Mystery novelist Mick Herron has a knack for crafting stories that make for good TV. But before he became a household name thanks to the success of Apple’s adaptation of his Slow Horses series, Emma Thompson said she had long been a fan of the Gold Dagger winner’s books. Read More

Even if you live in a city not victimized by the time change, chances are the nights are getting darker and the climes are getting colder. Do you know what you’ll be wearing on your head this winter? We have a few Canadian-made ideas. Read More

OTTAWA — The first budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney will be tabled by the Liberal government today. And officials promise it will be focused on diversifying trade from the U.S. and boosting investment in Canada. Read More

Children’s author Robert Munsch has arranged to donate his papers and archives, including a career's worth of fan mail to which he diligently responded, to the Guelph Public Library. Read More

A violent knife-wielding woman was tasered and “inadvertently” run over twice by a Toronto police SUV during her arrest next to a Tim Hortons drive-thru on Saturday. Read More

Prince Harry is coming to Canada this week. Read More

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser has ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to reverse a recent Supreme Court ruling throwing out mandatory minimum sentences for crimes involving child pornography. Read More

The usually loquacious president of the United States was unusually brief when responding to a question last week about his intentions in Venezuela. Read More

When you dine at a restaurant, how do you know if the dish you order is being prepared in a safe manner, that the kitchen is clean, and that staff have appropriate food safety training. Read More

Asian e-commerce giant Shein on Tuesday pledged to "cooperate fully" with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them. Read More

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Dick Cheney, whose campaign for a military response to the 9/11 terror attack cleared the path for an unpopular war in Iraq and established his reputation as one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, has died. He was 84. Read More

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Prime Minister Mark Carney — celebrated flag bearer for decarbonization — has boldly declared Canada can compete as an energy superpower in a net-zero world. Ahead of Carney's government's first budget Tuesday, however, there's a question being asked by many serious people: “Is this even a net-zero world anymore?” Read More

In a groundbreaking move towards greater transparency, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has committed in principle to publicly disclosing details when lawyers and paralegals commit crimes or professional breaches. Read More

Just one-third of Ontarians say their province is heading in the right direction, according to a new Leger poll. Read More

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