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Physical Altercations and Turf Disputes Mar Xi Jinping’s White House State Visit

A Chaotic Day on the South Lawn and Beyond The state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House descended into a series of physical confrontations and territorial...

White Rock Mayor Megan Knight Enters Surrey South Race as B.C. Conservative Candidate

White Rock Mayor Megan Knight finds herself in a politically unusual position this fall: her name will appear on two separate ballots — one...

Blackstone’s Long-Serving Private Equity Chief Joseph Baratta Set to Depart After 28 Years

One of Wall Street's most recognizable dealmakers is heading for the exit. Joseph Baratta, the billionaire executive who has led Blackstone's private equity operations...

Dozens of Nations Walk Out on Netanyahu’s UN General Assembly Address

It was a striking visual. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the United Nations General Assembly, delegations from dozens of...

Ontario Students Show Modest Math Gains, But Provincial Standards Remain Out of Reach for Many

More than half of Ontario's Grade 6 students still cannot meet the provincial standard in mathematics — and while the numbers are slowly improving,...

Ontario’s Deficit Path: Ford Government Signals Red Ink Will Flow Well Into the Next Decade

Ontario's Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy delivered a sobering message this week, strongly signalling that the province has abandoned any near-term ambition of returning to...

The Belleville Synagogue Attack: A Premeditated Hate Crime That Demands a National Reckoning

A Targeted Attack on Yom Kippur The shooting outside Belleville's Sons of Jacob synagogue on September 20 was not a random act of violence. It...

Between Invasion Scenarios and Tariff Rhetoric: Canada Navigates a Turbulent Week with Washington

There are weeks in Canadian public life when the sheer accumulation of events resists easy summary, when the ordinary machinery of diplomacy, defence planning,...

Record Diesel Prices Squeeze Northern Ontario Farmers and Mining Companies

Diesel prices across Canada have reached record highs, and the consequences are landing hardest on the industries that keep the country's economy moving: farming,...

Manitoba Launches Premier’s Fitness Challenge, Offering $10,000 to Every Participating School

Manitoba's NDP government has unveiled the Premier's Fitness Challenge, a province-wide initiative designed to get students moving from kindergarten through Grade 12. Every school...

Trump’s Shifting Alliances Are Remaking the Global Order — and Canada Is Watching Closely

There was a moment of quiet relief among the Canadian delegation gathered in New York last week, when U.S. President Donald Trump stepped to...