In the ever-evolving chase to provide viewers with the best possible camera angles and views, aerial drones have taken over the Olympics in a big way. Read More

The GM plant in Oshawa often feels like a mythical place. Long-time residents in the region tell stories of a time when it was a hub of prosperity for tens of thousands of families. They say, when shifts would end, there were so many GM employees that some roads would become one-way streets so workers could drive home in an orderly fashion. Read More

MILAN — Even before she stepped on the ice for her first game as a four-time Canadian Olympian, Natalie Spooner’s influence has been a force of irrepressible joy. Read More

And just like that, a medal is slipping away from Canadian curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Read More

Iran’s foreign minister vowed on Sunday that Tehran will never abandon uranium enrichment, even if it means facing war with the United States, sharpening a tense standoff over its nuclear program. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Going up the mountain felt like a festival and a pilgrimage; thousands of people beneath a bluebird sky making their way toward what was sure to be one of the great feats in Olympic skiing history. Read More

An apartment used by Israel’s first-ever bobsled team ahead of the Milan-Cortina Games was burglarized Saturday, with cash and passports among the items stolen, according to the team's pilot, AJ Edelman. Read More

Opening Parliament on Groundhog Day is ironic, but not funny. Winter is coming. Read More

Members of the Jewish community are pushing for armed security as a solution for safety and protection at synagogues and schools amid rising antisemitism. Read More

American ski star Lindsey Vonn crashed moments after leaving the starting gate in the women’s downhill event at the Milan-Cortina Games on Sunday, leading to a course hold as medical personnel rushed to her side. Read More

The editorial board of your National Post published a piece on Thursday applauding Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposal for the federal government (and its Albertan prime minister) to voluntarily devolve more power over federal judicial appointments. Her open letter to the PM also asks for a relaxation of bilingualism requirements for western judges; with a Prairie seat on the Supreme Court coming open later this year, this has become an obvious issue, guaranteeing that only a handful of otherwise qualified candidates can even be considered for the job. Read More

When it comes to how great they are, there's a communal need among Americans and their politicians to ratchet up certainty in their magnificence. Read More

In his widely-praised Davos speech, Mark Carney paid homage to a renowned 1978 essay by Czech dissident Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless.” In it, Havel tells the parable of a greengrocer who refuses to place a “Workers of the World unite!” poster in his window, symbolizing his personal dissent from a totalitarian regime’s extortion of rote public mantras nobody believes as a tool for mind control. Read More

Vancouver city councillor Sean Orr introduced a motion to council recently that he admits is "a little personal." Read More

This week marked the twentieth anniversary of the swearing-in of former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper. He’s been feted in Ottawa for a few days, and deservedly so. There was a fireside chat with Jean Chretien, a former Liberal prime minister and longtime friend — much to some Canadians’ surprise, although it actually wasn’t a secret — and the unveiling of his impressive official portrait by artist Phil Richards, and a gala event. Read More

As the world marked the arrival of a new year, billions welcomed it with wishes of health, safety and renewal. Yet for thousands of Hazara refugees from Afghanistan who are stranded in Pakistan, the turn of the calendar brought not hope, but deepening fear — fear that the protection Canada was offering them may be quietly slipping away. Read More

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Re: 'We don't need it': Seniors call for reduced Old Age Security payments — Rahim Mohamed, Feb. 3 Read More

MILAN - Perhaps Blayre Turnbull was on to something early Friday afternoon when she lamented the grogginess she felt during a late-night practice here two nights before the Canadian women finally got the defence of their Olympic championship underway. Read More

Abigail Strate wanted much more; more distance and points, more from herself, more momentum for the plucky Canadian team. Read More

MILAN — Stephen Gogolev is in the best shape of his life and it shows on the ice. Read More

Three up, three down — that has been the path of Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant in mixed-doubles curling action at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Read More

The 2024 Summer Olympics introduced the world to that pistol-packing dude from Turkey who couldn’t have been more chill as he shot the lights out with one hand in his pocket, and the naturally enhanced pole vaulter from France who knocked the bar off with his own pole, if you know what we mean. Read More

MILAN - When Finnish coach Tero Lehtera woke on Saturday morning, he was reasonably certain he would be coaching in an Olympic hockey game. Read More