Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
AI agents now do the comparing for shoppers. Canadian retailers who treat product data as a technical afterthought will pay for it in sales they never knew they lost.
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
Tiff Macklem has cut rates twice this year and signalled a third. But Ottawa's borrowing programme, a stubborn loonie, and a housing market that refuses to clear are leaving the central bank with very little ammunition for the recession nobody is yet calling.
Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
From red-eye flights between Mexico City and Toronto to the Voyageurs' singing section at BC Place, a generation of Canadian soccer obsessives is treating 2026 like a once-in-a-lifetime audition for the country.
Leadership battle
Only Keir Starmer can take Labour’s hope away now
After Makerfield, the prime minister must do the right thing and make way for Andy Burnham
Politics
Exclusive: Andy Burnham has the nominations to trigger a leadership challenge
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
Behind the uncomplicated joy was an artist who always pushed boundaries
Books
Inside the great deprofessionalisation
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
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Canada
Escaped kangaroo settling in at Granby Zoo after roaming Montreal’s South Shore
A kangaroo allegedly kept illegally before escaping onto Montreal's South Shore is eating well and settling into life at the Granby Zoo, staff say.
World
2 men sentenced to prison for arson at property of UK’s Keir Starmer
The men targeted a car and two properties linked to Starmer over three nights in May 2025 on the orders of a Russian-speaking figure going by the name of “El Money."
World
Italian diplomat cancels trip to U.S. as Meloni slams Trump
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly cancelled a planned trip to the United States this weekend, calling Trump’s claims “serious and offensive” toward Meloni and Italy.
Canada
Canadian citizen killed in South Africa shooting at Kruger National Park
A Canadian tourist was shot and killed Thursday in an apparent accident at the Kruger National Park in South Africa, according to officials there.
World
U.S. and Iran call off talks due to fighting in Lebanon, officials say
Talks between the U.S. and Iran were called off on Friday after intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, three officials said.
Crime
Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach found guilty on 2 charges related to 2 women
The charges against the former head of Magna International relate to alleged incidents of sexual assault spanning the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.
Politics
Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes
Politics
War of words continues between First Nations chiefs, Alberta premier
Politics
‘No secret’ Trump dislikes CUSMA, Carney says after threat to terminate it
Trending
Cervical cancer death risk drops near zero for young women after HPV shot
Canada
People on GLP-1 drugs appear to do less physical activity: study
World
Why strategic oil reserve refills will take ‘a lot of time’ after Iran deal
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Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism
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“I’m Palestinian, it’s impossible to look away”
Donald Trump’s war on Iran was an incoherent failure
The biggest New York Knicks fans are in London
Banning people for their ideas will backfire on Britain
Lawless in Gaza
Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
Donald Trump’s definition of “beauty”
After Makerfield
What happens now?
The Politics Interview
Wes Streeting: I’m a career politician. I think it’s a strength
British Politics
How British politics became a brand war
British Politics
PMQs review: Burnham haunts the benches
After Andy
What will happen in a Manchester mayoral by-election?
The Weekend Essay
The case for Manchesterism
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
British Politics
Makerfield is Labour’s last lifeline
The Politics Column
Meet Andy Burnham’s northern queens
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music