OTTAWA — The top administrator in Jasper, Alta., downplayed claims Friday that a report his town commissioned into last summer's devastating wildfire was about blaming the province for making things worse, after the premier called on the town to apologize. Read More

It gets harder by the week to distinguish Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionism from … well, protectionism, as opposed to something more sophisticated, calculated or intelligent. I argued recently that there’s no good reason for BC Ferries to pay over the odds for new vessels if a Chinese shipyard can build them on time and for the best price — but of course I understand the unique sensitivities around China, just as I do those around the United States. Read More

Included in the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was recently enacted, is a provision about some travellers having to pay $250, a so-called "visa integrity fee," to enter the country. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked a Quebec political heavyweight who joined the Senate less than a year ago to become his representative in the upper chamber. Read More

Canada is struggling with the effects of an unprecedented immigration boom: Housing shortages, youth unemployment, overtaxed social programs and more. Read More

British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for a nine-year-old girl who has an extremely rare disease. Read More

Seoul (AFP) -- North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort, the country's tourism administration said this week, just days after Russia's top diplomat visited the area. Read More

TORONTO -- A woman in her 70s was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as she was loading her groceries in a Toronto parking lot, police said Thursday. Read More

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer. Read More

Donald Trump, 79, has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency after he was examined for swelling in his lower legs, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. Although the swelling was "mild," the condition caused blood to pool in the U.S. president's legs. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Sour Cherries and Sunflowers by Sydney, Australia-based cook, author and former MasterChef contestant Anastasia Zolotarev. Read More

CALGARY — “I want to salute the horse,” said Sgt. Major Scott Williamson, riding master of the RCMP Musical Ride at the Calgary Stampede this year. “No horse, no Stampede. No horse, no RCMP. No horse, no Western Canada as it is," he said. Read More

One basic prerequisite for becoming public safety minister should be a lack of perceived conflicts of interest with terror organizations. Heck, it should be a requirement for candidacy as an MP, long before cabinet enters the conversation. Read More

I believe this is one of the most pivotal moments in our nation’s history. Read More

CBS is axing The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday. Read More

MONTREAL — Jeremiah Valentine, who went to prison for taking part in the 2005 Boxing Day shootout in Toronto that killed a 15-year-old girl, has been charged with murder in Montreal. Read More

MONTREAL — Via Rail says new collective agreements have been ratified with about 2,500 unionized workers. Read More

MILAN — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 39-kilometre leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was 56. Read More

Bordeaux — A French couple went on trial Thursday accused of planning to "sacrifice" their five-year-old son in the Moroccan desert, accusations they have strongly denied. Read More

The Trudeau government’s spending splurges — less than Bank of Canada interest rate policies — were largely responsible for soaring inflation during the pandemic, a new report has concluded. Read More

A young Indian man, denied refugee status in Canada because his story of being framed for his friend’s murder was “strikingly similar” to five people who travelled here with him and nearly 200 others who employed the same immigration consultant, has won another chance at staying in Canada. Read More

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him. Read More