Alberta’s use this month of the notwithstanding clause to shield three controversial laws from judicial scrutiny has more or less united the chattering classes in outrage. Even Amnesty International got in on the act, accusing Alberta of “violat(ing) the spirit of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith credited former prime minister Justin Trudeau for creating the independence movement in her province, thanks to a litany of nine "bad laws" — and his successor, Mark Carney, for taking the wind out of separatism with "good policy that genuinely addresses the concerns of Albertans." Read More

A self-admitted "nasty drunk" sentenced to six years in prison nearly five years ago for killing a Halifax man with one punch has just been identified as a homicide victim. Read More

Two members of the National Guard are in critical condition after being shot while patrolling in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The suspect was arrested after the "monstrous ambush-style attack," which took place "just steps away from the White House," according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

Canadian ambassador Jennifer May says her country is working rapidly on key issues it has with China aiming to strengthen bilateral ties, according to a report in a state-controlled Chinese newspaper. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday that is aimed at "establishing Canada as a global energy superpower" and paving the way for a new oil pipeline. The pact will suspend clean electricity regulations in Alberta in exchange for an extension of Alberta's industrial carbon pricing program. It also commits Carney's government to considering an “adjustment” to the federal oil tanker ban off British Columbia’s coast. Read More

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith celebrated the signing of a new energy and pipeline pact on Thursday, a government source close to Liberal cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, a former environment minister, says he is reflecting on his future. Read More

Winnipeg International Airport has just become the latest in Canada to be outfitted with new computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanners, part of an initiative to update technology and speed up security checks. Read More

The United States said it would be stopping immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals "indefinitely" late Wednesday night, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada has fared pretty well amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war so far. As Prime Minister Mark Carney likes to point out, the country has the best trade deal going with the United States, thanks to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), with over 85 per cent of exports to America being tariff-free. The trouble is, that could change in the year ahead as the 2026 joint review of CUSMA gets underway. Read More

South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling the move punitive and driven by distortions that erode global cooperation. Read More

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday. Read More

Hong Kong's worst fire in almost 80 years killed at least 65 people in an eight-building apartment complex, with more than 250 people still missing. Read More

It’s taken less than a year for a sense of chaos and confusion to descend upon Donald Trump’s second spin in the White House — at least in his home base in Washington, D.C. Read More

The Israel Defense Forces struck and dismantled Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in several areas in Southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said. Read More

Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was reportedly identified as the gunman who shot two National Guard members in Washington, not far from the White House, in what the FBI is said to be probing as a terror attack. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s financial crime watchdog is warning that the “horrendous crimes” related to online child sexual exploitation, including the growing trend of imported child sex dolls, are escalating, while urging financial services companies to do more to help catch perpetrators.  Read More

The Japanese government denied a report that US President Donald Trump advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to avoid provoking China over Taiwan. Read More

Coffee lovers hoping for quick relief from historically high prices may have to wait longer as the expected pullback from a reduction in U.S. tariffs has yet to materialize, according to Italian roaster Illycaffe SpA. Read More

A devastating fire tore through a Hong Kong high-rise residential complex, killing dozens of people with hundreds still missing. 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

Anyone who lived through the 1990s and early 2000s knows that when the Canadian right is divided, electoral success is next to impossible to achieve. Yet a new movement — largely driven by younger people and adopting some of the views espoused by big-government loving, free-market skeptical MAGA Republicans — is threatening to do just that. Read More

History teaches lessons — but often the messages arrive in code, and the trick is knowing how to decipher them. Read More

On Thursday, Nov. 20, National Post published a front-page article claiming that Quebec was preparing to unilaterally declare its independence. This is an exaggerated and inaccurate interpretation of Quebec's draft constitution. In order to set the record straight and allow for an informed debate, we want to clarify what Quebec’s draft constitution is — and what it is not. Read More