Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
As Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity reshape online discovery, brands are discovering that visibility now depends on whether AI systems can understand, trust and cite them.
Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
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.
Art & Design
The shame of the Frida Kahlo industry
TV
Love Island’s decadent old age
Who will be Labour’s next general secretary?
Andy Burnham could use the vacancy to stamp his mark on the party
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Entertainment
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married in elaborate Madison Square Garden ceremony
The long anticipated union of sports and song brought hype to new heights at a venue made more for historic NBA games and bucket-list concerts.
Politics
Liberals refuse to provide proof of Carney’s NATO defence spending claims
Carney has said Canada is set to achieve four per cent of GDP in total defence spending by 2030, but the finance minister's office will not provide data to back up that claim.
Canada
Iran may have ‘directed’ recent attacks in Canada, intelligence report says
Canada's threat assessment agency says Iran's intelligence service may be behind acts of violence.
U-s-news
U.S. prepares to celebrate 250th Independence Day while facing extreme heat
Demonstrations of national pride — and hints of political polarization — were balanced with efforts to stay safe as much of the country baked under soaring temperatures.
Health
A parasite causing diarrhea is spreading in U.S. as officials investigate
As of July 1, the CDC reported 145 cases of cyclosporiasis across 17 states from May 1 through June 16, with 20 people being hospitalized.
Consumer
CIBC agrees to proposed class-action settlement over NSF fees
CIBC has agreed to a proposed $10-million settlement over some non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees the bank charged to its customers.
Crime
California man pleads guilty to fake Nancy Guthrie ransom note
Environment
Environmentalists have mixed reactions to Quebec-Ottawa caribou funding deal
Politics
Who are the partners behind a proposed new West Coast oil pipeline?
Canada
Ottawa eyes Labour Code conflict intervention changes, minister says
Consumer
California is banning ‘sell-by’ food dates. How Canada’s packaging compares
Crime
Ukrainian woman who disguised herself as man named as Monaco bombing suspect
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The Degradation of Independence
At last, a literary prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s crucial three weeks
Britain cannot prosper without the EU
Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t lost the battle yet
Trump’s glittering climbdown in Versailles
“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
Northern Soul
Real devolution is a vision worth fighting for
Political Thinking
Five things we learned from Morgan McSweeney’s first interview
Bursting the Bubble
Nigel Farage’s aura loss
Politics
Letter of the week: The visionless visionary
Editor’s Note
Burnham’s choice of chancellor is the most crucial he will make
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
Political oratory
Ben Rhodes’ empty words
The Weekend Interview
Mehdi Hasan: No one in America cares about the UK
Second Person
Daljit Nagra talks to himself
Silver Spoon
South Dublin: where even the prawns have a superiority complex
Culture
Sandra Oh is getting cancelled in The Misanthrope
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