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OTTAWA — Canadian support for defence spending reached a 30-year high, rising nine percentage points since December 2023, due to growing anxieties from the United States and fear over Canada's security and sovereignty, according to a new poll. Read More

Peel Regional Police says investigators from its vice and human trafficking unit have arrested and charged four individuals in connection with a human trafficking investigation. Read More

The city of Guadalajara erupted with cartel violence this past weekend, alongside other parts of Mexico, after an army raid left a notorious drug lord dead. Read More

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Charley Crockett has cancelled his entire tour in Canada after being denied entry at the border. Read More

Dual British-Canadian citizens who have long been able to travel to the United Kingdom on a Canadian passport alone will soon need to rethink their travel routine. Starting Wednesday, the U.K. will require dual nationals to show official proof of their British status before they can enter the country. Read More

It has been three weeks since a repulsive group of fanatics claiming to speak for the Palestinian people, under the umbrella of various organizations I won’t stoop to naming, declared war on Jewish children’s summer camps across Canada, especially those in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. It has been more than a week since the media took major notice of it. Read More

There is talk of referendums on separation in both Quebec and Alberta, but a new poll from Angus Reid found that, outside of those provinces, more than seven in 10 Canadians would vote that they stay in Canada. Read More

The Olympics are over, and the tallies are in. Canada finished with five gold medals, seven silver, and nine bronze. Our athletes did us proud, but did we do them justice? For a second Winter Games in a row, we ranked 11th in terms of gold medals, which is a stark break from the past: between 1992 and 2018, Canada always ranked among the gold-earning top 10, often reaching the top five. Read More

Journalists play an important role in society as guardians of truth, holding power to account. They work in communities, covering local news and institutions like city halls, courthouses, school boards and police departments. They provide new information which can change hearts and minds and be acted on by responsible governments that want to act. Read More

Durham Region, outside Toronto, is the latest Ontario municipality to create a program for recording “non-criminal hate incidents” (NCHIs) such as (to quote the website) telling offensive jokes, destroying religious texts or sending discriminatory text messages. Read More

President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan didn’t — and delivered instead one of the most memorable and moving speeches of his long career. Read More

"Don't go to Mexico," Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged travellers Monday after the killing of a powerful drug cartel boss by Mexico's army Sunday led to burning cars and shootouts with security forces in cities across Mexico  — and adding to the latest disruptions for Canadians seeking March Break beach getaways. Read More

Since Donald Trump first ran for president in 2016, Americans have been told to "take him seriously, but not literally" — to focus less on his policy pronouncements and more on the feelings behind them. Canadians should do the same when they watch his state of the union address, as they assess what the speech could mean for the already tense U.S.-Canada relationship. Read More

A ruling by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal which imposed a penalty of $750,000 on a trans heretic is as chilling in its implication as it is draconian in its punishment.  Read More

GDANSK, Poland -- U.S. President Donald Trump is either a "traitor" or an "exceptional" leader in his dealings with Russia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa told AFP on Monday. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative amendments to provide more guardrails to a provision in the federal budget that would allow cabinet ministers to exempt entities from federal laws was passed by the finance committee on Monday, with support from the Liberal government. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's minister for artificial intelligence says he will meet with members of OpenAI's security team to discuss safety protocols after reports the company did not alert Canadian police to the online activities it had flagged regarding the shooter responsible for the killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Read More

The 6-3 majority U.S. Supreme Court decision on the unlawful nature of President Donald Trump’s emergency act tariffs suggests democracy is still alive in the Great Republic. Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberals proposed to add "clarifying language" to their contentious bill targeting hate and terror symbols Monday that they say will protect religious speech from being deemed promotion of hate. Read More

As it nears the end of February, Canadians have to turn their attention to filing taxes, with Monday marking the start of the 2026 season. Read More

Washington, DC— U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to attack Iran provide little detail on what the long-term U.S. goal would be in the event of a sustained or even brief conflict. Read More

Los Angeles — The son of U.S. director Rob Reiner pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of both of his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday. Read More