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 Sketch
Chris Philp wants another go at fixing immigration
What did the Black Death ever do for us?
A history of the Black Death overlooks its more surprising developments
Books
Living with and without Paul Auster
Video Games
Britain needs James Bond
Makerfield days
There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that
Why Keir Starmer deserves your sympathy
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Politics
Intimate partner violence will soon have tougher penalties under new law
The Conservative bill essentially leapfrogged the Liberal government's own intimate partner violence bill that includes many of the same measures as 'Bailey's Law.'
Canada
U.S. CDC travel advisory issued for Manitoba over hepatitis A outbreak
There has also been 165 hospitalizations since the outbreak began, with eight admissions into the intensive care unit and four deaths.
Canada
Trump says he would prefer to see CUSMA ‘terminated’
U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke about the current North American trade deal, and suggested that the U.S. is "better without an agreement."
Trending
New evidence of origin of the black death a ‘complete surprise’ experts say
There were thoughts that early strains may have been mild, but the discovery that the plague killed prehistoric hunter-gatherers contradicts those notions.
Weather
30% of Canadians say they were hit by extreme weather in last year: poll
30 per cent of respondents said they were personally affected by extreme weather events like heat waves, floods, fires and tornadoes over the last 12 months.
U-s-news
2 teens injured in black bear encounter in Washington state
The King County Sheriff's Office confirmed that two people were injured from the encounter with the bear and both were brought safely off the trail.
U-s-news
U.S. Fed holds interest rate again in 1st move under new chair
World
U.S. releases text of Iran deal by dictating it to journalists
Canada
RCMP officer charged with uttering threats online targeted to Donald Trump
Canada
Canada’s energy supply ‘potential’ gets G7 backing in push for global pivot
Trending
British presenter Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer diagnosis on his TV show
U-s-news
Plane crash on Texas highway leaves 1 dead, others injured
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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
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
British Politics
“You know you’re not protected”: inside parliament’s staff crisis
The Weekend Essay
The case for Manchesterism
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
Kick off!
The insignificance of Harry Kane
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
TV
The kids who want to be Kardashians
Books
The myth of English insularity
Books
England is in a state
Film