OTTAWA — Federal officials say that Alberta separatists going around Ottawa and repeatedly meeting with U.S. officials to advance their cause is legal for Canadians, within certain limits, even though similar behaviour could be prohibited elsewhere. Read More

As a new year nears, Canadians can look forward to more money from Ottawa. Annual increases in some federal government benefits and credits are coming based on its practice (since 2018) of indexing these amounts to keep up with inflation. Read More

Elkana Bohbot, one of the Israelis abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, was held in Gaza for 738 days. In an interview with Ynet on Monday, he revealed some of the horrors he endured at the hands of his captors. Read More

Robbers used a large drill to break into a German bank's vault room during the extended Christmas break and steal cash, gold and jewellery worth 30 million euros (US$35 million), police and the bank said Tuesday. Read More

More than 18 months after Canada labelled Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization, the Middle East nation has done the same to the Royal Canadian Navy. Read More

Australian police found no evidence that the two Islamic State-inspired terrorists accused of gunning down 15 people at the Dec. 14 Chanukah party in Sydney were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police on Tuesday. Read More

OTTAWA — As Canada prepares to enter 2026 which could see the Parti Québécois (PQ) take power in Quebec and enact its promise of a third referendum, it remains unclear what, if anything, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government intends to do about it. Read More

Even as parts of the United States experience unseasonably warm holidays, some corners of Canada are hitting extremes of cold not seen since the 1970s. Read More

As long-time readers will know, Georgia Nicols’ horoscopes have appeared in National Post from the start. The bestselling author and syndicated astrologer's predictions have guided loyal readers through the ups and downs for more than 20 years, at times with eerie accuracy. Nicols spoke to us from her wooded home in Bowen Island, B.C. about how she approaches her readings, what sparked her interest in astrology and what the stars tell us about the political unrest in the year ahead. Read More

Greta Thunberg was arrested by U.K. police last week, completing her journey from child climate activist to proud supporter of a proscribed terrorist group. Read More

The Canadian military is often a law unto itself, which is unfortunate when it comes to the principle of justice. Read More

If Canadians have ever felt like they had a handle on who goes to jail, when and why, and for how long, it’s tough to believe they do nowadays. Or if they think they do, chances are good they’re not too happy about it. Once you notice how many news stories there are about people who have been accused or convicted of violent crimes, and then gotten out on bail or parole, and then been latterly accused or convicted of further violent offences, it is quite difficult to un-notice it. Read More

Canada is drifting into a dangerous contradiction: we speak the language of women’s equality but tolerate legal, judicial and diplomatic outcomes that steadily erode women’s actual standing under the law. Read More

When something ridiculous or scandalous happens in Edmonton, where I live, I make a point of calling attention to it, perhaps out of a misguided sense of professional honour. The city has now come to nationwide and even international attention for a reason that hits particularly close. A few days before Christmas, a 44-year-old man in good general health, Prashant Sreekumar, turned up at the Grey Nuns hospital with terrible chest pains that had begun at work. Read More

As growing numbers of Canadian Jews consider fleeing the country due to rising antisemitism, a U.S. non-profit is actively urging them to consider making their exodus to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Ukraine faced new complications on Monday when Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country’s negotiating position after the Russian leader claimed Ukrainian drones targeted his residence. Read More

In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s Sunday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the U.S. president said he spoke with the leaders of France, Finland, Poland, Norway, Italy, the U.K. and Germany, as well as the presidents of NATO and the European Commission. Read More

A British-Egyptian activist apologized Monday for resurfaced social media posts in which he called for violence against Zionists and police, as opposition lawmakers urged the U.K. government to revoke his citizenship. Read More

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A teenage girl police said was kidnapped on Christmas Day in Texas was located by her father using his phone’s parental controls. Read More

Megan Cornish had spent months puzzling about her waning reach on LinkedIn when she decided to run a test: She recast her profile to seem more like a guy. Read More

There were several clear signs that many Canadians were growing tired of Justin Trudeau as prime minister and Liberal leader as fall turned to winter in 2024. Read More

A billionaire and former Russian oligarch who renounced his Russian citizenship in the summer of 2023 has failed in his bid to get Canadian sanctions against him lifted. Read More

A woman who fell into a pocket of deep, soft, fresh snow while skiing in Banff on Saturday may have died by suffocation, according to a local ski resort. Read More