OnFriday, the Supreme Court of Canada deliveredits lateststupefying ruling. According to an 81majority in the case of Quebec (Attorney General) v. Kanyinda, the Charter requires the Quebec government to extend subsidized daycare benefits to refugee claimants asylum seekers who have not yet proven the legitimacy of their claim to refugee status. Founded on a prevalent but contentious reading of constitutional equality rights, the courts reasoning has far-reaching potential to destabilize parts of the nations immigration and social welfare systems. Read More

Toronto police are reporting that someone shot at the U.S. Consulate in the city's downtown early Tuesday morning. Read More

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A Canadian sergeant convicted of assaulting his former spouse three times has been handed a conditional discharge by an Ontario judge who noted a "link between his service-related concussions and the mental health deterioration" the soldier experienced from deploying to Iraq five times and Afghanistan thrice. Read More

TEL AVIV Bomb shelter dance parties were held throughout Israel last week in celebration of Purim, a holiday that commemorates the ancient rescue of the Jewish people from a genocidal Persian official. Despite frequent missile strikes and air-raid sirens, the festivities were defiantly joyful, epitomizing the resilience of a nation that has grown accustomed to war. Read More

War clarifies intentions and strips away illusion. The war between Iran and the West is no longer being fought in the shadows through proxies and covert disruption. The joint American and Israeli campaign is now targeting military infrastructure, command networks, nuclear facilities and senior leadership figures within the Islamic Republic. Read More

OTTAWA A hockey-puck-shaped canister of nicotine product Zyn, not approved for sale in Canada, was the accessory of choice as Conservative MP Jamil Jivani's "Restore the North" campus tour rolled through the West Coast last week. Read More

OTTAWA Opposition leaders blasted Prime Minister Mark Carney for missing a debate on Canada's position on the war in Iran and the Middle East on Monday evening amid sharp criticism about Carney's evolving position on the conflict. Read More

A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to two counts of making false claims certifying that he was a U.S. citizen on North Carolina voter registration applications in 2022 and 2024 to vote in elections in those years, including in the 2024 presidential election, the Department of Justice has said. Read More

Ten days after attacking Iran together, the United States and Israel have seen a public divergence, with U.S. President Donald Trump facing political pressure and not sharing Israel's long-term goals. Read More

Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered the social media company to close its Canadian division for security reasons. Read More

Israels president says all eyes are on Canada, after a Zoom call with Canadian Jewish leaders to discuss a series of antisemitic attacks in Toronto. Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that 11 countries had tapped Kyiv for help in how to counter Iranian drones being fired by Tehran in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli strikes. Read More

It is progress that the Prime Ministers Office is now letting Canadians know when Mark Carney speaks with President Donald Trump, but it would be much better if the read-out that followed didnt subtract from the sum of human knowledge. Read More

OTTAWA The G7 finance ministers met on Monday to discuss the potential release of emergency oil reserves amid soaring prices due to the Iranian conflict but stopped short of providing that relief. Read More

A Canadian mother of four has died after undergoing cosmetic surgery procedures in Turkey, news outlets are reporting. Read More

If youre one of the declining number of Canadians escaping to a warmer destination in the U.S. for March break, be aware that now more of your electronic devices could be searched at the border. Read More

Sexual assault charges against auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach involving three of his seven accusers have been abandoned by the Crown because, after their testimony, there is no longer a prospect of finding him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Read More

A vast majority of Canadians including the prime minister think that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother to King Charles III, should be removed from the line of succession to the crown. It's a position Andrew still holds in spite of having beenstripped of his royal titles, something that happened even before his arrest last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Read More

Monday is the 250th anniversary of Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations. Smith is probably the best-known and least-read economist, which explains why he is so often misunderstood. Read More

Confusing messages are the only guarantee after the Cowichan ruling and the Musqueam deal. The August court case confirmed that a First Nation band has title over B.C. land that belongs to private property owners, while the federal governments deal confirms Musqueam rights and title over Vancouver. Dwight Newman, a law professor specializing in Indigenous rights, tells Brian Lilley that assurances to private property owners that they wont lose their land only go so far. What might not be targeted today could be tomorrow, he says. They discuss how the court case and government deal, along with the growing power of UNDRIP in Canadian law, only give more power and leverage to First Nations. And not just in B.C., but across Canada. (Recorded March 5, 2026.) Read More

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A powerful explosion rocked the faade of a synagogue in Lige, Belgium, early on Monday morning, resulting in no injuries. Read More

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Monday, March 9, marks 250 years since the publication of Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. National Post has asked experts and Smith admirers to reflect on the meaning of this seminal work. Read More

Iran picked a new supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East, hitting a water plant in Bahrain, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Islamic Republics power grid. Read More

The issue of shots being fired at three Toronto-area synagogues in less than a week is no longer just a Jewish one. Its fast becoming a Canadian issue and the impetus to do something about it has never been more immediately vital. Read More

Iraq, which had recently regained some stability after decades of conflict, was immediately dragged into the Middle East war triggered when the United States and Israel attacked Iran last weekend. Read More

A homemade incendiary thrown near anti-Islam protesters outside the New York mayor's residence was a viable improvised explosive device "that could have caused serious injury or death," police said Sunday. Read More

It happened. Shots were fired Friday night at my synagogue, Shaarei Shomayim. To be honest, I have been expecting this. It is not as if this area, like every other Jewish neighbourhood, has not had an increased police presence for over two years. Indeed, I wonder if the increased presence of security personnel may have made this neighbourhood seem like more of a target. Read More