Thursday, in Scarborough, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie promised that, if elected, her party will get all Ontarians a family doctor in four years. Unfortunately, election day is fast approaching, and Crombie has neither detailed nor explained the cost of her ambitious plan. She also seems to have a problem getting her health-care facts straight, including the one's she's printed on her campaign bus. Read More

OTTAWA — National Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to run into more vocal opposition, including from his fellow Republicans, if he continues to threaten Canada and Mexico with across-the-board tariffs. Read More

OTTAWA — The terms of reference for appointing Canada's first Fentanyl Czar will be finalized by the end of the week, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, who also committed the government to "absolutely" filling the role by the time the country reaches the end of its 30-day reprieve period from U.S. tariffs. Read More

Dramatic footage released this week of an RCMP plane using thermal imaging to track illegal migrants sneaking into Canada from the U.S. shows the Mounties are keeping a tight leash on the border from on high. Read More

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OTTAWA — The federal government is barring the use of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek's chatbot on government devices over "serious privacy concerns" the company can inappropriately collect and retain sensitive data. Read More

Some passengers hoping to travel from Prince Rupert, B.C., to Vancouver were involved in an 11-hour ordeal after their Air Canada Jazz flight was delayed and then cancelled, according to local media outlet The Northern View. Read More

American late-night comedy commentators have been making hay out of U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks about Canada. And while international trade tariffs may be a little obtuse a subject for humour, his "51st state" musings are proving more fruitful. Read More

Ontario’s left-of-centre parties and their supporters need to accept a basic political reality. As long as they continue to split their votes three ways, they are going to lose election after election. Read More

Thirty years ago this spring, American filmmaker and noted Canada-phile Michael Moore released Canadian Bacon, his first and so far only foray into non-documentary filmmaking as a director. Did it foretell the current state of Canada-U.S. relations? Here's what to know. Read More

OTTAWA — Two federal cabinet ministers and several Liberal MPs have signed their names to a statement condemning as "ethnic cleansing" U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza into neighbouring Arab countries. Read More

Iran has inaugurated its first drone-carrier warship, saying the vessel is capable of operating in oceans far from its mainland, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday. Read More

Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered a car dealership in south-central Quebec to rehire an employee it had fired after he was convicted of sexual assault. Read More

A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted recruitment online. Read More

A B.C. coffee company is adding its jolt to the groundswell of Canadian pride brought on by trade tensions with the U.S. by calling on cafés across the country to abandon “Americano” and call it a “Canadiano” instead. Read More

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free. Read More

Quebec City officials are urging the public not to boo the pre-teen American hockey players who will be in town for a prestigious international peewee tournament that begins next week. Read More

Mounties say they thwarted two illegal border crossings in Alberta this week, with nine people detained and another dead after fleeing from police. Read More

India vowed on Thursday to curb illegal immigration to the US, as President Donald Trump and his administration carry out an unprecedented drive to deport undocumented migrants. Read More

In the ever-evolving trade discussion between Canada and the United States, we have been given temporary reprieve. Read More

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

A green microscopic organism could be the next superfood, following in the footsteps of now popular staples like salmon and kale, according to a new study. Read More

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OTTAWA – On Thursday morning, their faces basking in the bright blue lights of the Hilton International Ballroom in Washington D.C., House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, three Alberta ministers and a handful of other Canadian envoys will bow their heads in prayer. Read More

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Canadian immigration officials were unreasonable to refuse services for five years to a Syrian-Canadian man they believed let his relative use his passport to enter Canada, according to a new Federal Court ruling out of Toronto. Read More

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Wednesday, Marit Stiles, leader of the Ontario NDP, told Ontarians she will end the encampment crisis in Ontario — by forcing them to live like the rest of us. Sounds noble, except it's been tried before and has failed. Stiles fundamentally misunderstands how Ontarians end up in encampments in the first place, as if there's a direct line from losing one's home to living in a tent in a park. Encampments have risen in Canada for a number of reasons, the least likely of which is the lack of affordable housing, as Stiles believes. Evidence suggests it's mental health and substance abuse that are the major drivers of encampments across Canada. Read More

After President Donald Trump’s recent unhinged press conference — on the Potomac plane crash, not the one announcing the launch of Trump Gaza — I thought of Ronald Reagan. Read More

OTTAWA — Provinces that are sending conservation officers and other local authorities to patrol the Canada-U.S. border are setting up what the president of the union representing border officers calls "history's most expensive taxi service," given that anyone caught crossing illegally must ultimately be delivered to border agents. Read More

It is early winter, and I’m standing in the town square in San Jose del Cabo, in front of its striking cathedral that dates to the 1700s. Read More

National Post's Chris Selley and National Post contributor Anthony Furey discuss the latest in the 2025 Ontario election. Watch the video or read the transcript. Read More

A man who briefly headed the Canadian Human Rights Commissioner has filed defamation lawsuits against the deputy Conservative leader, media personality Ezra Levant and a leading Jewish group for statements he claims “characterized him as an antisemitic, terrorist supporter.” Read More

Upon hearing the news of the Aga Khan’s death on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared a tribute to the Trudeau family’s long-time friend. Read More

OTTAWA — Barely a month from the Liberal leadership selection, candidate Chrystia Freeland's campaign is suggesting the entry fee from the party has been set too high and candidate Karina Gould has warned supporters she might not make it past the next deposit deadline. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he's not worried about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms getting in the way of his promise to lock away drug dealers if he becomes prime minister, including by imposing mandatory life sentences on "fentanyl kingpins." Read More

OTTAWA - Quebec separatists don’t appear thrilled that Canadian pride and national unity seem to be suddenly surging in the face of U.S. trade threats. Read More

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A column that appeared in this space last week, looking at the record high wait times for non-emergency surgery, prompted a heart-wrenching response from one reader. Read More

Roll out the barrel, drop the balloons, we have yet another all-party consensus in the Ontario election campaign! Thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariff menaces, Ontario's three major party leaders (and the Greens too) agree it has never been more important that Canadian provinces eliminate interprovincial trade barriers — the cost of which the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) estimates at some $200 billion annually. We could use $200 billion right now. Read More