SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled what may be his toughest anti-crime proposal yet on Wednesday, promising to lock up three-time offenders for at least 10 years if he becomes prime minister. Read More

A Chinese billionaire in British Columbia has taken to social media to announce her plans to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay locations after she saw "Canadians feeling sad" over the collapse of the retail giant. Read More

The roof of an iconic nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic collapsed nearly an hour after a merengue concert began, killing at least 98 people and injuring at least 160. Politicians and athletes were among those at Jet Set in Santo Domingo when disaster struck Tuesday. Read More

OTTAWA — If Preston Manning believes a Liberal government would lead to a rise of separatism in Western Canada, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet thinks both the Liberals and the Conservatives will revive separatist fervour in Quebec. Read More

Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. Read More

The illness that killed actor Gene Hackman's wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, in February in New Mexico has now left three more dead in California. Read More

WASHINGTON -- Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. Read More

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Wayne Gretzky has broken his silence to state publicly that he is "proud...to be Canadian." Read More

VICTORIA, B.C. — In the mostly white-haired crowd at The Victoria Edelweiss Club, waiting to hear from Liberal Leader Mark Carney on Sunday evening, Rhonda Ljunggren stood out. Read More

A new peer-reviewed study has found that British Columbia’s “safer supply” policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid hospitalizations with no reduction in deaths. To make matters worse, it found that the addition of drug possession decriminalization policies was associated with a further increase in hospitalizations. This research vindicates critics of the harm reduction movement, and raises serious concerns about whether the federal Liberals and B.C. NDP acted recklessly by forwarding these untested policies. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s willingness to shield an MP who openly mused about targeting political rivals is more than a scandal. It erodes Canadians' trust.  Read More

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Donald Trump’s massive tariff assault is convulsing global trade and stock markets, but his erratic foreign policy and national security impulses may be even more ominous in terms of global stability, creating consternation and concern among erstwhile allies in Ukraine, Taiwan and NATO. Read More

TORONTO — On the front steps of a Toronto home, two Robs appear at the same door.  Read More

Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a teenage boy -- described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled -- as he stepped toward them with a knife, video from a witness shows. Read More

An American man who developed an online relationship with an Edmonton teen and groomed her for over a year before whisking her away to the U.S. and subjecting her to "horrific sexual abuse" has been given a 50-year prison sentence. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region and has information that “significantly more” are with Russian forces, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Tuesday. Read More

Rebel News is suing a federal Crown corporation and a Toronto-area member of Parliament, arguing that the Crown corporation imposed unwarranted security costs and attempted to put a stop to an event featuring Donald Trump Jr. Read More

An Ontario judge has sentenced an Iraqi Uber driver to ten months in jail for sexually assaulting his passenger who was just looking for a ride home from a party. Read More

VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson, who is now running for Mark Carney's Liberals, dismissed the size of the crowds that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attracting and compared them to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests. Read More

The morning after one of the biggest political rallies in recent Canadian history, Pierre Poilievre was still buzzing. Read More

Despite what you may have heard, these are not happy times for separatists — not separatists from Quebec, and not separatists from Alberta. "National unity," on the other hand, is a much more fraught question. Read More

Former prime minister Stephen Harper endorsed Pierre Poilievre at a rally in Edmonton, Atla., on April 7. Here are the English portions of his speech: Read More

EDMONTON — Alberta is fundamentally changing how it funds hospital surgeries, but critics say the change won't improve the public system and will only accelerate more care in the privatized system. Read More

Last week, an Edmonton man was given a four-year prison term (with only six months left) for beating another man to death in a jealous rage. The Liberal-appointed judge gave him such a lowball sentence because the offender was Indigenous, had a rough personal history, and because “a restrained view of sentencing in this case serves the goal of rehabilitation in Canadian society.” Read More

LONDON — Prince Harry was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail, his attorney told appeals court judges Tuesday. Read More

Perhaps in hopes of kindling some support in Quebec, the NDP announced former parliamentarian Ruth Ellen Brosseau — dubbed “Vegas Girl” when first elected as a 27-year-old in 2011 — as its candidate for the riding of Berthier—Maskinongé. Read More

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed she suffered from a condition called postpartum preeclampsia following the birth of one of her children. Read More

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The roof of an iconic nightclub in the Dominican capital collapsed early Tuesday during a merengue concert attended by politicians, athletes and others, leaving at least 79 people dead and 160 injured, authorities said. Read More

On March 14, on his first day in office, Prime Minister Mark Carney ended the consumer carbon tax and, with it, the Canada Carbon Rebate payment. Read More

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Greg Millen, a longtime NHL goaltender and hockey analyst, died on Monday. He was 67. Read More

Starting on April 10, Brazil will require Canadian tourists to apply for a visa to be in the country for up to 90 days. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservatives are promising to move resources from the Canada Revenue Agency’s small business audits to further target big businesses, which they will “name and shame” when caught “dodging taxes.” Read More

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Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species. Read More

The U.S. is poised to more than double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 34.45%, putting more pressure on U.S. materials costs even before President Donald Trump places any new tariffs on the sector. Read More

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