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The election result was a personal triumph for Prime Minister Mark Carney with generous assistance from Donald Trump. Instead of being a verdict on the dismal Liberal decade of slow growth, low productivity and investment, and declining competitiveness, it quickly became a referendum on who would be the best leader to withstand the tariff attacks and disrespectful challenges against Canada’s independence by America’s mercurial president. During the campaign, Carney was resolute, assuring Canadians that he would not yield to bombast. In his first meeting with the president after the election, he demonstrated resolve and tact. His use of a real estate analogy, along with a smile, to dispel any notion of Canada becoming the 51st state was a master stroke of diplomacy. There is still much at risk with the U.S., but at least the mood is different. Read More

On April 7, four professors at the University of British Columbia filed a petition in the B.C. Supreme Court seeking a determination that the university has become politicized and is in violation of Section 66(1) of the province’s University Act requiring it to be non-political. This petition, co-signed by a former graduate student, brings to mind the University of Chicago’s 1967 Kalven Report, which insisted that universities must remain neutral on political issues. This neutrality “arises out of respect for free inquiry and the obligation to cherish a variety of viewpoints. And this neutrality as an institution has its complement in the fullest freedom for its faculty and students as individuals to participate in political action and social protest. It provides its complement, too, in the obligation of the university to provide a forum for the most searching and candid discussion of public issues.” Read More

A farmer in B.C. is pleading for the lives of over 300 of what she calls healthy ostriches, which the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) claims must be destroyed. But it's unclear whether that's true, or whether both the federal court and CFIA are simply refusing to accept new evidence. Read More

If you find yourself in Canada’s capital next week, there are a handful of opportunities to see King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Read More

It goes without saying that the recent federal election did not end as I had hoped for, but instead of looking in the rear-view mirror, one must appreciate the silver linings that have emerged. Read More

NEW YORK — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy Cheers and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in Art, Hairspray and Elf, has died. He was 76. Read More

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government argued in court on Tuesday that Ottawa is solely responsible for infrastructure that protects the low-lying strip of land that links the province with New Brunswick. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that negotiations with the Assembly of First Nations on reforming the child welfare system are stalled and the AFN's requests are "unreasonable." Read More

One of five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside a London, Ont., hotel room asked some of his teammates for advice before heading toward the bathroom with her, another player testified Tuesday. Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday aspects of his plan for a "Golden Dome" missile defence shield and said "it automatically makes sense" for Canada to be involved. Read More

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he'll be spending "a lot less" on political campaigns, a reversal that could be a setback for Republicans ahead of next year's midterm elections. Read More

If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a cannabis production company in Canada. Read More

An Ontario manicurist authorities believe to be a "straw purchaser" of handguns reported that her safe full of weapons, silver bars and cash was burgled the day after the province's chief firearms officer requested photos of the arsenal. Read More

OTTAWA — Israel's ambassador in Ottawa says his country is "quite taken aback" by Canada's decision to threaten action alongside the United Kingdom and France, over its war against Hamas and believes Prime Minister Mark Carney ought to pay Israel a visit.  Read More

OTTAWA — Albertans may want to see more pipelines across the country, but Quebec politicians are still arguing about whether their constituents will welcome them. Read More

Canada, along with many western countries, must take some responsibility for the tragedy that is happening in Gaza. Read More

With a judicial recount now into its eighth day, the Victoria Day long weekend likely felt especially lengthy for a Newfoundland and Labrador judge, Elections Canada workers and scrutineers labouring to determine the result of a federal riding separated by a mere 12 votes. Read More

Weekend work remains a big obstacle in negotiations between Canada Post and its workers, who have threatened to walk off the job Friday in what would be their second strike in less than six months. Read More

The Toronto Maple Leafs have again skated into summer with a trail of brown-and-yellow ice behind them, losing 6-1 in Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs to the the Florida Panthers on home ice, Sunday night. They had been up 2-0 in the series. Dismal. Read More

Postal workers are expected to go on strike at the end of this week, after Canada Post received notice from the union on Monday. Read More

Canada’s new housing minister Gregor Robertson says that the prices of existing homes shouldn’t go down, lest this negatively impact current homeowners, and that affordable housing should be provided through massive government subsidies instead. His position is economically illiterate and raises concerns about his fitness to lead this portfolio. Read More

On Monday, Canada issued a joint communique with France and the United Kingdom on Israel’s latest military operation in Gaza. “We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions,” it read. “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions.” In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clapped back that "the leaders in London, Ottawa and Paris are offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7 while inviting more such atrocities." Read More

Nir Oz, Israel - On Monday morning, on either side of a southern Israel vineyard bordering Gaza, the heavy costs of October 7 for both Israel and Hamas are laid bare. Read More

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The end of the consumer carbon price at the start of April drove inflation down sharply, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, but there were signs of pressure building at the grocery store. Read More

Postal workers could go on strike as early as midnight on Friday after a notice from the union was received by the Crown corporation. Read More

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Canada Post said Monday it has received strike notices from the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week — for the second time in six months. Read More

Florida Panthers’ Brad Marchand refused a nickname a reporter came up with after his team's win Sunday night: “Maple Leafs Executioner.” Read More

EDMONTON — With fentanyl smuggling cited by U.S. President Donald Trump as a central motivation behind tariffs slapped on Canadian goods, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has listed fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada as a "growing concern" to American authorities. Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin held out the prospect of working on a truce with Ukraine under certain conditions after what he called a “very frank” and “useful” phone call with Donald Trump that lasted more than two hours. Read More

LONDON (AP) — A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet worth £4.74 million (US$6.4 million) was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves. Read More

Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves, Florida scored three times in a 6:24 span in the second period and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 on Sunday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final. Read More

U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia's war in Ukraine. Read More

TEL AVIV — The international spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces has clapped back against Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s criticism of the Gaza war, even as the Liberal government broadened its messaging to call for Hamas to disarm and cede power. Read More

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Toronto Jewish community leaders are hopeful that the 2025 Walk with Israel will build on the record-breaking attendance, fundraising and public support of last year’s march. Read More

In recent years, a clear pattern has emerged in paediatric gender medicine: every country that has reviewed the evidence for interventions such as puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for adolescents has found it to be exceptionally weak, and responded by shifting towards cautious, psychotherapeutic care. In sharp contrast, Nova Scotia has just announced an expansion of its paediatric gender services to ensure that youth across the province can access these controversial medical treatments. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government provided private security for close protection or to guard the home of 22 candidates in the last federal election amid a rise in threats and intimidation towards politicians. Read More