A top executive at Campbell's has been placed on temporary leave as of Tuesday as the world's largest soup maker begins an internal investigation into a scandal that broke last week. Read More
OTTAWA — As Liberals MPs tried on Wednesday to downplay concerns about any caucus divides about an impending energy deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, B.C. Liberal MPs left a briefing from Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson with mixed reviews. Read More
The house where prime minister Sir Robert Borden was born is up for sale for the first time in this century. The Nova Scotia residence is listed at $1.375 million. Read More
Ahead of this weekend’s United Conservative Party (UCP) AGM, Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sit down with Premier Danielle Smith to delineate a roadmap to pipelines, energy regulatory reform and carbon capture projects. One would expect genuine progress in these negotiations to take the wind out of separatists’ sails. But not necessarily; for some independence-minded Albertans, Carney is a separatist’s dream. Read More
In my counselling practice I’m often asked about eating nutritiously without stretching the food budget. The good news is that nutritious eating doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. You don’t need specialty products or pricey prepared meals for optimal health. With a few simple habits, you can nourish your body and keep meals affordable. Read More
The body returned to Israel on Tuesday from Gaza has been identified as that of Dror Or, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday. Read More
London (AFP) -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson paid tribute Wednesday to his wife Joan Templeman shortly after announcing her death, saying "life will never be the same without her." Read More
U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump. Read More
First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here.Read More
Courts across Canada have been issuing sentences for years that were less than the mandatory minimum for possession of child sexual abuse material, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. Read More
An Ontario killer ordered deported to St. Vincent in 2020 has been sentenced to six years in a Canadian prison after he was caught soon after he got out of custody for a manslaughter conviction with a Glock semi-automatic handgun in his Toronto nightstand that was equipped with a laser sight and loaded with seven rounds of .40 calibre ammunition. Read More
The City of Toronto’s shelter system is still guided by radical policies that encourage the city to hire active drug addicts to staff their programs, push for drugs and drug kits to be provided in abstinence-based facilities and even require that all shelters with children residing in them provide drug services. Read More
When he was about 22, Jamaican national and Canadian permanent resident Zavion Forde impregnated his 13-year-old stepsister. She said he forced himself onto her, he said he didn’t remember; you be the judge. She had a child. This happened in 2007, and in 2008 he was convicted of sexual interference and sentenced to five-and-a-half months. Read More
Canada’s museums have transformed themselves in the last decade, adopting identity-driven makeovers under pressure from the Trudeau-led Liberals. National Post visited institutions from coast to coast to survey the damage and consider its implications. Rob Roberts visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax.Read More
BEIJING — China's stranglehold on the rare earth minerals industry — from natural reserves and mining through processing and innovation — is the result of a decades-long drive, now giving Beijing crucial leverage in its trade war with the United States. Read More
OTTAWA — Canada’s cyber defence agency says hackers are increasingly targeting Canadian water systems as it called on utility companies and municipalities to take the threat seriously or risk devastating consequences.Read More
Even Justin Trudeau’s own one-time foreign affairs minister, the late Marc Garneau, thought the former prime minister foreign policy prioritized style over substance — a perception that he said weakened Canada’s standing on the international stage.Read More
The National Post’s weekend story about the realities of late-term abortions in Canada — namely that they’re available, although many OBGYNs won’t perform them; and that women needn’t provide any medical reason for requesting such a procedure — produced some very interesting responses. Many could be filed under S for “spittle-flecked denial.” Read More
An improved kitchen and better separation of public and private space is the aim of renovations of the official residence for Quebec’s delegate general in New York. Read More