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

This week offered a couple of insights into Canada’s slow, overburdened and massively backlogged refugee system. Both suggest the need for serious, long-overdue systemic change. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's dairy and poultry supply management regime could face a major challenge from within with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith saying she could consider the province exiting the quota system. Read More

Half of the requests for preauthorized complex dental work have reportedly been denied by Canada's dental care plan. Read More

A teenager accused in the attack on an eight-year-old girl in Quadeville, Ont., that investigators initially linked to an animal is set to return to court next month. Read More

Canada's special official for fighting antisemitism announced on Thursday that she is retiring her post, three months before the end of her term. Read More

Canadian soccer fans eager to score a ticket to one of the 13 FIFA World Cup games in Toronto or Vancouver next summer can now purchase hospitality packages. Read More

Of the more than 200 film and TV roles Hiro Kanagawa has had in his storied career, he’s played about 38 doctors, 32 detectives and eight people with the common Japanese surname Tanaka. Read More

GATINEAU, Que. — Prime Minister Mark Carney entered a high-stakes meeting with First Nations leaders Thursday, touting his government's new law to fast-track major infrastructure projects as having "Indigenous economic growth" at its heart, saying he believes consensus can be reached on how to move forward. Read More

Four people in Florida are dead after being infected with a rare, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Read More

Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. Read More

A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday, as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives. Read More

The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "messenger of Allah" sent to save humanity from climate change. Read More

A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates the younger co-pilot asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, according to people familiar with the matter. Read More

Trade talks are reportedly continuing between Canada and the U.S., with formal meetings having taken place since U.S. President Donald Trump revealed more threats and demands last week, a source close to the White House said. Read More

It’s possible that no politician has defied the expectations of the chattering class as successfully as has Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei. Expected to remain in political obscurity, he rose to lead a political movement. Anticipated to lose a presidential election to a candidate from the country’s dominant authoritarian political party, he won. And predicted by a cabal of academic economists to lead Argentina to ruin with free-market policies, he instead turned around the long-suffering country, resulting in lower inflation and rapid economic growth. Read More

In less than two weeks this month, a Quebec border crossing saw more than 1,500 asylum applicants coming from the United States, an unusual surge considering overall asylum claims are down by 50 per cent across Canada. Read More

Hockey Canada's 2022 Gender Expression and Gender Identity Policy states that players "must be able to participate in the sport in the Gender with which they identify," and be provided with "access to such facilities in accordance with their Gender Identity or Gender Expression." But never before have coaching staff been given a nationwide, certification-required test, seemingly aimed at implementing the policy. Read More

Antisemitism is iniquitous in all its forms, but it is especially wicked when it is teachers directing the ancient hatred at innocent children.  Read More

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole the show when it fetched more than $30 million in a bidding frenzy. (All figures are in US dollars.) Read More