The driver of a vehicle that struck several pedestrians on Toronto Metropolitan University's downtown campus may have been targeting a specific individual on the walkway before speeding away from the scene, police said Tuesday. Read More

LOS ANGELES — Burglars tunneled through a concrete wall to gain access to a Los Angeles jewelry store, making off with at least US$10 million worth of watches, pendants, gold chains and other merchandise, police said. Read More

OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms the government considers fit only for the battlefield, not for hunting or sport shooting. Read More

TORONTO -- The economic uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs permeated Ontario's throne speech Tuesday, a ceremonial offering intended to set the new provincial government's agenda and tone. Read More

MONTREAL — They may not have qualified for the NHL playoffs yet, but the Montreal Canadiens scored a win Tuesday against the French-language debate which will now begin two hours early tomorrow to accommodate a key Habs game. Read More

In the face of a drug crisis that's killed more than 1,000 Albertans annually for years, the provincial government is poised to become the first jurisdiction in Canada to force drug addicts into treatment, holding them in secure facilities for up to three months at a time or mandating that they complete six months of treatment in the community. Read More

SALEM, N.J. -- The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men's own drinking contributed to their deaths when they were hit by an allegedly drunken and enraged driver as they cycled at night. Read More

OTTAWA — A new study shows that, not only has the pace of homebuilding failed to keep up with Canada's record post-COVID population growth, its been stuck at early 1970s levels. Read More

With less than two weeks left to go until election day, party leaders are gearing up for back to back debates this week. Read More

Earlier this month an anonymous American purchased advertising space on billboards in Vancouver to express regret over the treatment Canada has received from the U.S. government. Read More

Tracy Jovolos believes in reinvention. That’s why, at 62, the Vancouver writer and entrepreneur has crafted After Work — a comedy series that explores retirement through the eyes of a broadcaster who loses her job because she looks too old. Read More

BERLIN — A German court has fined a man for slipping into a VIP convoy for Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2023 and giving him a hug as he prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt Airport, according to German news agency dpa. Read More

OTTAWA — The threat of seeing Japanese automaker Honda move some of its production south of the border, in the wake of a global tariff war, has caused Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre to stress why they should be in the driver’s seat come April 28. Read More

What do castles in Sweden have to do with the Canadian election? Read More

DENVER (AP) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked deportations of immigrants in Colorado who face possible removal under President Donald Trump's invocation of an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act. Read More

One day, we might be freed from the Green Party of Canada’s outsized ability to sponge up bandwidth in pursuit of goals that will never remotely be reached, but it won’t come in time for the debates on Wednesday and Thursday. And so, all viewers will be cursed with listening to the lame duck party’s frivolous posturing, a cavernous pothole on the road to e-day. Read More

Last week, a federal judge in D.C. ordered the White House to stop preventing Associated Press journalists from attending presidential events because of the news organization's decision to continue using the name Gulf of Mexico. Read More

MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre now says he doesn’t have a timeline for when he would defund the CBC despite promising in December to do it “very quick.” Read More

A Toronto cafe owner has run afoul of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over the sale of Vegemite by his small chain of restaurants. Read More

(Bloomberg) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will allow automakers to import U.S.-manufactured cars and trucks without tariffs, as long as the companies keep making vehicles in Canada. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

MONTREAL — Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says he will crack down on senior scams, promising stricter sentences for convicted fraudsters and fines of up to $5 million for companies that don't implement sufficient scam prevention. Read More

Before Swedish slow TV hit "The Great Moose Migration" began airing Tuesday, Ulla Malmgren stocked up on coffee and prepared meals so she doesn't miss a moment of the 20-day, 24-hour event. Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. Read More

(April 15, 2025 / JNS) -- The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) killed Hamas terrorist Hamza Wael Muhammad Asafah in a precision airstrike in central Gaza two weeks ago, the agencies said on Tuesday. Read More

Despite being one of the world's top natural gas producers, Canada doesn't have a single natural gas export facility. The Americans, on the other hand, have surged to world dominance in exporting LNG, turning the Gulf Coast into a ring of energy exports that generates billions of dollars. Read More

With race-based appointments to academic jobs in Canada now common, it should not be surprising that there are business opportunities embedded in them, and it is notable that a new search consultancy has entered and risen in the field: BIPOC Executive Search Inc., based in Toronto. The firm has a team of 15 and specializes in the recruitment of Black, Indigenous and racialized candidates. It has current job postings for 12 executive positions at three Toronto universities (York, U of T and OCAD), and no doubt the promise of many more as Canadian universities rush to make race-based appointments to their academic and administrative ranks. With a 15-member team, BIPOC Inc. needs plenty of work to meet payroll. Read More

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President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that he'd like to send U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador, telling that country's president, Nayib Bukele, that he'd "have to build five more places" to hold the potential new arrivals. Read More

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations -- plus one that hasn't been tried before. Read More

Samidoun leader Charlotte Kates assisted a British law firm filing an application seeking to delist Hamas as a “proscribed,” or banned, terror group in the United Kingdom, she says. Read More

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said. Read More

Border crossings from Canada into the United States dropped by close to a million travellers in March compared to the same month last year, suggesting Canadians are avoiding the United States while U.S. President Donald Trump threatens tariffs and annexation. Read More

MONTREAL — Liberal leader Mark Carney says pipelines are “not necessarily” the large projects his government would prioritize to deal with the “crisis” of the trade war with the United States. Read More

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had long ago expressed appreciation for the notwithstanding clause, which allows legislators to override some sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. So it should have come as no surprise that on Monday he vowed to use the so-called “override clause” to reinstate consecutive life sentences for multiple murderers. By rights, it should be something of a slam-dunk for the Conservatives. Read More

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have new designs for urinals they say reduce the amount of splatter or "splashback" to just 1.4 per cent of the standard public model. Read More