Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants a review of provincial contracts with private health-care clinics to be expedited amid allegations of sweetheart deals, and she insists she has done nothing wrong. Read More

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford touted his party’s border security measures amid the threat of U.S. tariffs, as the NDP focused on pocketbook issues Saturday with the promise of a monthly grocery rebate for millions of people. Read More

Small businesses across Canada are still being taxed on their carbon tax rebates despite a commitment from the former finance minister that they would be tax-free, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Read More

The Liberal Party of Canada says it will hold two leadership debates later this month. Read More

Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. Read More

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. Read More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s five-day visit to Europe offers Canada an opportunity to shore up its relationship with the European Union and show Canadian leadership in artificial intelligence regulation, experts say. Read More

Police are seeking a Canadian romance scammer for allegedly defrauding victims across Canada of $275,000. The 30-year-old man, identified as Chukwuka Emmanuel Williams, is wanted for 23 offences, including 10 counts of fraud over $5,000. Read More

In the face of uncertainty about Canada's relationship with the United States, some have been proposing an alternative path: backing away from the Americans a bit and joining the European Union. Read More

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A few hours' drive northwest of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida lies a sprawling retirees’ complex known as The Villages. Read More

Pierre Poilievre has become a lightning rod for Canadians' frustration, and for those seeking cathartic release from simply being a Canadian — whatever that means, what with our ongoing national identity crisis — in 2025. Read More

Again: recall Parliament and let's get to work. Read More

OTTAWA — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says part of why he is pitching Canada as a source of critical minerals for the U.S. stems from internal discussions held about President Donald Trump's desire to access Canada's supply, which Wilkinson sees as a possible motivator for his statements on the country becoming its "51st state." Read More

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said. The crash appeared to be one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years. Read More

OTTAWA -- A commander of a patrol frigate in the Royal Canadian Navy has been relieved of his duty mid-deployment due to what the navy calls a "loss of confidence." Read More

It was a quiet day for the world’s stock markets when Donald Trump landed in Quebec in early June 2018 to join other leaders at the G7 summit at Charlevoix. Read More

OTTAWA — Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada has been terminated, with history of her ever having been appointed scrubbed online. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal elections monitoring task force says the Chinese government is linked to a “coordinated and malicious” disparagement campaign against Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland on China’s largest social media platform. Read More

Hamas has sent Israel the names of the next group of hostages to be freed in Gaza on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Read More

Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of Canadians would like the federal government to pledge its advertising dollars to support domestic news media outlets, a new poll found. Read More

OTTAWA — A month ago, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet was openly talking about the possibility of forming the next Official Opposition in Parliament. Now, polling suggests he might lose seats to the Liberals. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould announced Friday she managed to raise the $125,000 due to stay in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as party leader and prime minister.  Read More

The lawsuit was filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court Jan. 31, according to a news release posted online by the Coalition this week. Read More

The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. Read More

Rapper Kanye West ranted about Jews in a series of posts on X on Friday morning, saying that antisemitism was "made up" by Jewish people to protect themselves. Read More

A former U.S. ambassador to Canada calls potential tariffs against our country "a bad step." But he also doesn't think they'll ultimately happen. Read More

The Canadian response to threats of a trade war by Donald Trump and the carve out he gave to Canadian energy, has put Alberta’s oilpatch in the spotlight. Read More

Canadian human rights lawyer and former justice minister Irwin Cotler has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “steadfast courage, moral clarity, profound empathy and extensive achievements in support of universal human rights.” Read More

SAO PAULO (AP) -- A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo on Friday morning shortly after taking off from a nearby private airport, killing the pilot and the plane's owner, authorities said. The two were the only people on board. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Thursday over its investigation of Israel for alleged “war crimes” in Gaza and its decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More

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Transport Minister Anita Anand and Employment Steve MacKinnon said the overwhelming mood in the country is to stand firm on Canada’s independence, regardless of pressure from Trump’s threatened 25-per-cent tariffs. Read More

QUEBEC — The Quebec government wants to enshrine into law that hockey is the province's "national" sport. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Sift by British pastry chef Nicola Lamb. Read More

Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle. Read More

Diversity, equity and inclusion policies are “sadly lacking in idea diversity” and are driven by people who believe that racism explains everything, said Mark Milke, founder and president of the Aristotle Foundation on Public Policy. Read More

Nearly 20,000 Indian students have failed to enrol at their designated colleges and universities after arriving in Canada. This has raised significant concerns about immigration fraud and the misuse of the student visa system. Read More