Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau shared a personal message with fans and followers about being “uncoupled at 50” and adjusting to the challenges of “midlife singlehood.” Read More

OTTAWA — The official portrait of former prime minister Stephen Harper will be unveiled today on Parliament Hill, 20 years after he won an election that marked the beginning of almost a decade in power for the Conservatives. Read More

Cory Balsam’s op-ed rests on a misreading of my recent National Post article and a misunderstanding of the last two years of Canadian Jewish opinion polling. Read More

Passengers who are filing air travel complaints, for issues such as flight delays or lost baggage, may be waiting nearly three years for a resolution, according to a new study. Read More

Police in Guelph, Ont., announced on Monday that they had re-arrested a man they consider to be a high-risk offender, just hours after informing the public that he had been released from custody. Read More

Another Olympic cycle, another opening ceremony. But the Milan-Cortina Olympics will offer a bit of a different approach: Viewers will be treated to the same rich pageantry we’ve come to expect, with some few new spins (and geographic distance) that will set the opening ceremony apart from previous outings. Read More

We’ve reached the point of winter where the festive vibes are far behind us and the warmth of spring still feels beyond reach. You can’t change the season, so why not embrace its slow coziness — or as the Danish and Norwegian like to call it, hygge — by appreciating the simple pleasures of life in the comfort of home? Here are six Canadian-made products that can help. Read More

NASA is pushing the proposed launch date for its Artemis II lunar mission back to at least March after finding a hydrogen leak during a major fueling test. Read More

Lindsey Vonn is not going to let a silly thing like a major knee injury get in her way of competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Read More

On Saturday, the BBC published a headline that might not instill confidence in Canadians waiting to watch Connor McDavid and Marie-Philip Poulin at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. It appeared on a story about the main hockey arena, which has become good at making bad news: “Ice hockey venue will not be ready for start of Olympics." Read More

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A 13-year-old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off Western Australia to get help for his family in a feat hailed by rescuers as "superhuman". Read More

David Greaves is making history with Israeli athletes at the Olympics again — this time for bobsleigh. Read More

On Monday, Parliament unanimously voted to fast-track Bill C-19, the Carney government's new package of affordability measures, which includes a 25 per cent increase to the GST rebate for five years starting in July, along with a one-time additional payment this year equal to 50 per cent of the normal payment. Read More

A Toronto crack cocaine dealer caught back in business three times over the course of ten months managed to convince a judge that he deserves some leniency because putting him behind bars would mean hardship for his nine children, but not because he’s addicted to the drugs he was caught peddling. Read More

When Trinity Ellis began sliding toward her first Olympics, she was required to pay $1,500 annually to Luge Canada to cover a portion of training and travel costs. Read More

The death of 26-year-old Kiano Vafaeian by MAID on Dec. 30, 2025, is emblematic of what Canadians can expect to become commonplace in the coming years. Read More

I returned to Ottawa from Calgary Sunday, fresh off a whirlwind weekend at the Conservative Party of Canada’s 2026 convention, the main event of which was leader Pierre Poilievre’s keynote speech and leadership review vote. Read More

A new website run by students in Montreal aims to create a permanent archive of antisemitic incidents at Concordia University since the October 7 massacre. Read More

A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to the production of child pornography and to coercion and enticement of a minor, after admitting he sexually exploited more than 100 children by creating an online persona and targeting them through social media, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. Read More

My favourite of Catherine O’Hara’s characters on SCTV (1976-1984) was “Lola Heatherton,” the fading and dubiously talented ingenue who couldn’t get through five minutes of a variety special or a talk show without coming apart at the seams. I hope it’s not tasteless to observe that Joey Heatherton, one of a few ’70s starlets who inspired the character, has done the unthinkable and outlasted her cosmic sister. Lola, to me, is the perfect representation of what Catherine O’Hara brought to SCTV and to the rest of her career. Read More

OTTAWA — Three contenders to be the federal NDP's next leader say they're not giving up on the party's traditional blue-collar base, after multiple speakers at the recent Conservative national convention touted the party's electoral gains on their turf. Read More

The son of Norway's crown princess goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women and assaulting several ex-girlfriends in a scandal that has tarnished the royal family's image. Read More