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Liberal candidate invited head of suspected secret Chinese police station to campaign event
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area Liberal candidate invited to a campaign event this week the head of two organizations suspected by the RCMP of operating a secret Chinese police station. Read More
John Ivison: Liberal bus stops near the border and finds reason to be confident
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. — Standing against a background of the famous falls, Mark Carney was asked about his debate experience this week and turned to Charles Dickens’ famous opening line from A Tale of Two Cities. Read More
Records of Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination released on Trump’s order
About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, continuing the disclosure of national secrets ordered by President Donald Trump. Read More
Michael Higgins: Carney has brought Project Fear to Canada
Project Fear almost worked for Mark Carney in Britain and now he is trying the same tactic here. Read More
Poilievre promises to bring back single-use plastic bags, cutlery
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected. Read More
Driver who repeatedly ran red lights dies in fiery Toronto crash: police
One person died this morning after a fiery crash in Toronto's east end. Read More
Chris Selley: Canadian complacency returns to the election debate, from Blanchet of all people
Wednesday evening’s French-language leaders' debate kicked off with a video montage that mentioned President Donald Trump roughly 175 times. (I exaggerate somewhat.) Thursday evening’s English-language leaders’ debate was much less focused specifically on Trump, to an almost bizarre extent. When moderator Steve Paikin offered each leader a chance to ask a question of an opponent, Liberal Leader Mark Carney chose to ask Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about the security-clearance drama. Read More
Cook This: 3 Easter recipes from Danube, including lamb and spring onion stew
Our cookbook of the week is Danube: Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe by Irina Georgescu, a Wales-based, Romanian-born food writer. Read More
Film review: Sinners is a heady mix of sex, garlic and the blues
Sex and garlic and the blues. That’s Sinners in a nutshell. It’s also about the only thing in this big-budget production from writer/director Ryan Coogler that would fit in one. This movie is loud and proud, big and brash. Read More
Andrew Richter: Iran’s nuclear ambitions could soon lead it straight into war
Concern over Iran’s nuclear program goes back almost to the turn of the century. In many ways, it’s the issue that never goes away and never gets resolved. Read More
Terry Newman: Debate commission loses to Rebel News again
Shortly after 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, before the English Leaders Debate in Montreal ended, word began to spread on X that the media scrum that was to immediately follow the debate was cancelled. The reason given to reporters by the Leaders' Debate Commission's Executive Director Michel Cormier: "We don't feel that we can actually guarantee a proper environment for this activity." This did not please members of the press. One could be heard shouting out: "Why? This is an infringement of the liberty of the press. This is your one job!" Read More
Colby Cosh: It’s not ‘cruel and unusual’ to keep multi-murderers in jail for life
Anthony Housefather is a Montreal Liberal MP of unusually courageous and actually-liberal character. A couple of days ago he issued an electioneering tweet about the Conservative proposal to invoke the Charter of Rights’ notwithstanding clause in order to legislate unconditional life sentences for multiple murderers: Read More
Jamie Sarkonak: Who won the debate? Poilievre, easy
There is no doubt as to who won Thursday night’s English-language debate. That achievement went to Pierre Poilievre, who, while delivering a coherent message about his own hopeful vision for a future, more prosperous Canada, ran circles around a sluggish Mark Carney and deflected the volley of Jagmeet Singh’s pea-gravel-sized interruptions. Read More
U.S. airstrikes targeting a Yemeni oil port killed 38 people, Houthis say
U.S. airstrikes targeting the Ras Isa oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 38 people and wounded at least 50 others, the group said. Read More
John Ivison: A debate Liberals can call a success, but not much else
What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing you did mattered? Read More
Party leaders didn’t take media questions after the English debate. Here’s why
OTTAWA — In a surprise move, the Leaders’ Debates Commission abruptly cancelled the media availabilities that were set to happen with each leader after the English-language debate. Read More
Air Canada flight to Toronto diverted to Des Moines after smoke smell detected
After the smell of smoke was detected, an Air Canada flight from Las Vegas to Toronto was diverted to Des Moines International Airport on Thursday. Read More
FIRST READING: The weird moments you missed from the French leaders’ debate
