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.
After Makerfield
What happens now?
Team Burnham is hoping Keir Starmer will “come to his senses”
Leadership battle
Only Keir Starmer can take Labour’s hope away now
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
From Canada
via Global News
Entertainment
Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO break silence in first comments since divorce
'That will be my best friend forever. This is the only time I will ever speak about it. Bunnie, I love you baby. Thank you for those 10 years,' Jelly Roll said onstage.
Canada
Canada slaps 10% tariff on canned vegetable imports for up to 200 days
The tariff will not apply to imports from the U.S., Mexico, Israel, Chile, and developing countries 'in accordance with Canada's international trade obligations,' Ottawa said.
Canada
Canada Post signs deal with union, ends years of labour uncertainty
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have signed new collective agreements, ending years of labour uncertainty and turmoil amid the negations.
Crime
Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty
Lawyers for an Ontario man accused of stealing and leaking Texan Republican Party data in 2021 say he has pleaded guilty before a Canadian court.
Entertainment
‘All My Children’ actor Paul Avery killed alongside wife in house fire
Firefighters responded to the Blairstown, N.J., home and found the couple in critical condition, according to the New Jersey State Police.
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
World
Italian diplomat cancels trip to U.S. as Meloni slams Trump
Canada
Canadian citizen killed in South Africa shooting at Kruger National Park
World
U.S. and Iran call off talks due to fighting in Lebanon, officials say
Crime
Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach found guilty on 2 charges related to 2 women
Politics
Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes
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TV
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Economics
Andy Burnham has made a fragile peace with the bond markets
The Politics Interview
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British Politics
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ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
British Politics
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Meet Andy Burnham’s northern queens
Film
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Books
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TV
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Music