Last week's heated meeting between the city of Richmond and property owners potentially affected by the B.C. Supreme Court's Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title decision has made clear to everyone that the legal uncertainty arising from the case is going to cause serious problems. Read More
Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of King Charles III's younger brother Andrew, has shared living quarters with her ex-husband for years. Now, she will share the loss of their titles and their home. Read More
British police were investigating a mass stabbing on a London-bound train that left 10 people wounded, including nine critically, with two people arrested, on Sunday. Read More
Israel threatened to step up military strikes against Hezbollah and a senior U.S. envoy warned Beirut that time was running out to disarm the Iranian-backed Lebanese faction. Read More
Small-time criminals are believed to be behind the spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, the top Paris prosecutor said Sunday, adding that two of the suspects are a couple with children. Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said immediate action to reduce Chinese tariffs on Canadian goods such as canola was never a realistic outcome for his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over a television ad that opposed tariffs, while saying he stands ready to negotiate a better trade deal with his southern neighbour. Read More
The conservative backlash is growing to Friday's Supreme Court of Canada ruling throwing out mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography crimes. Read More
On Thursday in South Korea, Royal Canadian Navy Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee more or less kiboshed the notion of building new submarines here in Canada. He cited two major concerns: One, that we need these submarines “quickly.” And two, that our demand for submarines couldn’t possibly sustain an operation on its own. Read More
If he was American there would be a movie because Matthew Begbie had hero written all over him. He stood six-five, and when on a horse with his handlebar moustache and van dyke, he looked even bigger. Cutting a commanding figure, he tamed the Old West. Read More
President Ronald Reagan’s winsome voice was widely heard again this week, a most welcome consequence of the Ontario tariff ad and the subsequent tantrum by President Donald Trump. The benefits were manifold. I count at least seven. Read More
A female prisoner awaiting trial for a Cape Breton murder delivered more than 33 punches, kicks and knees to the head of another inmate known as "Crime Stoppers," because women doing time at Halifax's Burnside Jail believed she was a police informant. Read More
A new court ruling combines sociological analysis and the facts of a minor crime to create a new genre of narrative that could be called Rural Ontario Gothic. Here is that ruling, in the case of His Majesty the King and Neil Valliant, handed down October 21, 2025, in Pembroke, Ont., by Justice J.R. Richardson, who compellingly tells the story of a shooting that injured no one but revealed a great deal:Read More
At 2 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 2, daylight saving time (DST) will end and clocks will "fall back" one hour for most Canadians, forcing people to adjust their sleep schedules. Read More