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.
King of the North
Andy Burnham has one chance to save the North
Beneath the slogans and nicknames, Burnham is promising a radical, regionalist agenda
Lost causes
Whatever happened to Britain’s top Remainiacs?
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
Feds’ AI bill good ‘first step’ but safety advocates say more work needed
The bill includes measures to lower the risk of chatbots communicating harmful content and crisis intervention protocols for cases involving self-harm, suicide or violence.
Canada
Civilians behind international police probe into Russian cybercriminals
An international joint operation targeted SocGholish malware which exploited thousands of WordPress sites with the aim of gaining unauthorized access to computer systems.
World
Pressure mounts on U.K. PM Starmer to resign as Trump weighs in
Labour is losing liberal voters to the growing Green Party and facing a rising Reform UK, the Nigel Farage -led anti-immigration party.
Canada
More than 100mm of rain falls on Montreal: floods homes, causes outages
Parts of Montreal received more than 100 millimetres of rain in a short period Saturday, with some boroughs like Pierrefonds exceeding 150 mm in two hours.
Canada
The hard-fought race to build Canada’s next submarine fleet
The unusually short competition to build the Canadian navy’s next submarine fleet seemed to focus on everything but the boats themselves.
Crime
Alleged attack on imam in B.C. condemned by Muslim groups, federal minister
Culture Minister Marc Miller said in a tweet that the reported assault is "appalling and vile" and that such violence and Islamophobia have no place in Canada.
Entertainment
Communities mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day
News
Quebec town recognizes the rights of trees
Politics
Expert warns U.S.-Iran deal faces major obstacles after latest Strait of Hormuz closure
Canada
Montreal man with ALS shares story as awareness month highlights progress, hope
Fire
SPSA operations vice-president to leave role days after critical wildfire review
Sports
Germany, Ivory Coast fans take over Toronto for World Cup match
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