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OTTAWA — The mayor of northern British Columbia's busiest port city says he's following Premier David Eby's lead in taking a wait-and-see approach to rebooting the cancelled Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Read More

TEL AVIV — Israel launched a devastating strike against Iran’s nuclear program early Friday morning, with missiles and drones devastating military targets throughout the country. Although Iran has vowed revenge — and indeed launched missiles on Friday — and already retaliated with more than 100 drones, the mood in Tel Aviv remains remarkably ataraxic.  Read More

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of next week. Read More

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly showed up to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend. Read More

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says some hotel owners in the province are not doing enough to help wildfire evacuees. Read More

OTTAWA — On the eve of the G7 leaders' summit, 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

In the early hours of Friday morning, Thursday night in Canada, Israel launched a preemptive military strike deep inside Iranian territory — targeting nuclear infrastructure, military sites and senior officials. Read More

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There was bad blood at Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. Read More

The Israel Defense Forces struck an Iranian nuclear facility in Isfahan in a new wave of air strikes on Friday that also struck Iranian rocket launchers and drone infrastructure. 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

Our cookbook of the week is Salsa Daddy: Dip Your Way into Mexican Cooking by Mazatlán-based chef and author Rick Martínez. Read More

President Donald Trump is coming back to Canada for a G7 meeting in Kananaskis this weekend. 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

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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

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed civilians in a seven minute speech made public in the early hours of the morning. 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

The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to government data. 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

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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