WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields as the deadlock over the war drags on. Read More

OTTAWA -- The government's reply to the throne speech was adopted in the House of Commons Wednesday. Read More

Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space who went on to become a high-profile federal politician, has died at 76 years old. Read More

Whatever the outcome of this year’s Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won’t be wetting his whistle on whiskey courtesy Alberta Premier Danielle Smith again this summer. Read More

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra spoke at an event on Tuesday organized by the Empire Club of Canada. In conversation with Global Investment Banking at CIBC Capital Markets Vice-Chair Lisa Raitt, he discussed Canada-U.S. relations and responded to a question about the future of Canadians trying to go to Harvard — including Prime Minister Mark Carney's daughter Cleo Carney. Read More

Conservative party deputy leader Tim Uppal posted on social media on Wednesday morning, urging Sikhs to remember 1984. Read More

High winds coupled with a warm, dry spring are fuelling a wave of forest fires across western Canada and parts of Ontario. Read More

Multiple Alberta MPs blasted Carney during question period Wednesday for leaving the recent first ministers’ meeting without a roadmap to unshackle the province’s oil and gas sector. Read More

Dave Portnoy, creator of media company Barstool Sports, was in Toronto trying different pizza spots for his online series, One Bite Pizza Reviews. Read More

As fears of refugee deportation mount in the United States, a surge of asylum seekers is turning to Canada — only to find a border that is getting increasingly hard to cross. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will take “some time but not much” to consider additional counter-tariffs to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum that came into force today. Read More

Want further proof that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no genuine interest in ending the war? Look no further than the “peace memo” his government presented to Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday. The document makes absurd demands that, if fulfilled, would render Ukraine’s dismemberment inevitable. Evidently, Putin’s goal is conquest, not coexistence. Read More

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser apologized Wednesday for recent comments about the federal government's duty to consult First Nations regarding developing projects on their territories, saying his words "potentially eroded a very precarious trust." Read More

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is calling on Canada Post and its union to return to the bargaining table to hash out terms for binding arbitration. Read More

Justice Renu Mandhane is one of Ontario’s foremost judicial activists, so it should surprise no one that she’ll stoop to using racism as a basis to let Black men off the hook for possessing illegal guns. Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated "very unhealthy" Tuesday. Read More

The identity of the woman who was fatally stabbed in Pickering, Ontario, by a 14-year-old suspect was revealed by the police on Tuesday evening. Read More

There is another legislative effort afoot to keep Canadian children away from pornography. It’s well-intentioned effort, I suppose, but such efforts didn’t work very well when pornography was printed on glossy paper and distributed on VHS tapes and pay-per-view, so it seems particularly improbable in the internet age. Read More

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When Canadians question who they are, the answer is hockey. Read More

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A surge in Canadian pride when Canada’s sovereignty and dignity were under assault from U.S. President Donald Trump has slumped back to normal levels after the federal election, according to a public opinion poll. Read More

Attempts at peace in Ukraine are being drowned out in a war of words between Washington and Moscow. Donald Trump’s charm offensive with Vladimir Putin offering unilateral concessions with nothing in return — all carrots, no sticks — has been a dismal failure. The U.S. president has made empty threat after empty threat regarding imposing further sanctions as leverage to secure movement, but his tactic of mollycoddling the Russian leader, while basically ignoring Ukraine, is bordering on farce. Trump pressures Ukraine, the victim, erratically but bizarrely not Russia, the invader. Read More

As someone who’s spent a career in newsrooms — reporting, anchoring, and holding truth to power — I’ve never been more concerned about the erosion of credibility in the media and the damage it’s doing to public trust. That concern has only deepened in recent weeks as misinformation — and the careless amplification of it — continues to seep into even our most established Canadian outlets. Read More

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Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the former Shah of Iran, is fast emerging as a potentially pivotal figure in Middle Eastern politics. As the only major Iranian opposition leader to openly advocate for a pro-West and pro-Israel position, Pahlavi’s vision for a post-theocratic Iran is not just a matter of internal reform, but a potential sea change for regional stability and global security. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government’s GST rebate on new homes should be extended to seniors who want to downsize, a new report says, to help boost the supply and cut the price of family homes. Read More

A man in central Washington state is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government is in "live negotiations" with the United States to remove all tariffs on Canadian goods on the same day U.S. President Donald Trump ordered border levies be doubled on steel and aluminum imports. Read More

On June 3, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra spoke at an event organized by the Empire Club of Canada. Below is his full speech, followed by an interview with Lisa Raitt, vice chair of Global Investment Banking at CIBC Capital Markets.  Read More

OTTAWA — "Grand bargain" was the phrase of the day on Parliament Hill after Prime Minister Mark Carney and his provincial counterparts found common ground on oil and gas development. Read More

Irish mixed martial artist Paddy McCorry’s victory over Israel’s Shuki Farage on Saturday may not have been personal, but it was certainly political. Read More

Will Prime Minister Mark Carney’s national infrastructure dreams be kiboshed by Canada’s First Nations? That’s the question hanging over Ottawa this week — and if Carney’s not careful, the answer could well be yes. Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled a significant border security bill on Tuesday that includes sweeping new powers to intercept or search communications including mail, a tightening of the asylum claim process and increased intelligence collection and sharing across the federal government. Read More

I am the ambassador of a country that was built by unexpected leaders. Read More

There were fewer travellers flying from Canada to the United States this April compared to last year, while most of the major Canadian airports exceeded their pre-COVID numbers. Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberals downplayed a vote on the throne speech they narrowly lost Monday evening to all the opposition parties which urges the government to present an economic update or a budget before the House of Commons rises for the summer on June 20. Read More

The latest wildfire evacuees in Saskatchewan are being told to head south to Prince Albert after being ordered to leave the northern town of La Ronge. Read More

The "astronomical" odds appear to be in favour of one Alberta man who has been playing the lottery for over 40 years. Here's what we know about his lucky streak. Read More

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