Saturday afternoon, Liberal MP Nathaniel Erksine-Smith held a small gathering at Beaches Brewpub in Toronto's East end so that his special guest Mark Carney could make an "announcement" to the Beaches-East York community. Carney was given the rockstar treatment by this small crowd that gathered in the east of Toronto to see him — it was pure adoration. Read More

Then they will be flown by helicopter to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, near Tel Aviv. If they had needed urgent care, they would have been taken to a hospital closer to the Gaza Strip—either Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva or Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon—but this was not the case. Read More

After about 15 years of stonewalling every oil and gas pipeline it could, Canada has suddenly realized this may have been a bad idea. With more than 97 per cent of Canadian oil exports going to the United States, it’s made the country uniquely vulnerable to threats of ruinous 25 per cent import tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

About two months into what had been a rewarding “personal journey” in India, and after travelling through nearly a dozen airports, Canadian Tina Lewis was detained and almost sent to jail in the country’s Goa province after authorities there questioned a GPS device they found in her luggage. Read More

With public support for the transgender movement steadily eroding, some centrist trans activists are begging their community to adopt a more diplomatic approach that respects the realities of biological sex. This new shift is best exemplified by the advocacy work of Brianna Wu, a high-profile transgender commentator who has faced crucifixion from extremists on both sides of the gender culture war. Read More

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. Read More

OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould opened up a soul-searching debate in her party's caucus after declaring Canadians "lost trust" in the Liberals during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's later years in office. Read More

It’s survived a consumer backlash, a “death ray” laser scare and a dubious link to devilry, and yet it continues greasing the wheels of capitalist society largely unchanged since it emerged to much skepticism in the 1970s. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said that she'll do her part to make sure that American drivers know who to thank for higher prices at the pump if United States President Donald Trump moves ahead with across-the-board tariffs on Canada. Read More

A 21-year-old Washington State woman has been charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who died in a shootout Monday on a Vermont highway near the Canada-U.S. border. Read More

EMERSON, MAN. -- Mounties in Manitoba say six people from multiple countries were caught last week trying to illegally cross into Canada from the United States. Read More

ROME (AP) -- Italy's highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More

Only Doug Ford can save Ontarians from Donald Trump, but he can’t do it unless people give him a really big mandate, right now. That’s the premise of the Feb. 27 provincial election that the premier on Friday confirmed he'll be calling next week. Read More

UnitedHealthcare has named a new CEO after its former top executive Brian Thompson was shot to death on his way to a conference in New York City. Read More

OTTAWA — A simmering dispute over the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged resort town of Jasper, Alta., spilled into public view this week after Alberta housing minister Jason Nixon fired off a letter accusing both federal and local officials of stalling progress in housing displaced residents. Read More

TEL AVIV — The Hamas terrorist group on Friday published the names of four hostages it said it would release the following day as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Read More

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont. Read More

LONDON — Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. were urged to stay at home Friday as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions. Read More

It's been weeks since Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane dreamt up the hat with the message that Canada is not for sale. It has gone viral and resulted in a crash course in manufacturing for the couple. Read More