PICKERING — Police in Durham Region say they have arrested a 13-year-old after a fatal attack on an elderly woman in Pickering, Ont. Read More

As the Jewish state facilitates aid entry via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation into the Strip, the United Nations is running a “mafia-like” shakedown and is spreading “panic” and making “declarations detached from reality,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Read More

BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking the Trump administration's attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. Read More

The Canadian Dental Care Plan is undergoing an expansion this month. Read More

OTTAWA — Separatist winds are lifting the political sails of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, according to a study from an Alberta pollster. Read More

Any potential link between social media use and kids’ mental health often comes down to a what-came-first conundrum: does more time glued to TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram make youth more depressed, or are distressed kids just more likely to spend more time on social media?  Read More

Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to break up the status quo of process, endless consultation and delay that has bogged down major infrastructure project approvals in the province. It’s about time. Read More

The provincially owned Northlander train between Toronto and northern Ontario is set to make a comeback. Read More

A new poll suggests nearly 70 per cent of Canadians support mandatory childhood vaccinations. Read More

OTTAWA — First there was Bill C-216, then C-282, and now C-202. The Bloc Québécois has, once again, introduced a private member's bill aimed at ensuring "full protection for supply management" in trade agreements. Read More

Already with one of the most iconic nicknames in professional sports history — The Great One — it’s easy to forget that Wayne Gretzky was briefly bestowed with a different title: the White Tornado. Read More

As negotiations continue between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Canada Post, the corporation revealed its operating loss for 2024 was nearly $1.3 billion. Read More

Wayne Gretzky didn’t predict an outcome for this year’s Stanley Cup Finals, but the former Edmonton Oilers and hockey’s all-time Great One does expect his former club will be there in a rematch with the defending champion Florida Panthers. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada was only able to breathe a sigh of relief on tariffs for a few hours, as a U.S. federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated some tariffs on Canadian goods. Read More

Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools. Read More

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. Read More

The whole point of bringing King Charles III over to deliver a throne speech was to assert Canadian sovereignty, so it’s curious that some of the first words out of his mouth denigrated Canada’s legitimacy. Read More

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says 17,000 people have been evacuated from several communities and First Nations as he placed his entire province under a state of emergency late Wednesday over crippling wildfires, mainly in the remote north. Read More

The horn sounded to signal a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final, and the Florida Panthers celebrated merely by hopping over the boards and several heading over to congratulate goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. Read More

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Lebanon’s Kfar Kila was badly thumped during an Israeli offensive against Hezbollah, and further reduced to rubble by construction contractors engaged by Israel to largely wipe it from the Earth; it is now essentially a few roads with intermittent piles of rocks and vague outlines of what used to be houses. Read More

OTTAWA – The Quebec government could boost the Canadian economy by approximately $69.9 billion if it removes trade barriers with the rest of the country, a think tank in the province estimates. Read More

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew ordered a province-wide state of emergency Wednesday as his province struggles with a series of crippling wildfires, mainly in the remote north. Read More

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled today that U.S. President Donald Trump does not have the authority to impose his sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs or his fentanyl-related duties against Canada and Mexico. Read More

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh has announced plans to move to Austin, Texas to train with Bob Bowman, former coach for Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, CBC reports. Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — Two pigeons sneaked aboard a Delta Air Lines plane, delaying the flight twice. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was pressed on his government’s decision to punt the budget until the fall and his promise to make Canada an “energy superpower” during his first question period on Wednesday. Read More

Everything is golden in official Washington these days. The Oval Office is a study in decorative touches direct from pre-revolutionary France. The frames around the portraits are golden, as is the gilt around the ceiling. The flourishes on the fireplace and the knick-knacks on the mantel — maybe the president’s latest golf trophies? — are as well. Read More

MONTREAL -- Workers in Quebec's residential construction sector are now on strike. Read More

OTTAWA — A group of Indigenous leaders are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to showcase the game-changing potential of Canadian liquified natural gas (LNG) at the upcoming G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alta. Read More

The latest TransUnion debt report shows total debt continued to grow in the first quarter compared with the year before, driven mainly by young people and newcomers. Read More

Some properties in the Greater Toronto Area are being listed for $1 — a meagre price tag compared to the latest data on the average selling price, which was $1.1 million in April, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a simple statement regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's US$61 billion (CAD$83 billion) offer for Canada to join his vaunted Golden Dome defence system or gain membership for free by becoming the 51st state. Read More