A Canadian citizen was among the 21 people injured in a fatal streetcar crash in Portugal’s capital city, the head of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency told reporters, The Canadian Press is reporting. Read More

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is at a critical juncture in addressing its housing crisis. The latest whitepaper from BILD, The Pathway for Rental Housing Stock – Second Edition, developed with Urbanation and Finnegan Marshall, underscores an urgent reality: purpose-built rental (PBR) construction is not keeping pace with the region’s growing population and escalating housing needs.  Read More

Another beluga whale and a harbour seal have died at Marineland, and those deaths have caught the attention of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, The Canadian Press has learned. Read More

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia President Vladimir Putin chatted about how advances in science could prolong the human life span in a rare hot mic moment in the Chinese capital. Read More

Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Four people, two of them teenagers, have been charged after a violent home invasion and kidnapping that began as a staged car crash in the GTA on Monday morning. Read More

For many Canadians, an annual household income of $100,000 is necessary to feel comfortable, according to a new survey. Read More

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