In the wake of Wednesday’s French leaders’ debate, press accounts have covered most of the main beats, such as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asking Liberal Leader Mark Carney if he was “embarrassed” to request a fourth term, and Carney defending the Liberal record by saying, “I just got here.” Read More
Judge rules Frank Stronach sex crimes case can advance to trial
“I don’t even know these women,” Frank Stronach told a small entourage of supporters this week after facing complainants accusing him of sex crimes for the first time in court. Speaking during a break in a preliminary hearing that examined two of the most serious charges he faces, the 92-year-old billionaire stopped talking after being told journalists were within earshot. Read More
As it happened: How Poilievre, Singh, Blanchet attacked Carney in federal leaders debate
The leaders of Canada’s major federal parties faced off Thursday night in the second, and final, nationally televised debate of the election campaign. The English-language debate took place just 24 hours after the leaders battled each other in the French-language debate. The National Post has video of the debate, below. Review our live coverage from National Post reporters Catherine Lévesque, Christopher Nardi, and Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson in our live blog, below. Can’t see the blog? View it on the National Post. Read More
At least 2 dead and five injured, suspect in custody in Florida State shooting
A gunman opened fire Thursday at Florida State University, killing two people and wounded at least five others, police said. The 20-year-old gunman was the son of a sheriff’s deputy whose former service weapon was used in the shooting, authorities said. Read More
Mark Carney takes shots from left, right and Bloc during English debate
MONTREAL — Liberal Leader Marc Carney took shots from the left, right and the Bloc Québécois during an often heated, sometimes droll English-language debate Thursday. Read More
Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are ‘fake patriots,’ Maxime Bernier tells Tucker Carlson
Unable to partake in the federal leaders’ debates this week, Maxime Bernier found a different medium to attack his opponents and push the People's Party of Canada’s platform: The Tucker Carlson Show. Read More
Police turn up fentanyl-stuffed rotisserie chicken during Kingston arrest
KINGSTON — Kingston police say a person who allegedly threatened staff at a local hotel is now facing multiple charges after a whole rotisserie chicken stuffed with illicit drugs was found in their belongings. Read More
HBC wants to hold an auction for its art and artifacts, including its royal charter
TORONTO -- Hudson's Bay will seek court approval to put the royal charter that launched the company 355 years ago on the auction block, along with its trove of art and historical artifacts. Read More
American applications to Canadian universities jump as shadow of Trump crackdown spreads over U.S. colleges
Canadian universities are receiving increased interest from prospective American students in the midst of federal cuts to U.S. institutions and revocations of foreign student visas. Read More
Vatican opens solemn run-up to Easter with recovering Pope Francis on the sidelines
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place presiding over the most important liturgical services leading up to Easter. Read More
Michael Taube: Are cracks developing in the Liberal strategy to lionize the progressive vote?
Since Mark Carney became Prime Minister on March 9, the Liberals have been leading in most opinion polls. The reason for this significant shift was fear, anger and revulsion about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. This, in turn, was combined with an unfounded belief that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was Trump’s Canadian equivalent, in spite of the fact the two leaders have vastly different political and ideological beliefs. Read More
Strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life found, astronomers say
An ocean-covered world bristling with life is the best fit for observations made of a planet 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, a new paper says. Read More
‘Momentous victory’ as Google partially loses U.S. advertising tech antitrust case
Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business. Read More
Judge rejects Crown’s ‘unhinged’ 120-day sentence for burglar who tried to disarm cop
An Ontario judge has more than doubled the "unhinged" recommended sentence for a man whose string of crimes includes trying to disarm a police officer. Read More
Federal parties contend with the Danielle Smith effect
In 2019, Danielle Smith was a Calgary broadcaster with a talent for reflecting Albertans' anger back at her audience. Read More
Why all leaders — except Carney — said they don’t buy U.S. strawberries in French debate
OTTAWA — Strawberries became an unexpected topic at Wednesday night's French debate in Montreal, with three of the four party leaders saying they've stopped buying American berries amidst trade tensions. Read More
Live Election 2025 Q&A: What’s really going on with the polls? | Ask a pollster
OTTAWA — What is going on with the polls this federal election campaign? Read More