Those hoping to have a strong cup of coffee with fewer beans should pour water from high up, says a new study. Read More

The ongoing U.S. tariff rollercoaster has been an economic stress test for Canada, revealing some serious structural weaknesses in our economy. Read More

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When British Columbia’s newest political party, CentreBC, launched on Thursday, NDP Premier David Eby wished it “the best of luck.” Eby’s well-wishes were no doubt genuine, as B.C.’s political history shows that any significant vote split on the right has resulted in an NDP government every time. Read More

Canada is perilously close to the greatest electoral disaster in its history. A Liberal victory would commit the country to the deliberate pursuit of comparative poverty to reduce Canada’s minimal contribution to the fear of a rise in the world’s temperature due to carbon use. This is insane and must not happen. Read More

Finding a Canadian movie can be harder than finding pure Canadian orange juice. Read More

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Eighty-five per cent of Canadians say they're proud to be Canadian — up five percentage points from nearly one year ago, according to a new poll. Read More

More evidence has surfaced of friendly ties between the Chinese government and the Liberal candidate who replaced an incumbent criticized for his own approach to China. Read More

All the scrutiny and questions may be getting a bit too much for Mark Carney as he suspends his campaign for a third time. Read More

OTTAWA — The Conservatives will not have a candidate to challenge former Liberal minister Jean-Yves Duclos in Quebec Centre and they want Elections Canada to review the decision to exclude the party's candidate. However, Elections Canada says such a review does not exist under the law. Read More

OTTAWA —  Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says when it comes to calls from within the province to separate from Canada, political leaders shouldn't let the "small minority dominate the agenda." Read More

OTTAWA — Mark Carney says his cabinet has left "instructions" for officials to help prepare the next government for upcoming negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Read More

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TORONTO — Police in Durham Region say they’ve arrested a Toronto man after he allegedly pretended to be a teenager in order to have a relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Read More

LONDON (AP) -- Police in London arrested six people on Thursday after environmental activists from Greenpeace poured 300 litres (79 gallons) of blood-red dye into a pond in front of the U.S. Embassy in a protest against arms sales to Israel. Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer sentiment plunged in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, in a seemingly sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade wars that have fueled anxiety over possible job losses and rising inflation. Read More

Saskatchewan is the province that wants to leave Canada the most if Liberals win the upcoming election in Canada, a new poll finds. Read More

NEW YORK — A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing all six people aboard, officials said Friday. Read More

BRUSSELS — European countries vowed Friday to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a U.S. envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than three-year war. Read More

The Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, part of the University of Prince Edward Island, has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, after he stepped away from the position over a dispute with one of his paintings. Read More

Viola Davis isn't here to play by anyone else's rules. Instead, she’s changing the game completely. 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

As Canadians flex their patriotic muscles and hold “elbows up” in response to punishing U.S. tariffs, many might be surprised that another economic crisis has been percolating here for years — from inside the country. Read More

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OTTAWA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Liberal Leader Mark Carney of attacking Israel after he appeared to endorse a protestor's comment earlier this week that there is a "genocide" of Palestinians being carried out in Gaza. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Matzah and Flour by Hélène Jawhara Piñer, a historian and chef based in Bordeaux, France. Read More

A new poll suggests 60 per cent of Canadians say they will personally feel the effects of U.S. tariffs -- and most believe Canada should fight back. Read More

Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. Read More

Voter registration cards are expected to land in the mailboxes of Canadian voters by Friday, April 10. Read More

Axing the Tax: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Carbon Tax is a new book from Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Published by Sutherland House Books, it delivers a damning account of one of Canada’s most polarizing policies. In this excerpt, Terrazzano tackles the core promise behind the carbon tax: that it would reduce emissions. Read More

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In a celebration of freedom, unity and shared human dignity, this week I hosted a pre-Passover dinner, drawing faith leaders, public servants, and changemakers from across the Greater Toronto Area. Held in the spirit of Passover — a holiday that commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt — this gathering was more than a shared meal. Read More

To help you cast an informed vote, the National Post has put together an issue-by-issue breakdown of the parties' announced policies, so you can compare them side by side. Read More

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How best to sum up the current Canadian political situation? “Mark Carney looks like Paul Martin — and baby boomers think it’s still the 1990’s.” Their children, however — and their grandchildren — know nothing of such Liberal leaders. They live in the current decade. Consequently, an unprecedented divide now exists between Canadians this election cycle, segregated by age. Read More

Canada’s former top trade negotiator said Thursday that if nations around the world co-ordinate their responses to Donald Trump’s global trade war, the U.S. president would be more likely to back away from tariffs sooner. Read More

“I heard you didn’t like us anymore,” Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley quipped after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s address to the Canada Strong and Free Network (CSFN) Conference in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon. Lilley was Smith’s interlocutor in one of those “fireside chats” that are so popular at such conferences. He was reacting to Smith’s very patriotic "Team Canada" speech. Read More

LOS ANGELES -- Jillian Lauren, author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot and injured by Los Angeles police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at officers from her front yard, authorities said Wednesday. Read More