canadians approach the upcoming federal election, much attention will understandably focus on the economy — especially in light of recent trade challenges and the mounting cost of living. However, to rebuild not only our prosperity but also our purpose as a nation, Canada must reclaim its lost international standing. The next government must restore Canada’s global credibility and voice. This is not merely a matter of pride — it is a matter of principle, strategy, and long-term national resilience. Read More

Canada’s federal election took a dramatic turn when Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian exports. Suddenly, what was supposed to be a referendum on Justin Trudeau’s leadership became a campaign about global trade and economic survival. Read More

Last April, the Liberals advertised their broadly disliked consumer carbon tax, est. 2019, by reminding people about that its associated rebate would soon be going out to eligible recipients. And then they attacked the guy who pledged to get rid of it all: “Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives would cut your rebates and take us backward,” read one faux-threat. Read More

In the early days of the federal election, almost everywhere Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre has appeared, so too has his wife Anaida. Read More

VAUGHAN, ONT. — Liberal Leader Mark Carney strolled into an election campaign event on Monday past a ghostly figure. Read More

BELGRADE, Serbia — In Serbia, revolution is in the air. The streets of Belgrade roar each evening as citizens whistle and honk in support of a student protest movement that has, for months, demonstrated against corruption and authoritarianism. Hundreds of thousands of Serbs have marched alongside these students, despite threats of violence, bolstering the greatest wave of civil unrest seen within the country in nearly three decades. Read More

“The leaders agreed to begin comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following the election.” The Prime Minister’s Office readout of last week's phone call between Liberal Leader Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump appears to signal a desire by both to reset a trade and defence relationship that is giving every indication of running off the rails. Read More

The Liberals have revoked the candidacy of Edmonton-area candidate Rod Loyola after National Post asked about a video in which he praised the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah at a 2009 anti-NATO protest. Read More

OTTAWA -- A Federal Court judge has ordered that a self-described hitman associated with a Mexican drug cartel remain in custody, throwing out a refugee board member's ruling that he be released pending his asylum case. Read More

OTTAWA -- A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Read More

For the first time in the 2025 election campaign, a poll has emerged showing the Conservatives in the lead. Read More

Professors moved classes online and protesters blocked access to classrooms at McGill University this week as a three-day student strike kicked off. Read More

What do you call a Canadian political leader, in the age of Trump, who seems to put their own interests “ahead of the country” in the matter of Canada-U.S. relations? Read More

The word "groceries" came up again during President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement on Wednesday, drawing responses that have ranged from humorous to incredulous. Read More

It's finally happened. On April, 2, a day he coined "Liberation Day," U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled large placards, not unlike the tablets of Moses, with the names of countries and the tariff rates he'd assigned to them, revealing his plans to reshape global trade. Read More

The day after Donald Trump released his “declaration of economic independence,” raising the weighted average tariff rate on U.S. imports to 24 per cent, John Ivison sat down with Canada’s former ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, to discuss how this country might respond to what appears to be the end of the globalization era. Read More

An OnlyFans creator who goes by Jessica Wetz was one of the latest additions on the campaign trail for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh — until the party said Thursday it would no longer be working with her due to comments she made about the Holocaust. Read More

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When the White House published a complete list of its reciprocal tariffs — running over several pages and naming close to 200 countries and territories — it was topped by China, a country of more than 1.4 billion people and home to the second largest economy in the world, after the United States. Its reciprocal tariff rate was 37 per cent. Read More

SOUTHGATE, Mich. — An explosion destroyed a house before dawn Thursday in suburban Detroit and severely injured two people, including a man who was blown outside to the lawn. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. — Pierre Poilievre said Thursday he disagrees with calls from former Reform Party leader Preston Manning that a vote for Liberal Leader Mark Carney amounts to a "vote for Western secession."  Read More

Financial markets around the world are reeling Thursday following President Donald Trump's latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it. Read More

JONQUIÈRE, QUE – “Tell your leader to stop hitting Mark Carney. He doesn't have to do it. He is not the target, Trump is.” Read More

OTTAWA — Canada is hitting back against U.S. auto tariffs, slapping a 25 per cent retaliatory border levy on all American-made vehicle imports not covered by free trade deals. Read More

OTTAWA — Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy mass protest in Ottawa. Read More

The richest American is also the richest person in the world, according to the latest edition of Forbes' World's Billionaires List. You probably know his name. But who is the richest Canadian in the world? Read More

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Liberal MP Paul Chiang said something profoundly unpardonable. Liberal Leader Mark Carney was perfectly content to pardon him for it. But public outrage ensued, so Chiang fell on his sword and resigned. End of story. Read More

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Liberals are widening the gap in three key provinces, all expected battlegrounds to form the next federal government. Read More

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The 2025 Canadian federal election is underway, and there is an issue that needs to become a campaign priority for all parties, politicians and voters: freedom of expression. Western civilization is at an inflection point when it comes to free speech and censorship. We need to consider the direction we are going as a free society, and whether we want to become another example of increased censorship, or an example to the world on the value of open discourse free from fear. Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gunfire erupted as thousands of protesters in Haiti clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep them safe. Read More

When the first president of the United States,  George Washington, announced the Tariff Act of 1789, imposing a five per cent tariff on all imports, did he botch things as badly as the 47th president did on Wednesday? Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to a gathering of top diplomats from NATO countries and is sure to find allies that are alarmed, angered and confused by the Trump administration's desire to reestablish ties with Russia and its escalating rhetorical attacks on longtime transatlantic partners. Read More

