KYIV, Ukraine -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukraine's president, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prolonging the "killing field" after pushing back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that at some point the automobile tariffs slapped on Canadian imports could increase while also indicating his administration is working on a deal with Canada. Read More

VICTORIA — “Friends, pinkos and separatists, lend me your votes.” Read More

During a Tuesday press conference to unveil the Conservative election platform, Pierre Poilievre took a departure from the topic du jour, analyzing a report from an obscure government department that warned of the potential that many Canadians may "face the very real possibility of downward social mobility" by 2040. Read More

If Canadians elect Liberal Leader Mark Carney in the 2025 election, they will have chosen the path of “severe pain,” Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson said in a Tuesday interview with American podcaster Joe Rogan. Read More

A Nova Scotia woman serving a life sentence for strangling her own daughter to death could soon be applying for unescorted temporary absences from prison. Read More

Mark Carney will not be attending Pope Francis's funeral in his capacity as prime minister. Read More

OTTAWA -- China's ambassador says Beijing is offering to form a partnership with Canada to push back against American "bullying," suggesting the two countries could rally other nations to stop Washington from undermining global rules. Read More

As Canadian doomsday scenarios go, it’s a bit of a letdown. But you’d never know it by the headlines. Read More

What began as a simple video has become a boon for Nanaimo, a city on Vancouver Island with a population of 106,000. Read More

A taste of the world's best Neapolitan pizza may be closer than you think. Mirko D'Agata, executive chef of Pizzeria NO.900, won the Pizza Napoletana division at the International Pizza Challenge during the 2025 International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Headquartered in Montreal, NO.900 has 31 locations in Quebec, one in Toronto and one in Lyon, France. Read More

The good news for grocery shoppers is that the price of olive oil has dropped substantially over the last year. The bad news is that almost anything you cook with it is going to be more expensive. That's one of the takeaways from the latest food inflation report released by Loblaw Companies Limited. Read More

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Toronto is set to get a new area code this weekend as the region is expected to run out of new phone numbers by next year. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been careful in choosing his words in calling for a “strong” mandate, but his foreign affairs minister and incumbent MP Melanie Joly finally said out loud what every Liberal is thinking: a majority government is in reach. Read More

HAMILTON -- Hamilton police say they have found the two vehicles allegedly involved in the shooting that left an international student dead last week. Read More

YAMACHICHE, QUE — Liberals thought they were riding a wave toward a majority government, largely thanks to Quebec. That's no longer the case. Sources within the party sense the victory mat is slipping from under their feet. Read More

Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. soared in early trading after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve. Read More

Mark Carney and the Liberals have spent a lot of campaign time telling voters they’re best equipped to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. But on Tuesday, the Liberal leader off-handedly compared himself to the contentious American head of state. Read More

After the death of Pope Francis on Monday, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau posted about an interaction she had with the leader of the Catholic Church. Read More

NEW DELHI — At least 26 people were killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades. Read More

Mark Jarry has cut as many American goods as possible from his personal spending. Read More

As Liberals campaign on a platform of fear, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has released a surprisingly upbeat and hopeful platform laying out his vision for Canada's future as a rich and prosperous country capable of meeting the challenges posed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

"We have to stop Mark Carney and the Liberals from winning a fourth mandate," she tells the crowd at a rally in Vaughan, a city of nearly 339,000 that makes up part of the must-win Greater Toronto Area. Read More

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter's Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor and insistent prayers for peace. 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

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The World Economic Forum, which runs an annual gathering of elites in Davos, Switzerland, says its board has given its unanimous support for an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by founder Klaus Schwab. Read More

A Jewish Conservative candidate in Winnipeg said he won’t be intimidated after several of his election signs were defaced in what he considers a targeted antisemitic crime. Read More

Even before his first day as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was a notable pontiff. He was the first pope from the Americas, and the first in almost 600 years to succeed a pope who stepped down (rather than die), as Benedict XVI did in 2013. Read More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America's top health official under U.S. President Donald Trump, has vowed to solve what he calls an "autism epidemic," but the rising number of diagnoses is largely due to a loosening of what counts as autism, according to an eminent psychiatrist who led the task force that expanded the criteria 30 years ago. Read More

Whoever wins Canada’s election next week will immediately face a decision with huge implications for global security and international law. At stake is the equivalent of US$300 billion of frozen Russian central bank reserves held in western currencies, C$22 billion of which is held in Canadian dollars. Given uncertainty among western allies, there’s no guarantee these assets will remain frozen. Read More

The newspapers are whizzing with speculation about the fate of historical artifacts in the possession of the bankrupt Hudson’s Bay Company (1670-2025), and particularly the royal charter whereby King Charles II gave the company title to the nearly four million square kilometres of the Hudson Bay watershed. The dying HBC has long since donated its official corporate archives and related material to public museums, and it mostly retained what amount to a few absorbing display pieces. But these happen to include the 1670 charter, which is the legal basis of the company’s existence and a crucial documentary foundation of today’s Canada. Read More

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OTTAWA — A year-and-a-half before he became leader of the Liberal party, Mark Carney took on a daunting job. In August 2023, he was appointed chairman of a revamped board of directors at Bloomberg LP, a U.S. financial information and media company. Read More

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SRINAGAR, India -- Gunmen shot and killed at least 26 tourists Tuesday at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said in what appeared to be a major shift in a regional conflict in which tourists have largely been spared. Read More

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown against China is unsustainable and he expects a "de-escalation" in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. Read More

WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday there have been "successes" at the Canada-U.S. border — but offered no new hints about what might convince U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his tariffs on Canada. Read More