When the pitcher, batter, catcher, umpires and video-replay officials all have no idea what the call should be, that means it’s time to fix the rule book. Read More

I guess it’s official: I’ll never quite be able to describe myself as a Toronto Blue Jays fan. I say this by way of paying tribute to the particular team we all just watched fall short in an epic World Series. Like many Canadian lovers of baseball, I’m a middle-aged Montreal Expos widower who has stubbornly resisted getting on board the Jays bandwagon as a matter of identity. I’m not buying the merch. I’m not bothered when they’re lousy. Read More

The long-smouldering debate over the Supreme Court’s treatment of mandatory minimum sentences was reignited Friday by its 5-4 decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v Senneville, which struck down the one-year minimum sentences for possessing or accessing child pornography. The overarching principle for deciding whether a minimum sentence breaches the guarantee against “cruel and unusual treatment or punishment” in section 12 of the Charter attracts little controversy. It cannot be “grossly disproportionate” to the punishment that an offender would receive without the minimum. Read More

This past week, Gen. Jennie Carignan, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff, tearfully apologized for what she called “systemic racism and racial discrimination” in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The intention was noble. Yet the sweeping assertion that the CAF is “systemically racist” demands closer scrutiny. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's intelligence watchdog agencies have asked the Liberals to spare them from public service cuts in Tuesday's budget, warning that the organizations they are supposed to keep an eye on are only set to become more powerful. Read More

During a pre-budget speech last month, Prime Minister Mark Carney told the audience of mostly university students that his government would restore their future. Read More

China called on the U.S. to avoid four sensitive issues so a trade truce sealed between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping can hold, highlighting the broad array of disagreements that will test ties. Read More

OTTAWA — Canadians might not be heading to a Christmas election after all, as the NDP is keeping all its options open — including abstention — on the budget vote. Read More

A B.C. woman who tried to kill her long-time social media enemy in a Vancouver courtroom four years ago will have to stay in prison, the province’s court of appeal has ruled. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will be ending a program to plant two billion trees as part of its whole-of-government spending review to find billions of dollars worth of savings. Read More

It’s not often that you bump into a Canadian while walking the dog in my neck of the woods in Costa Rica. But when a lady in a Toronto Blue Jays ballcap meets a man sporting an Elbows Up hat (now as passé as the Yellow Pages), a dialogue on sport and politics is bound to ensue. Read More

Too often, emotion and ideology drown out fact. We hear claims that Indigenous peoples own all of Canada and that every acre of this country was stolen. That is not true, and repeating it does not make it true. The assertion rests on selective readings of history and law that ignore the foundation of our country: negotiated treaties, court rulings, and shared development built over 150 years. Read More

OTTAWA — Industry Minister Melanie Joly says the federal government is initiating a dispute resolution process under its contract with Stellantis over the company's decision to relocate production of a new Jeep model to the U.S. Read More

Several Canadian Jewish organizations are rebuking Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow for proclaiming Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is a genocide during a fundraiser on Saturday night. Read More

Cloned meat could be coming to a grocery store near you. Whether you're receptive to the technology or not, you may be none the wiser from looking at the package. Health Canada has made moves to lift restrictions on meat from cloned cattle and pigs, no longer considering it a “novel food,” meaning it could be commercialized without notification or labelling. Read More

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ victory in the final game of the 2025 World Series drew the biggest audience in eight years for the Major League Baseball championship. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he felt "badly" for the U.K. royal family after King Charles III revoked his brother Andrew's title of prince over his scandalous ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

The Hague — The Dutch Green/Labour left-wing grouping picked the youthful, social media-savvy Jesse Klaver as its new head Monday, replacing former European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans, who quit after a disappointing election. Read More

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Huntingdon, U.K. — A man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, as a critically wounded train worker was hailed Monday as a hero for stepping in to protect passengers. Read More

In the closing days of October, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre both delivered competing speeches aimed at young Canadians. Read More

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Former Israel Defence Forces Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned last week after admitting to her role in a leak scandal, was arrested on Sunday after going missing for several hours. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government rejected a recommendation by an independent commission to increase judges’ salaries by $28,000, saying it can’t justify the raise in this economy. Read More