Amnesty International on Thursday accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity during and after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that sparked the Gaza war, with Hamas rejecting the report as "lies." Read More

OTTAWA — New Toronto-area Conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor to the Liberals in a stunning political move just hours after the end of the fall Parliamentary session. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is pushing back the expected launch of its compensation program for individual gun owners, whose firearms the government has banned, from this fall until January 2026. Read More

OTTAWA — Former four-term MP Rahim Jaffer says he's thinking about running for the Edmonton area seat currently held by departing Conservative Matt Jeneroux. Read More

OTTAWA — The Parti Québécois is calling on the federal government to “remove” financier Mark Wiseman’s name from their list of potential Canadian ambassadors to the United States, arguing that he is “not a friend” to Quebec. Read More

An Ontario man kept his wife and four children confined in their home for years through intimidation and fear while cloaking abuse as protection that kept them healthy “in the eyes of the Lord.” Read More

A skydiver in Australia faced some terrifying mid-air moments after his parachute got caught on the plane wing just after he jumped. Read More

Marie Chapman, director and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, has announced that she is stepping away from the role immediately. Read More

Declining Canadian tourism is adversely affecting American businesses in every state along the U.S.-Canada border, according to a new report by the U.S. Senate Democrats' Joint Economic Committee. Read More

A women's rights organization is seeking permission from the Federal Court to challenge the government’s policy allowing transgender women to be housed in female prisons, arguing that it puts women at risk of harm. Read More

Traces of fentanyl have been found in cannabis purchased in some of Nova Scotia’s many unlicensed marijuana dispensaries, the province’s premier said Thursday. Read More

Forget matching holiday PJs or that pickle tucked in the Christmas tree. The most memorable holiday traditions don’t originate in shopping malls. They carry meaning, spark connection and don’t require maxing out your credit card. With that in mind, here are a few global holiday customs worth borrowing for your own celebrations. Read More

On a sunny afternoon in late September 2024, I joined a small group of travellers in Kluane National Park and Reserve in the Yukon for a guided Indigenous medicinal plant walk offered by Amber Berard-Althouse, a member of the Kluane First Nation. As we stood at the edge of Kathleen Lake, Berard-Althouse explained that the Southern Tutchone name for the lake, Mät’àtäna Män, means “lake captured inside” referring to the way the Kluane Mountain Range seems to cradle the lake. As I gazed across the lake at the snow-capped mountains, I couldn’t think of a better name for such a beautiful and wild reservoir. Read More

Renowned Canadian trauma-care physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté said he never "thought for a second" Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's relationship to Justin Trudeau was going to last. Read More

An Ontario woman is accused of being a serial Jellycat burglar after a police raid uncovered a large collection of the trendy plush collectible toys at her home, worth an estimated $7,500. Read More

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Dec. 11 is the anniversary of the Statute of Westminster. Other than the reappearance of the Union Jack on a few of the country’s flagpoles, the day will pass unheralded, largely unnoticed, by Canada’s leaders and 40 million citizens. Read More

When police kicked down the front door of a London, Ont., townhouse in July 2024, a trail of blood on the floor and walls led them to an upstairs bedroom, where they found the near-lifeless body of Breanna Broadfoot. Read More

At least five Canadian cities are vying to host a new defence-oriented world bank that could create up to 3,500 jobs, the National Post has learned. Read More

In his bill designed to “keep kids safe from predators,” Justice Minister Sean Fraser has proposed that Canada get rid of the six-month minimum for rape of a child under 16 — and every other minimum on the books other than for murder and treason. Read More

Ecuador is today confronting one of the most difficult internal battles in its modern history: the fight against powerful narco-terrorist organizations that, for more than a decade, infiltrated ports, prisons and parts of the national economy. Under President Daniel Noboa, the country has undertaken the most forceful and comprehensive effort yet to dismantle these criminal structures. That essential context has been missing in some recent reporting, including suggestions that organized crime networks once infiltrated commercial containers related to a banana exporter owned by the president’s family. Read More

It is a rare thing to have one’s mind changed by a politician. In the words of the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, MPs are “nobodies…like pawns in a chess game.” Read More

Canada has an abysmal record of distorting and then forgetting its own history. The worst part is that this erasure wasn’t accidental. It was done deliberately — ostensibly with the best of intentions. Read More