OTTAWA— Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said the federal government will need to present a plan for how to get more infrastructure built on First Nations reserves as it tries to soothe concerns from chiefs over new powers to fast-track major infrastructure projects.  Read More

NEW YORK — A former New York City interim police commissioner filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against his one-time boss, Mayor Eric Adams, and other top department officials, alleging they showered loyalists with unearned promotions, buried allegations of misconduct, and gratuitously punished whistleblowers. Read More

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after an outbreak of avian flu. Read More

There is nothing quite so parochial in Canadian foreign-policy debates as the recurring imbecility that the weight of this country’s heavy economic reliance on the United States should be lifted by securing advantages in deeper trade relationships with China. Lately, the proposition can even be made to appear sensible, now that the growing costs of doing business with Donald Trump’s America can’t be properly calculated from one day to the next. So there’s a lot of it going around nowadays. Read More

The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport and surrounding area is set to undergo a $10-billion transformation over the next decade. Read More

Olive Garden, the Italian-inspired chain restaurant found in all 50 U.S. states — including Hawaii and Alaska — with unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks, will soon be expanding across Canada. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government is significantly restricting foreign imports of steel — Chinese ones in particular. He also said he was increasing spending on subsidies for Canada’s domestic industries and workers affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Read More

Authorities in Florida have revealed what caused a young girl to fall from a balcony aboard a Disney cruise in late June, putting an end to online speculation about what really happened and accusations against the father. Read More

OTTAWA -- A prominent Jewish organization is pushing for Canada to deny entry to two bands being investigated in the U.K. after their appearance at a popular British music festival last month. Read More

Nearly 40,000 Canadians took a survey on happiness, revealing where the happiest people live across the country. Read More

A perceived lack of transparency over the U.S. investigations into notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has carved a rare chasm between President Donald Trump and his typically loyal Republican base. Read More

Emma Watson has reportedly been banned from driving after she was caught speeding. Read More

Two stars of the "Harry Potter" films, including actress Emma Watson, were each banned from driving for six months Wednesday after being caught speeding in separate incidents. Read More

International envoys will discuss a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at UN headquarters in New York this month, before national leaders meet in September, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday. Read More

A BBC report published Monday confirmed the existence of an ethical and editorial issue in a documentary about Gaza that the broadcaster had pulled offline in February, but claimed this was the result of an honest mistake by an external production firm. Read More

An "American Idol" music supervisor and her husband were both found dead in their Los Angeles home Monday afternoon. Read More

In what Science magazine has dubbed "Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake," Ozempic is soon to come off patent in Canada, opening the door to cheaper generic copycats, after the drug giant reportedly failed to pay a few hundred dollars in annual fees to maintain the patent rights before the weight-loss drug became a blockbuster seller. Read More

Peel Region police say they're providing protection to the mayor of Brampton, Ont., after he and his family were allegedly threatened. Read More

MONTREAL – Marjorie Michel never wanted to run for office. She didn't want to come out of the shadows, she said. Read More

As the Iran-Israel war raged last month, I visited Bethlehem in the West Bank, on behalf of the News Forum, to better understand how Palestinians coped with the conflict, which is now in a ceasefire. There, I spoke with several locals who, despite being deeply critical of Israel, called for regional peace and harboured little love for the Iranian regime. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people — particularly anti-Israel activists in the West — listened to these voices. Read More