The Senate plans to vote Friday on whether to advance a revamped package to reopen the government, testing Democrats after a week of internal debate over how long to hold out for their policy aims. Read More

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Our cookbook of the week is Indian Food Is Easy by Toronto-based TV personality, food media producer, author and cooking expert Vijaya Selvaraju. Read More

The immigration levels plan Prime Minister Mark Carney released Tuesday addresses Canada’s population overload in the same way that partially mending a plumbing leak helps drain a flooded basement. It doesn’t. Read More

OTTAWA — Most Canadians say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has fallen short on its campaign promises, even as his overall satisfaction and approval ratings edge upward, a new Postmedia-Leger poll finds. Read More

An antisemitism conference this week at Queens Park ended on a hopeful, resolute note with Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledging to support the Jewish community. There is so much at stake here not just for Canadian Jewry, but for all Canadians. Most haven’t noticed the incredible threat to the Judeo-Christian values that have grounded our nation in freedom and democracy for 158 years. Read More

Canadians have a quite glum view of the near future for Canada's social and economic situation, with only one person in four expressing optimism and significantly more expressing pessimism, but Canadians' views of their own personal fortunes are much rosier, according to a new polling project. Read More

Last month, the BBC apologized for committing a "serious breach" of broadcasting rules when it failed to disclose that the 13 year-old subject of its documentary, "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone," was the son of a Hamas official. Read More

In every generation, there are individuals whose lives stand as a bridge between history and hope, leaders whose impact is measured not only by the institutions they build, but by the values they preserve. The installation of Joseph Mancinelli as Honorary Colonel of the Governor General’s Horse Guards is more than ceremonial; it is a profound recognition of character, contribution and lifelong service to Canada. Read More

Nobody Wants This? Pshhh. The title of the Netflix rom-com had it wrong. A heck of a lot of people indeed wanted the show when it debuted last September — and more of it. Read More

1. TV: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Nov. 8, Disney+) Read More

A divided U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fresh blow to transgender rights, temporarily reviving a Trump administration policy that generally requires new passports to reflect the sex on the holder’s birth certificate. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux says he will resign his seat in the House of Commons after days of intense speculation that he would cross the floor to the governing Liberals, as the party tried to stamp out flames of what had been a chaotic week. Read More

TORONTO -- Prince Harry apologized to Canadians and joked in Toronto that he was "under duress" when he wore a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during a World Series game against the Blue Jays last week. Read More

To discern how Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government sees Canada’s place in a radically changed world, the federal budget tabled this week won’t help you as much as you might think. There’s a lot there — the budget’s $78.3-billion deficit is the third highest in Canadian history — but what’s not there may give you a better idea. How Canada is seen in the big, weird outside world — that too has utterly changed. Read More

OTTAWA — Canadians are not headed to the polls just yet. The Bloc Québécois and the NDP sided with the Liberals — ensuring a majority — in the first of three confidence votes on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget on Thursday evening. Read More

An event organized by a Jewish group at Toronto Metropolitan University turned into a "nightmare" after it was disrupted by anti-Israel protesters, one student says. Read More

After some unseasonably warm fall weather in southern Ontario in recent days, temperatures are forecast to fall in the days ahead and will likely result in an approaching weather system bringing the first significant snow to the region, including the GTA. Read More

Like many of the world's most famous diamonds, the Florentine Diamond is believed to have originated in India, in the Golconda mines, which are renowned for producing large and extraordinary diamonds. Read More

OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne indicated Thursday that the Carney government is just getting started in trying to overhaul the Canadian economy, telling a Toronto audience that it’s time to “double down” on investing in competitiveness and growth. Read More

British police deployed 700 officers in Birmingham on Thursday ahead of the UEFA Europa League soccer match between Aston Villa F.C. and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Read More

When U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the Ontario government had put out a fake ad, he was onto something — but he picked on the wrong ad. Read More

As the U.S. government appeared in court Wednesday to defend its use of emergency powers to impose a sweeping, global array of tariffs, the alleged “emergency” presented by Canada appeared to be shrinking by the month. Read More

This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would reduce air traffic by 10 per cent at 40 "high-volume" airports beginning Friday. Here's what that could mean for Canadians. Read More