Calgary — Pierre Poilievre’s convention success here last week and the Stephen Harper celebrations in Ottawa this week pose an old-as-Laurier question for Canada’s Conservatives: What is the party for? Read More

There’s a lot of Thucydides quoting at the moment — specifically the infamous line from the Melian Dialogue: "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" — to describe the realist parameters of the renewed Great Power politics we now again live with. Read More

There are few policy areas in Canadian politics as tortured as the CF-18 replacement program, now entering its 16th year and undergoing its fifth evaluation — which is likely to once again recommend continuing with the purchase of F-35s. Read More

The person who gets to appoint every judge on Alberta’s two highest courts — King’s Bench and the Court of Appeal — is Prime Minister Mark Carney. He also decides who to send up to the Supreme Court to represent Western Canada. Alberta wants better judges, and Premier Danielle Smith is completely right in seeking change. It is disappointing that Justice Minister Sean Fraser has already dismissed the premier's proposal. The entire judicial appointment process, not just for the West, needs an overall, one that puts competence and justice ahead of politics. Read More

More than a century ago, when Toronto built the Prince Edward Viaduct to connect Bloor Street to the Danforth, a lower deck was built to accommodate a future subway line that was still decades away from starting construction. Unfortunately, that sort of ambition is in short supply today. Read More

The unveiling of Stephen Harper’s official parliamentary portrait has provided a moment of unexpected catharsis in Canadian politics. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the recent Davos conference — where he called for decoupling from the U.S. while entering a “strategic partnership” with China — was greeted rapturously abroad. His tough on Trump rhetoric is certainly winning political points at home as well. Read More

OTTAWA — A free-market think tank is calling for a proposed Quebec liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be fast-tracked, arguing that Canada must act quickly to position itself as a major supplier to a rapidly changing European market. Read More

Russia vowed Wednesday to act "responsibly" should its last nuclear treaty with the United States expire on February 5, amid mounting fears the agreement's collapse could spur a new arms race between the top nuclear powers. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce a new system of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, replacing an electric vehicle mandate that was hated by the auto industry. Read More

The Trump administration hosted 55 countries at a critical minerals summit on Wednesday, pitching minimum prices and a flood of U.S. private equity in a bid to reduce dependence on China and ensure U.S. manufacturers have stable access to key resources. Read More

The first action of the Olympiad is in the books. Read More

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris crashed during big air training for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and was stretchered off the course in Livigno, Italy, on Wednesday night. Read More

Before being announced as the Liberal candidate to run in a federal byelection for the suddenly vacant Scarborough Southwest riding, Ontario NDP member of provincial parliament Doly Begum had been criticized for her position on the Israel-Hamas conflict, a war in which she accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide.” Read More

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada must defend its industrial capacity in the face of attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump by ensuring that "one-way tariffs introduced by the U.S. must be reciprocated." Read More

MILAN - At 36, Evan Bates has been skating for over two decades, beginning his Olympic career with a splashy debut at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Read More

MILAN -- Brianne Jenner didn't need words as an answer, she just pointed to the Maple Leaf on her Team Canada practice sweater on Wednesday. Read More

Abigail Strate has steered clear of jumping to any gold-medal conclusions. Read More

Despite a plea from a Canadian Jewish advocacy group, the Carney government will not be appointing a new special envoy to tackle antisemitism. Neither will it have an Islamophobia envoy. Instead, it launched an advisory council to combat hate on Wednesday. Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is open to upcoming talks with Iran and that a location is “being worked through,” but stressed the discussions can’t be restricted to nuclear issues. Read More

Fort Pierce, Fla. — A man who plotted to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the U.S. election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Read More

Canadian artist Phil Richards has said he considers portraiture to be “a collaboration between artist and subject.” Perhaps nowhere is that more clear than in a tiny last-minute change in his newly unveiled portrait of former prime minister Stephen Harper. Read More

TORONTO — An estimated 150,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Toronto on Sunday to call for American military strikes against Iran’s Islamic regime. Read More

The road to a spot on Canada’s Women’s Olympic hockey team rarely is linear. Read More