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.
The Politics Column
Burnham’s supporters are still nervous
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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U-s-news
NATO’s Rutte brings charts, pushback as Trump questions alliance’s worth
Rutte's visit to Washington came two weeks before the annual NATO leaders' summit in Turkey, putting further pressure on the secretary-general to soothe Trump's anger.
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Sydney woman mauled by shark briefly wakes from coma, says ‘I love you’ to family
The victim had been in a coma for over a week after being mauled by a shark while swimming close to the shore at a beach in the Sydney area.
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Camp Mystic, site of Texas floods that killed 28, files for bankruptcy
The camp listed its debt at more than $10 million, according to an official filing made in federal bankruptcy court in Houston, Texas.
Tech
Five Eyes issue ‘call to action’ as AI becomes a ‘core’ cybersecurity risk
The joint advisory says AI offers 'powerful tools' to strengthen cyber defences and urges organizations to integrate them into their core business strategies.
World
20M barrels of oil just exited the Strait of Hormuz, says US official
Some 20 million barrels of crude oil have exited the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday.
Canada
Hantavirus self-isolation complete for 34 Canadians, Health Canada says
An outbreak of Andes hantavirus was declared aboard the MV Hondius in early May, leading to three deaths. More than 120 people were evacuated from the ship and monitored.
U-s-news
Family of woman killed after Tesla crashes into her home sues company, driver
Canada
Indigenous group looking to repatriate ‘sacred’ artifacts from Switzerland
Trending
Man who set homeless person on fire in NYC sentenced for ‘horrific’ crime
Canada
Homes under $500K make up nearly 25% of Ontario real estate market: report
U-s-news
13-year-old falls 15 metres after exiting moving Disneyland ride
Crime
Man accused in Pearson gold heist gets 13 years in U.S. prison for gun running
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World Cup tickets are a scandal
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
Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
Democracy Manifest?
The age of the unelected prime minister
Left flank
Will anyone oppose Andy Burnham?
The Brexit Decade
The left shouldn’t trust Andy Burnham
Politics by numbers
Keir Starmer peaked at “unknown”
The long goodbye
The timeline: How Starmer lost control
British Politics
The Prime Minister is resigning – so shut up
Lost causes
Whatever happened to Britain’s top Remainiacs?
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
The Weekend Essay
“How the World Declared War on America”
Maternity scandals
Ockenden report reveals devastating maternity failures
The Sketch
Andy Burnham does a Lenin
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music