Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will appear before a House committee investigating their ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Feb. 26 and 27, the panel confirmed Tuesday. Read More

The Olympics haven't even started yet, but Team Canada is making a line change. Read More

OTTAWA — A group of comfortable retirees are calling on Ottawa to shrink their Old Age Security (OAS) payments, saying they don't need the money and it would be better spent on other priorities. Read More

Landman duo Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph have a mother and daughter bond on the screen that has captivated viewers for two seasons. Read More

The now-burning question at the heart of Canadian politics: Is high commissioner to the United Kingdom Bill Blair’s final incarnation in public life, or does he have room to fail even further upward? Ambassador to the United Nations, perhaps? Governor general? The latter might not even be a promotion: Trafalgar Square is a pretty plum posting, notwithstanding London weather in the winter. It's not at all clear why Blair deserves it. Read More

Pierre Poilievre did a lot right at the CPC convention last weekend. He got an 87.4 per cent approval rating, higher than most pundits predicted. He revealed a human side when he spoke about his autistic daughter and the family time he has sacrificed for politics. And he pledged to give the party’s grassroots more control over nominations, an issue that has festered since the last election. Read More

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