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 Interview
Wes Streeting: I’m a career politician. I think it’s a strength
The former health secretary on why he thinks Labour is failing – but not finished
The Data
Labour has no right to win Makerfield
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
Makerfield days
There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that
From Canada
via Global News
Entertainment
Sabrina Carpenter granted 5-year restraining order against alleged stalker
The man said at a hearing that he and Carpenter were part of a classified military program that required them to 'be together as soon as possible.'
Consumer
CRA’s rules for disability tax credit are changing. What to know
Changes are coming to how some Canadians can apply for disability tax credits, which the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says will make the process faster and smoother.
U-s-news
18-year-old dead after falling from horse-drawn carriage in Central Park
The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers when the accident happened just before 3 p.m., police told Global News in a statement.
Crime
Toronto police arrest missing suspect accused of U.S. Consulate shooting
It was early March when bullets were shot at the consulate on University Avenue in an attack police have since linked to a 'criminals for hire' network operating in Toronto.
Canada
Funeral to be held for OPP officer fatally struck by car in Hearst, Ont.
Fellow officers, dignitaries and family members will pay their respects to an Ontario Provincial Police constable killed on the job at his funeral in Mississauga Thursday.
Politics
Gun control groups urge faster ‘protection order’ ineligibility change
The provision is intended to quickly remove firearms from the hands of abusers at the time when they are often the most dangerous.
Canada
Immigration officials pause some ‘lost Canadians’ citizenship cases
Sports
Canada shooting for 1st FIFA World Cup victory against Qatar in 2nd matchup
Politics
Ford government refusing to release secret report that suggested selling off ROM artifacts
Canada
Canada still doesn’t have a foreign influence registry, and advocates are worried
Sports
Davies available for Canada against Qatar after injury absence
Canada
‘Our lives are here’: U.S. man in limbo after Ottawa suspends citizenship
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Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
Donald Trump’s definition of “beauty”
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Appreciation
Roy Hattersley, bon viveur and Labour hero
The Politics Column
Why Keir Starmer deserves your sympathy
British Politics
Have the Greens all but conceded defeat in Makerfield?
British Politics
Healey and Carns fire their parting shots in the Commons
The case for Burnham
Labour needs a leader who actually enjoys the job
Comment
The social media ban won’t work. It’s still a good thing
Comment
We haven’t learned from Jo Cox’s death
The Weekend Essay
The case for Manchesterism
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
The Weekend Essay
“How the World Declared War on America”
The Sketch
Chris Philp wants another go at fixing immigration
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music