Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow believes that her city will suffer no consequences for reneging on an agreement with the federal government. The city was supposed to amend zoning rules to allow sixplexes as of right across the city in exchange for federal funding, and is refusing, but the mayor doesn't think Ottawa will pull its subsidy. This despite the fact that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first housing minister, Nate Erskine-Smith, already told the city that the federal government would claw back 25 per cent of roughly $120 million if the city didn’t approve the measure. Read More

The CBC didn’t become broken overnight. For decades, concerns were quietly raised about bias, lack of viewpoint diversity, and leadership more focused on an agenda than journalism. Read More

Forty years ago today — July 13, 1985 — everyone who was anyone in the music world was at Live Aid, the benefit concert for Ethiopian famine relief. Not everyone, to be precise. The two biggest stars of 1985, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen, took a pass. But everyone else was there — from the legends Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney to the then-new stars, Madonna and U2 and Bryan Adams. Read More

Canadian observers are mistaken when they seize upon Donald Trump’s attack on DEI in American universities as support for its place in their university policies. Their disdain for Trump obscures underlying issues about the impact of DEI in academic decision-making. Read More

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FREDERICTON — Daniel Oliker held a 33-year-old puffin from Machias Seal Island in his hands and was in awe about how it was a decade older than him. It felt like he was holding a world of knowledge and history in that puff ball of black and white feathers. Read More

MONTREAL — A new poll by Leger has found that Quebec residents are the happiest in Canada. Read More

EDMONTON — Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women’s sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors. Read More

NEW DELHI — Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday. Read More

SEOUL, South Korea — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country’s ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation. Read More

Donald Trump has announced tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s slogan during the April federal election was “elbows up.” The hockey reference was intended as a pledge of defiance against tariffs and annexation threats from the United States. Read More

Most of the fentanyl entering the United States continues to come from the southern border, not the northern one, according to a recent report by an American think-tank, despite President Donald Trump's statement on Thursday that Canadian authorities have failed “to stop the drugs from pouring into our country.” Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney came into office promising to deal with the trade threat from the United States and get our economic house in order. But he's likely quickly realizing that he'll also have to deal with his predecessor's reckless spending habits. If Canada is to avoid fiscal doom, Carney and his finance minister will need to take a page out of the playbook of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, and get serious about cutting spending. Read More

I’ll never forget the day we landed in Canada, moving back here after 45 years away getting my PhD in the U.S. and remaining there for the rest of my academic career. After I retired, the cost of health insurance for my wife and myself was about US$1,700 a month. That expense, and the overall dysfunction of the U.S. government and the polarization of American society led to our decision that a move back to Canada — and in particular to one of the most beautiful parts of Canada — was a good idea. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney might feel pressure to take sides as a new front in the culture wars opens up in Alberta — but don't count on him doing it, those familiar with the Liberal leader's thinking say. Read More

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A group of Indigenous leaders are pushing for the cancellation of shows featuring the Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, arguing the rappers glorify terrorism and promote antisemitism. Read More

We are now close to the litmus test of the new Carney government as it approaches the bifurcation between the road to sensible fiscal and environmental policy and the road over the cliff into total war against the oil and gas industry and the piling on of taxes and higher gasoline and fuel costs in pursuit of a tokenistic reduction in Canada's minimal contribution to world carbon use. So far, we have generally had inconclusive indications of attempts to straddle these irreconcilable options. There have been references to a ”carbon-neutral pipeline,” (a nonsensical idea), and fuzzy comments about how to pay for the prime minister's vertiginously expensive doomsday climate wish list, including a referendum on tax increases. Read More

Justin Bieber released a surprise seventh studio album on Friday, posting the album title, tracklist and cover on social media just a few hours before the release of SWAG. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to recuse himself from any discussions directly involving Brookfield Asset Management, payment processing giant Stripe and dozens of companies owned or controlled by them as part of an extensive conflict-of-interest screen. Read More

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has pushed back against U.S. lawmakers who recently sent a letter to Canada’s ambassador complaining that wildfires are sending smoke across the border and making it difficult for Americans to enjoy the summer. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s largest public sector union is warning that any cuts to federal employees, as the Liberal government looks to shrink spending, will mean slower, lower-quality services for people seeking passports, employment insurance and veterans benefits. Read More