MARKHAM, Ont.— Lionel Loganathan says he has probably spoken more Tamil in the past two-and-half years than he has his entire life.  Read More

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VATICAN CITY — World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes as pastor. Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants welcomed him at the basilica across town where he will be buried. Read More

Eric Trump is promoting a "Trump 2028" hat as part of a new merchandise rollout from the Trump Organization’s official online store. Retailing for $50, the hat features the slogan "Rewrite the Rules." Read More

Analysts don't see a whole lot of difference between the defence platforms of the two major parties vying to govern Canada. Read More

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Whatever happens on Monday, one thing is certain: both the New Democratic Party and its Green cousin are headed for collapse. Read More

In their comments upon the death of Pope Francis, both Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre referred to the Holy Father’s visit to Canada in 2022 — the “penitential pilgrimage,” in his characterization, to offer an apology related to Indigenous residential schools. Read More

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Following Pope Francis's death, 135 cardinals from around the world will gather at the Vatican to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church. Candidates for becoming the new pope must be male and a baptized Catholic. Read More

We are finally at the watershed that everyone agrees is one of the most important elections in Canadian history. I realize that regular readers would already be familiar with my opinion of the merits of the contending parties and to some extent I'm putting old wine in a new bottle while, in a scandalous melange of metaphors, preaching to the choir. The Liberal campaign is a gigantic fraud. It pretends that since they have a new leader, though that leader is up to his eyeballs in the failed policies of the debunked Trudeau regime, it can simply slink out of its responsibility for the clangorous Gong Show of misgovernment of the last 10 years. It pretends that it has the ideally qualified candidate, when he has never been in active politics, has never actually run anything except a central bank, and in that capacity in Canada he tinkered with the interest rate while Finance Minister Jim Flaherty navigated Canada through the financial crisis of 2008-9, and he was a catastrophic failure as governor of the Bank of England. He was almost tarred and feathered as he left London’s Heathrow Airport. He represents now that he warned the British about the dangers of leaving Europe and that they now regret that decision. He tried to terrorize the country into remaining in the EU, which Britain had never voted for, (they voted for a common market, not a European government), and his projections of disaster have not occurred. The British left Europe and have shown no disposition to return and despite an unprecedented six successive incompetent governments in ten years, Britain has performed better economically than the EU. Read More

OTTAWA — Mark Carney's Liberals are taking a four-point edge over Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives into election day on Monday, according to the last Postmedia-Leger poll of the campaign. Read More

OTTAWA — If this Canadian election is the most important in a generation, why do the two main parties seem to be running less public — or at least lower profile — campaigns? Read More

TORONTO — Before NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh even arrived, some people were thinking about his exit. Read More

VATICAN CITY -- More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners, church and political leaders that ended Friday, when his coffin was sealed ahead of his state funeral in St. Peter's Square and burial in a basilica outside the Vatican's walls. Read More

Postmedia Network journalist Aaron Beswick, a reporter at the Chronicle Herald in Halifax, has been named journalist of the year by the prestigious National Newspaper Awards, one of two Postmedia winners at a gala ceremony Friday night. Read More

The woman who accused Britain's Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein has died. She was 41. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday he is “open” to revisiting electoral reform but that it's not a priority in the current political climate. And if he were to follow that route, he would not look to “tip the scales” like his predecessor Justin Trudeau. Read More

MONTREAL -- The Quebec government has stepped in to defend the phrase "Go Habs Go!" as the provincial language watchdog takes heat for objecting to the English word "go." Read More

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The last of three friends accused of killing a driver in Colorado by throwing a rock through the windshield of her car was convicted of first-degree murder Friday. Read More

OTTAWA — MPs can say goodbye to their summer plans if Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister on Monday. Read More

NEW YORK (AP) -- Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him. Read More

ROME — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life, the archbishop who administers the basilica told reporters on Friday. Read More

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man was stabbed to death during the morning rush hour in the New York City subway system Friday after a dispute with another rider who had stepped on the man's shoes, police said. Read More

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. — Mark Carney has a winking problem. Read More

Melania Trump attended the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll this week wearing a notably subdued and minimalist ensemble that drew attention for its Canadian connection. Read More

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment. Read More

(Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Washington intensifies its push for a deal to end the war on Ukraine. Read More

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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding of Carleton saw the highest early voting turnout in Canada, as 43,394 residents flocked to advance polls over Easter long weekend, according to preliminary data from Elections Canada. Read More

An Ontario judge has declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Read More

Across Canada, statues are coming down, buildings and streets are being renamed, and historical figures are being reevaluated as institutions grapple with reconciling the past with changing values. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Russian drone struck an apartment building in a southeastern Ukraine city, killing three people and injuring 10 others, officials said Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump rebuked Russia's leader for a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv while Washington is endeavouring to stop the more than three-year war. Read More

ROME — Pope Francis's doctor has recounted the pontiff's final moments in a pair of newspaper interviews published Thursday, saying the pope had his eyes open but was unresponsive after being stricken by illness early Monday morning. "He died without suffering, at home," the doctor said. Read More

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia's top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Tahini Baby by chef and television host Eden Grinshpan with Rachel Holtzman. Read More

A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app's directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada. Read More