OTTAWA — Alberta and Ontario are two of Canada's biggest provincial economies, but they're going in opposite directions when it comes to building homes for their residents. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew Hale, an economist and trade expert based in Washington, D.C., is a citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States, and a former resident of Canada, where he attended the former Grenville Christian College boarding school as a teen, and later CEGEP and Western University. Hale led a campaign to expose abuses against pupils at Grenville, having experienced them firsthand under the tenure of the headmaster, Rev. Charles R. Farnsworth.  Read More

In a coffee shop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, Lykke Lynge looked fondly at her four kids as they sipped their hot chocolate, seemingly oblivious to the world's convulsions. Read More

The head of the UN's health agency on Saturday pushed back against Washington's stated reasons for withdrawing from the World Health Organization, dismissing U.S. criticism of the WHO as "untrue." Read More

A massive winter storm sweeping across the U.S. triggered what is shaping up to be one of the worst air travel meltdowns since the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing some major airlines to cancel more than half of their scheduled flights. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Canada and China's limited trade deal again on Sunday, one he said "will go down as one of the worst deals, of any kind, in history." Read More

A Team USA skeleton racer who accused Canada of deliberately corrupting the Olympics qualifying process has launched an appeal to be granted a "wildcard" entry to next month's Milan-Cortina Winter Games. Read More

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man believed to be a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, the latest violent incident by law enforcement that has sparked widespread protests and condemnations by state and local officials. Read More

The U.S. citizen shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a local veterans' hospital who "wanted to make a difference in this world," family members said. Read More

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats may signal an early escalation in what’s expected to be months of volatile posturing as the U.S., Canada and Mexico prepare to review their trade pact this year. Read More

Canada once prided itself on something increasingly rare: a legal culture anchored in restraint. We believed accusations required evidence. That guilt was individual, not collective. That law was not a weapon wielded by whoever shouted loudest, but a shield applied evenly, regardless of politics or identity. That tradition is now under threat. Read More

Many Canadians will recall the prime minister’s announcement last June that Canada would reach defence investment equal to two per cent of GDP in the current fiscal year, and the subsequent commitment to meet NATO’s even more ambitious five per cent target by 2035. Even at the time, these seemed like ambitious goals. As we approach the final quarter of the year, the specifics of how the spending is happening has slipped from the headlines, but the increasing chaos around the world confirms its importance. Read More

Proclaiming America’s post-1945 grand bargain is over, Trump insists there's a price for safety and security in the world — stay tuned. Read More

In April, 1996, newly-graduated biologist Patricia Wyman was mauled to death at her “dream job,” tending captive wolves at the Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre Sanctuary. Commenting on the fact that she had entered the wolf enclosure alone, a wolf biologist rather delicately commented, “Her love of wolves perhaps made her a little more bold than she should have been.” Read More

Re: Trump says Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to Carney — Derek Wallbank, Jan. 22 Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose crippling tariffs should Ottawa and Beijing sign a trade deal is unacceptably coercive and mimics China's behaviour. Yet, at the same time, Prime Minister Mark Carney could be navigating this situation better, and seems to be prioritizing political theatre over Canada's interests.   Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports if Ottawa makes a trade deal with China, insisting there is no deal in the works. Read More

Federal agents shot and killed a 51-year-old man in Minneapolis on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, amid an immigration crackdown that has sparked social unrest across the state. Read More

Vegemite, the yeasty spread from Australia, gets a passing green checkmark. So does a French bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. But Diet Coke, a favorite of President Donald Trump? To that, a popular new mobile app in Denmark assigns a failing red X — a message to shoppers to put that American stuff back on the shelf. Read More

Cut off from the global internet for more than two weeks, online content creator Amir spends his days scanning the few news websites available on Iran's domestic web for signs that connectivity to the world might return. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked outrage across Europe after claiming that NATO allies shied away from the front line in Afghanistan. Read More

President Donald Trump threatened Canada with 100% tariffs against all its exports to the U.S. if it makes a trade deal with China, escalating tensions between the U.S. and its northern neighbor. Read More

On Jan. 19, 2026, the body of B.C. teen Piper James was found on K’gari, an island off the coast of Queensland. It was discovered in the early hours of the morning, surrounded by a pack of dingoes. An autopsy concluded signs of drowning, as well as extensive dingo bites inflicted after death. “Pre-mortem dingo bite marks are not likely to have caused immediate death,” the coroner told reporters. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech was greeted with fevered laudations overseas — and provoked a most welcome reaction at home. Read More