The Toronto International Film Festival turns 50 this year, and you know what that means. Cake! Read More

Artificial intelligence companies are flagrantly scraping and summarizing content directly from published news articles via retrieval-augmented generation. News media is by far the most frequently cited source of current information for large language models (LLMs), which are using news content without authorization or fair compensation. AI overviews combine many sources of unlicensed content to provide an effective substitute to the original source. With the user staying within Big Tech’s increasingly taller walled garden, rather than being pointed electronically to news websites via links, publishers are deprived of audience and their ability to sell advertising and subscriptions is significantly diminished. No clicks mean no cash for news businesses. Yet, AI companies are selling ads against copyrighted (and often paywalled) content as well as subscriptions for their premium products. Read More

A chart showing the value of Turkey's currency against Canada's resembles a very long, slow, but relentless slide down a steep hill. Read More

Who Canada honours is a direct reflection on our country and our values, and nothing conveys that more profoundly than our nation’s highest civilian honour: the Order of Canada. Read More

Last Sunday, 46-year-old Abdul Aleem Farooqi was shot to death in his Vaughan home just after midnight. The shooter was part of a band of armed, masked intruders seeking to rob the house. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta United Conservative Party MLA Jason Stephan is doubling down on his call for a referendum on the province's independence next year, saying the vote would be a critical expression of popular will. Read More

KIMBERLEY -- Police say the bodies of two hikers have been recovered and a third person is presumed dead after the trio fell over a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia. Read More

“We are not banning vehicles that use gasoline, we are responding to the market. We are responding to Canadians.” Read More

Have you heard that the daily food choices you make at any age and any health condition can slow the changes and challenges that come with getting older? The nutrition science is clear — smart food and lifestyle choices are power tools for aging well. They help you stay strong, feel good longer, and protect your independence and quality of life now and in years to come. Read More

The Prime Minister has now had 25 weeks in the job and the time has come to judge whether his performance has matched his promises. Read More

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Jurassic World Rebirth, which now available to own or rent exclusively on digital platforms, we sat down for an exclusive interview with the newest addition to the food chain, Jonathan Bailey, and director Gareth Edwards to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on their colossal new adventure, which mostly takes place in Thailand. Read More

Abdul Aleem Farooqi was shot dead in a home invasion this week after he "confronted" intruders, police said, as the brother of the victim in a separate conference said Farooqi wanted his four kids to “live the Canadian dream." Instead, he said the family mourning the 46-year-old’s senseless murder is mired in a “Canadian nightmare.” Read More

The possible heir and daughter of Kim Jong Un has made her international debut. Although her name and age have never been confirmed by North Korea, she is believed to be 12 years old. Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is rewriting a ministerial order directing school divisions to ban books containing sexually explicit content to ensure classic books stay on library shelves. Read More

The NDP have begun their leadership race and apparently wish to confirm to Canadians that they have learned absolutely nothing from their electoral flogging earlier this year. The language and rules for the campaign are emblematic of an organization so beholden to the deranged ideology of identity politics that even being reduced to seven seats in the House of Commons isn’t enough to change course.  It is their apparent desire to make sure that there is no comeback from the abyss, no second chance, as they drive their own brand even further into the mud. Read More

Soldiers in pristine and pressed uniforms marched in lockstep, their boots clacking a steady cadence on the pavement and their eyes following leader Xi Jinping as he drove by in review. Helicopters flew overhead, forming the numbers 8 and 0 in honour of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Read More

OTTAWA — On a warm, sunny Wednesday morning in Toronto’s North York, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “a” word most politicians balk at pronouncing. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to shut down the temporary foreign worker program, saying it is to blame for rising youth unemployment.  Read More

Argentine prosecutors on Tuesday announced that the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer who stole an 18th-century Italian painting from a Jewish collector during World War II was placed under house arrest along with her husband. Read More

On Friday, Pierre Poilievre said he would change Canada’s self-defence laws so that “the use of force, including lethal force, is presumed reasonable against an individual who unlawfully enters a house and poses a threat to the safety of anyone inside.” It’s a reform that would nudge the needle to favour victims, but it probably wouldn’t change much.  Read More

Does anyone really know where Canada’s tariff negotiations with the U.S. are headed? Despite a steady cavalcade of ministerial visits to Washington and efforts by individual premiers to engage, it is difficult to know what is being discussed, or whether anything has been agreed or rejected. We have been treated instead to airy platitudes: Talks are “progressing” or meetings “have been constructive,” etc. Messaging to the U.S. media has been obsequious, not crisp lest anything strong trigger an outburst by the unpredictable president. Read More

Nearly half of all Canadian university students are actively concealing their real opinions for fear of sanction or mistreatment, according to a comprehensive new survey published Wednesday by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. Read More