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US Representative Ilhan Omar was charged at by a man who appeared to squirt an unknown liquid on her during a town hall gathering in Minneapolis, as she called for consequences for the federal officials overseeing President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies. Read More

A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 was felt in parts of Ontario last night. Read More

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra created the diplomatic equivalent to a sonic boom recently by stating that if Canada doesn’t go ahead with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets, that will mean the United States would have to buy more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, and fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S. Read More

I was thinking it would be funny to write a column in deadpan tone praising Donald Trump for his superbly executed four-dimensional-chess plan to revive the popularity of the Second Amendment. Sadly, I don’t have either the guts or the heart to do it. But we Canadians have already witnessed a period in which Rosedale Liberals openly fantasize about forming their own Viet Cong to resist American military incursion. Now an American city has become the scene of a simmering low-level civil war, and a gun owner with a license to carry has been disarmed and then slain by federal agents in the street in front of an entire panopticon of cameras. Read More

As the Conservatives prepare for their annual convention in Calgary this weekend, hostile voices are trying to undermine them. They are being told to be less hard-edged, to reject populism, to be respectable “team players.” Read More

SDEROT, Israel — Beijing, Doha, Davos. In just over a week, Prime Minister Mark Carney managed to tell the world that his geopolitical acumen is non-existent. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that he’d ordered the drafting of a national strategy to “(strengthen) domestic food production.” Which was laughable, considering that only days before, the federal government began closing down seven of its critical agricultural research sites. Read More

Canada is undergoing a quiet but profound erosion of national cohesion, authority and cultural confidence. At every level of government, political leadership has increasingly substituted ideological appeasement for the basic responsibilities of maintaining social order, enforcing the law and protecting the integrity of Canadian citizenship. Read More

There are three sides that should know what really happened last week in Mexico when Ryan Wedding was taken into custody by the FBI: the U.S. government, Mexico's government and Wedding himself. Read More

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OTTAWA — Canada's Liberals have received another boost in voter support after Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent tour to China and Davos, Switzerland, with nearly half of Canadians now saying they would likely vote Liberal if a federal election were held today. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney told the world at Davos last week that Canada is building strength at home amid a rupture in globalization and positioning itself as a middle power that similar nations can trust to be a responsible leader in the diplomatic arena. Read More

OTTAWA — When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre takes the stage at his party's convention on Friday night, he will be  facing two very different audiences.  Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket system designed for specific attacks as the nation seeks to raise its deterrent against nuclear war, state media reported on Wednesday. Read More

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and France's Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended the United Nations in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's creation of a "Board of Peace." Read More

Police in California say a woman is now facing charges after video circulated on social media showing a toddler falling out of a moving vehicle she was allegedly driving. Read More

OTTAWA —  NDP leadership hopefuls Heather McPherson and Rob Ashton are stressing their differences from social activist Avi Lewis as the party's leadership race hits a critical juncture. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make a potentially important visit to India in the next couple of months, government officials have confirmed, as Canada continues efforts to diversify trade, attract investment and mend international fences.  Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post despite the president’s decision to reshuffle the leadership running his deportation effort in Minnesota following widespread outcry over the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents. Read More

Starbucks Corp. is mandating that Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol use the company’s private jet for all his travel, including personal trips, while removing a previous restriction that would have required him to reimburse some travel expenses. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney has had a busy week. A major international speech at Davos that garnered plaudits around the world. An address to the nation designed to rouse Canadian patriotism and rebut U.S. President Donald Trump. An announcement of GST relief to steal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s thunder on affordability, one week before Poilievre faces a leadership review vote. And polls that show Carney’s approval rating soaring, and his party in majority territory.  Read More

Italian officials protested US plans to deploy some ICE staff at this year’s Winter Olympics, underscoring how the agency’s role in an immigration crackdown at home is stirring opposition overseas. Read More

A B.C. judge ruled “imprisonment is necessary” for a man who took revenge on an ex-girlfriend who rejected him by posting dozens of images and videos of her to Pornhub without her knowledge or permission, content that piled up almost 14,000 views. Read More