The Competition Bureau pushed back on Google in its ongoing lawsuit over the tech giant's advertising practices in Canada, accusing the company of seeking to mask its alleged anticompetitive conduct. Read More

Although Canada largely appears to have been spared from Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs, at his press conference on Wednesday, the president aired specific complaints about Canadian trade practices and made it abundantly clear that when it comes to trade, America is only looking out for its own interests. Read More

The Tax Court of Canada has issued a set of public warnings in a case involving a "leveraged donation scheme" where prospective donors were lured with promises that their tax breaks would eclipse their contributions, but in reality they ended up ineligible for charitable donation tax credits. Read More

Toronto-born musician Neil Young, who is also an American citizen, says he "may be barred" from entering the United States over comments he made about President Donald Trump. Read More

Senate Republicans faced pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada. Read More

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Read More

In the early days of the 2025 federal election, predictions of possible outcome scenarios have radically altered from what looked like a Conservative sweep to power when the year began. Read More

OTTAWA — After weeks of anticipation, Canada was spared from additional U.S. tariffs on Wednesday as President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new border levies on imports to the U.S. from dozens of countries on what the president has called "Liberation Day." Read More

TORONTO — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he has not reached out to anyone in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to ensure that he "does not divide Canada's voice." Read More

(April 2, 2025 / JNS) -- The Israel Defense Forces has deployed another division to the Gaza Strip following overnight strikes on the enclave’s south, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stating on Wednesday morning that “Operation Strength and Sword” is being expanded. Read More

America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Read More

Val Kilmer, the charismatic actor whose baritone voice and range propelled him to stardom in roles such as Batman and Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the "Top Gun" films, died April 1 at age 65. Read More

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The Trump administration said it made an “administrative error” in deporting a suspected MS-13 gang member to an El Salvador prison despite an immigration judge’s order barring his removal to that nation. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Take a walk down Toronto’s Queen Street West between Bathurst Street and Trinity Bellwoods Park and you’ll pass by the Offworld Bar, a space-themed watering hole with intergalactic cocktails and out-of-this-world snacks. But it's about to blast off. Read More

If we look past all the name-calling, scandals and competing tax cuts, this election fundamentally comes down to one question: do Canadians trust the Liberals to do now what they have failed to do over the past decade? Judging by the party's newly released housing plan, the answer should be a resounding "no." Read More

OTTAWA — Two-thirds of Canadians think Liberal leader Mark Carney should proactively reveal his business interests before election day, according to a new poll. Read More

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Maurice Shnaider was shattered when he learned his niece, Shiri Bibas, and her two children Ariel and Kfir, had been torn from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. After 500 days, their bodies were returned to Israel, Feb. 20. Read More

Democracy need not, as the adage goes, always die in darkness. These days, the surgical light of a courtroom does the trick. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada, as well as the world, is holding its breath as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce new sweeping tariffs Wednesday against "key sectors," a further escalation of a trade war that is upending the global economy. Read More

There is a time-tested reality: every strength, when pushed to excess, becomes a weakness. That is true personally, organizationally and societally. Read More

MONTREAL -- Pressure is starting to mount on Quebec to reconsider its cap-and-trade emissions pricing system after the federal consumer tax ended Tuesday. Read More

WASHINGTON -- With President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada. Read More

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have dropped a second candidate in less than 24 hours. Read More

With Canada’s six-year national carbon tax experiment coming to an end, the early results are that program has collected about $45 billion while having few immediately perceptible impacts on carbon emissions. Read More

Bartending experience isn’t on any forward-facing curriculum vitae for either Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre, but the Liberal and Conservative party leaders found themselves slinging suds on Monday. Read More

Pierre Poilievre put forward a solid pitch to voters during his visit to St. John’s on Tuesday, focusing on the “lost Liberal decade” and the policies that contributed to the “poorest growth in the G7.” Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney dismissed allegations that he may have plagiarized passages in his 1995 doctoral thesis in economics from Oxford University, as first revealed by the National Post last Friday. Read More

Most Canadian psilocybin dispensaries offer online sales while making unsubstantiated health claims and omitting important risks, according to a new study sounding the alarm about the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms. Read More

People have notes for Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative election campaign. So many notes. Read More

It may be April Fool's Day, but this is no joke. At a time when many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet, Canadian MPs have received a pay raise, according to the updated Members’ Allowances and Services Manual. Read More

TORONTO — Rogers' new reported deal with the National Hockey League to retain television rights allowed it to maintain its hold on the Canadian market for another 12 years beginning in 2026. Read More

Flight attendants for Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge are back at the bargaining table after their 10-year collective agreement came to an end on Monday. Read More

There are few announcements more excessively hyped these days, and fundamentally misleading, than the publication of Ontario’s annual “Sunshine List.” The list, published this month, reveals the rafts of provincial civil servants who are making $100,000 a year or more and supposedly living in the lap of luxury. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has invited Quebec counterpart François Legault to form a common front for greater provincial autonomy within Canada, in a letter obtained by the National Post. Read More

“This is a uniquely important election … As the Prime Minister and Team Canada work to stand up to President Trump and protect our economy, I do not want there to be distractions ... That’s why I’m standing aside as our 2025 candidate in our community of Markham—Unionville.” Read More

A judge has issued a stay in the case of a Mississauga, Ont., man police allegedly caught with more than $70,000 in cash, 400 oxycodone pills, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia in his apartment, because completing his trial would have taken more than 29 months. Read More