OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister is urging de-escalation after Israel launched strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear sites and killing the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Read More
Bhoomi Chauhan was supposed to board an Air India flight that crashed shortly after take-off, but missed it by 10 minutes after she was delayed due to traffic, BBC reports. Read More
Israel has gone to war with Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided that time is growing very short — short for Iran to build a nuclear bomb, short to cut off American diplomatic efforts, short for an exhausted Israeli population and short for his own government’s survival. Read More
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The Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command relaxed limitations on civilian movements late Friday morning after more than 100 Iranian drones were intercepted outside the country’s borders. Read More
The White House was informed of Israel’s strikes against the Iranian regime ahead of time but was not involved militarily, U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News‘ Bret Baier on Friday. Read More
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Friday morning that three top Iranian military leaders were killed in strikes carried out in the country. Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on Canada’s economy and sovereignty have changed the nature of our bilateral relationship. You can feel it when the crowd joins in the singing of O Canada at Rogers Place when the Edmonton Oilers play, and you can see it in the grocery aisle when a customer picks Hawkins Cheezies over Cheetos. Read More
Amid signs that the North Atlantic's great white shark population is growing, popular Cape Cod beaches are using technology to warn swimmers and surfers when it's time to get out of the water. Read More
OTTAWA — The brother of former federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says Canadians who receive a duty to warn about a threat against their life and safety should be provided protection, calling the lack of security "unacceptable." Read More
LOS ANGELES -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Read More
Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq, with multiple sites around the country hit. Read More
Hillel Ontario is calling on Toronto Metropolitan University to investigate Maher El-Masri, a recently appointed interim associate dean, because the group says he has “repeatedly engaged with and spread extreme, antisemitic, and deeply polarizing content on his social media account.” Read More
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is coming under fire for its plan to push its internal trade and major projects bill through the House of Commons next week at high speed. Read More
OTTAWA — Three days before G7 leaders converge on Kananaskis, Alta., former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has some advice for Prime Minister Mark Carney for dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British man, sat in Seat 11A in the first economy-class row behind business class, a window seat allowing a terrifying view as the plane he was on sank from the sky shortly after takeoff, crashing into a building and bursting into flames. Read More
The Ontario government’s 2023 decision to use privately owned clinics to boost cataract-surgery capacity was one of the smartest health-care moves the province has made. This common eye surgery is a simple procedure that does not require a hospital setting and the clinics are faster and more efficient because they concentrate on just one thing. Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump is fortunate in the array of political enemies who have chosen to face him. They managed to turn real stories about over-the-top immigration raids into news reports about anti-American riots, overwhelmed and incompetent officials, and the White House riding to the rescue. Idiots in the streets and those holding office in California transformed a debate over immigration policy into marketing for Trump’s vision of bare-fisted and supercharged law enforcement. Read More
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be watching the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday. Read More
OTTAWA — A prominent community activist says disinviting Liberal MPs from visiting Sikh temples is one of the steps being considered to send a message to Prime Minister Mark Carney's government over its decision to invite India's prime minister to the upcoming G7 leaders' summit. Read More
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said several potential buyers have made proposals to acquire convenience stores in the U.S. that overlap with Seven & i Holdings Co., showing progress toward a deal that could help the Canadian retailer win regulatory approval for its proposal to buy its Japanese rival. Read More
US President Donald Trump expressed his condolences after the deadly crash of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India that left hundreds dead, saying he had offered “pointers” on possible causes as well as an offer of assistance to Indian authorities. Read More
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review a ruling that concluded Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of risks to their data when using the popular social media platform. Read More
The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion. Read More
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she’s putting Canada Post’s latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties. Read More
The crash of a Boeing 787 passenger jet in India minutes after takeoff on Thursday is putting the spotlight back on a beleaguered manufacturer though it was not immediately clear why the plane crashed. Read More
One Canadian was on board an Air India flight bound for London that crashed with more than 240 people on board shortly after takeoff in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, according to Prime Minister Mark Carney. Read More
Hamas attacked a bus carrying about two-dozen members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation team at about 10 p.m. in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with “at least five fatalities, multiple injuries and fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage,” the aid group stated. Read More