Patient medical records are being streamlined into a single digitized record system in Nova Scotia, preventing overlap and delays in what officials say could be a valuable model for other provinces to emulate. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney's new plan to expand Chinese-Canadian ties will jeopardize, not protect, our national sovereignty. However volatile the United States may be these days, pursuing a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Beijing as a counterbalance is myopic and reckless. Read More

The body of a 19-year-old Canadian woman was discovered on an Australian island reportedly surrounded by a pack of dingoes. Read More

A generational civil liberties victory has been upheld. On Jan. 16, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Trudeau government illegally invoked the Emergencies Act in 2022 in response to the Freedom Convoy. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter he sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Read More

Untold numbers of people demanding basic human rights have been killed by a corrupt, bigoted regime, but in the West there are no tent cities on campuses or raucous marches. As Iranian-Canadian human-rights lawyers Payam Akhavan and Kaveh Sharooz tell Brian Lilley, western leaders, and even U.S. President Donald Trump, are proving largely ineffectual at helping the people of Iran. For now, the regime still seems to have the upper hand against a populace mostly abandoned by the international community. And while this is much wider and deeper than previous uprisings in Iran, it could end just as tragically — or worse. (Recorded Jan. 15, 2025.) Read More

US President Donald Trump's government has asked countries to pay $1 billion for a permanent spot on his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts, according to US media reports. Read More

Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat and Chinese detainee, weighed in on Canada’s newly announced trade arrangements with China following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meetings with President Xi Jinping this week. 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

Ever since Ozempic hit the market as a weight-loss drug, fat activists of the world appear to have been cycling (not literally, of course) between the five stages of grief. Read More

In 1944, when young Quebec journalist René Lévesque was called to enroll in the Canadian army, he chose instead to serve as a correspondent for the U.S. Office of War Information. “I had no desire to become part of Her Majesty’s forces and be told, in English, "Go here! Go there!”, Lévesque explained. Read More

I tuned into "Heated Rivalry," the new Canadian series that has become an international hit, to see if the sex was as graphic as advertised (it is!). But I stayed for the characters and their story. Read More

BEIJING — In April 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney was standing on the stage of the federal election leaders' debate when he was asked to identify the greatest threat to Canada's national security. Read More

European Union leaders will hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to discuss President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat as they explore possible retaliatory measures. Read More

The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 U.S. soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to a state roiled by unrest over an immigration crackdown, U.S. media reported Sunday. Read More

President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: No deal is ever final. Read More

DOHA, QATAR — What do Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams and his Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have in common? Read More

Iranian authorities have said they are considering "gradually" restoring internet access after imposing an unprecedented communications shutdown 10 days ago, which rights groups say masked a violent protest crackdown that killed thousands. Read More

The FBI is asking agents across the U.S. to travel to Minneapolis for temporary duty, according to people familiar with the situation. Read More

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Greenland’s future is for Denmark and Greenland to decide, and that he’ll reiterate that message to President Donald Trump if they speak about it. Read More

Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace for Gaza is beginning to take shape, even as Israel voiced rare objections to parts of the U.S. president’s plan to build on the fragile ceasefire in the region. Read More

The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion. Read More

With the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump actively pledging to annex Greenland from Denmark, it would be an understandable question to ask why Greenland is Danish in the first place. Scandinavia was never known for its colonial empire, which never amounted to much more than a handful of trading posts or tropical islands. And yet, one of the world's largest islands remains in the hands of a tiny European nation of just six million people.  Read More

If you're one of the millions of daily Wordle players and sometimes have trouble figuring out the correct five-letter answer, or maybe even have to ask for help, you should know you're not alone. Read More