It’s not clear to me whether the mask slipped and Pierre Poilievre misspoke, or whether he genuinely believes there is a road to victory by parroting Donald Trump’s politics of grievance. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised months ago that his government would double Canada’s current rate of residential construction to reach 500,000 homes per year, but that target is "ambitious" according to Housing Minister Gregor Robertson. Read More

NASA wants companies to compete with SpaceX over a contract it holds to put astronauts on the moon, a fresh sign of blowback over delays with Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft. Read More

Very. Failing to register or providing false information can lead to fines of up to US$5,000 as well as up to six months in jail, and/or deportation for fraudulent registration. Read More

OTTAWA — Advocates are calling on the Carney Liberals to start with the biggest line item when deciding where to cut spending ahead of the upcoming federal budget. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government’s upcoming budget will include plans for a new Financial Crimes Agency designed to improve Canada’s ability to tackle online scams, money laundering and other types of fraud, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Monday. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday expressed disdain towards Australia's ambassador, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, as the two sat face-to-face across the cabinet table in the White House. Read More

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. would destroy Hamas if the terrorist group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip. Read More

OTTAWA — A federal New Democrat is calling for a parliamentary committee to probe what led a parliamentary secretary to announce that an Irish hip-hop group had been banned from entering Canada.  Read More

A majority of Canadians (nearly 60 per cent) say they support communities declaring states of emergency in order to clear homeless encampments in parks and public spaces, according to a new poll. Read More

The City of Richmond has launched the first salvo in what will ultimately be the battle to decide the future of private land ownership in British Columbia. By failing to make its best arguments to defend the public interest, British Columbia's NDP government has created uncertainty in private property ownership, the economically crucial real estate market, and cast a cloud over any future investment in the province related to land. The issue is complex but at its heart comes to down to a simple question: will Aboriginal Title ultimately supersede fee simple title, which guarantees private property rights? Read More

Handing out candy to the trick-or-treating demon hunters, superheroes and critters this Halloween will cost Canadians from 10 to 20 per cent more than last year, according to the 2025 Halloween Treat Cost Report from the Agri-Food Analytics Lab (AAL) at Dalhousie University. Read More

If Toronto Blue Jays fans are feeling nervous about Monday night’s Game 7 against the Seattle Mariners, just know that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — the team’s heart and soul and its best player so far in these MLB playoffs — says he was “born ready” for this moment. Read More

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Paris — A global outage hit Amazon's cloud services on Monday, the subsidiary of the U.S. tech giant said, disrupting many websites and services including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. Read More

For the sake of Canadian workers and their families, and Canada’s ambition to establish economic sovereignty, the time has come to reform public‑sector union funding and end mandatory dues. Read More

The heist at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday is the latest major robbery of artworks and precious objects from museums. Read More

The Toronto Blue Jays homered twice and exploited three Seattle errors to beat the Mariners 6-2 on Sunday and force a decisive game seven in their Major League Baseball playoff series. Read More

Last week, the PA operations of Kelowna and Victoria airports were hijacked, and pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages were broadcast through the facilities. Similar incidents occurred Windsor International Airport and even at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. Read More

Just one week after the Supreme Court of Canada decided to banish their iconic red robes to the historic archive, the United Conservative Party announced that it would be attempting to do the same to Alberta’s iconic licence plate — only, instead of at least going for a well-designed luxury look, the province is opting for tackiness. Read More

OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc beat cancer. Read More

The founding bassist of American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, Sam Rivers, has died, the band announced on Saturday. He was 48. Read More

Colombia's president accused, on Saturday, Washington of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a fisherman, shortly after U.S. leader Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces carried out another strike in his military campaign against "narcoterrorists." Read More