Our cookbook of the week is Ferment: Everyday ferments and pickles, and how to eat them by Kenji Morimoto. Read More

As 2025 began, federal records showed that there were 4.9 million visas set to expire in the coming 12 months, with Conservatives pressing the Liberal government on how it would deal with those who didn’t leave willingly. Read More

The U.S.-Canada relationship had a trying year in 2025, and 2026 promises more drama with a coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the scheduled renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and U.S. midterm elections in November. Read More

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered the ultimate Boxing Day troll by recognizing the state of Somaliland — a country that few people have heard of, and even fewer have given a passing thought to — provoking widespread international condemnation. Read More

En route to power and absolutism in Germany, Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels spoke about the decline of the Weimar Republic: “The big joke on democracy is that it gave its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction.” We should reflect on this observation today. Read More

The new year will be pivotal for Canada and its Jewish community. After two years of non-action by our government and criticism of law enforcement, the community has had enough. Its patience has waned. Its tolerance level for words over action, no longer forgiving. Our community’s usual tepid cool-headed response has turned into anger and frustration. Read More

In a TikTok video shared with her followers last year, Tiffany Kay described how the antidepressant Lexapro was, "poof," like magic, making life much better, "which I did not think was possible." Read More

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Protesters and security forces clashed in three Iranian cities on Thursday, with six people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. Read More

When the Liberals first took power in 2015, one of their first legislative actions was an all-out drive to reverse seemingly everything that carried the stamp of the prior Conservative government. Read More

Russian-installed authorities in the Kherson region said a Ukrainian drone attack overnight struck a cafe and a hotel on the Black Sea coast, killing and wounding dozens. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday. Read More

Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected “false claims” by Somalia that Israel’s recognition of its independence was spurred by plans to resettle Gazans or build army bases in the African country. Read More

A fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana as revellers rang in the New Year, killing and injuring several people, police said early Thursday. Read More

The Israel Defense Forces is expediting preparations for a multi-front war with Iran in light of the internal unrest in the Islamic Republic, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday. Read More

The year 2026 is primed to be fuelled by a desire for authenticity and nostalgia, according to trend reports from Nourish Food Marketing and Pinterest. Experts are expecting a backlash over the artificial and “faux perfection” in the year ahead. Trend forecasts reveal a yearning for realness, connection and belonging in an increasingly fractured world. Read More

A lesser known feature of the planet Earth’s magnetic field has recently gained a special Canadian connection that is often overlooked in the better known science story about the magnetic north pole drifting away from Canada toward Russia. Read More

In September, the British Columbia Supreme Court threw private property into turmoil. Aboriginal title in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, is “prior and senior” to fee simple interests, the court said. That means it trumps the property you have in your house, farm or factory. If the decision holds up on appeal, it would mean private property is not secure anywhere a claim for Aboriginal title is made out. Read More

Recent arrests in the Greater Toronto Area of Waleed Khan, Osman Azizov, and Fahad Sadaat lay bare a disturbing truth that Canadians can no longer ignore: violent jihadist extremism is being cultivated and operationalized here. Read More

President Xi Jinping highlighted China’s achievements in artificial intelligence and the chip industry in a triumphant New Year’s Eve speech while also speaking of the inevitability of uniting with Taiwan. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country was "10 per cent" away from a peace deal with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were still unresolved and that any agreement should not reward Moscow. Read More

TEHRAN -- Iran's prosecutor general said on Wednesday that economic protests that had gripped the country were legitimate, but any attempt to create insecurity would be met with a "decisive response." Read More

The B.C. Court of Appeal has revoked the bail granted to an elderly convicted killer, reasoning that his release would undermine public confidence in the administration of justice. Read More

Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the U.S. left, was readying Wednesday to take over as New York mayor for a term likely to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. Read More