
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.

Cover Story
Makerfield days
There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that

Appreciation
Roy Hattersley, bon viveur and Labour hero

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
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Canada
World-first burn treatment shows ‘remarkable’ results in Canadian patient
Hamilton Health Sciences said its team used exosomes to treat an 18-year-old Western University student after a fire in London, Ont., last December.

Sports
Bibby proposes CFL return to American expansion
Quebec City is very much on the CFL's expansion radar but Dr. Reginald Bibby feels the league should again incorporate American-based franchises.

Politics
Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access bill
Lawful access has raised privacy concerns, yet Gary Anandasangaree echoed Conservative Vic Toews who said in 2012 people 'can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.'

Trending
Couple who gave birth to wrong baby in IVF mix-up reach custody agreement
The couple filed a lawsuit against IVF Life, Inc. and the lead reproductive endocrinologist after learning their daughter was not genetically related to either of them.

Money
SpaceX rockets past Amazon to become world’s 5th most valuable company
SpaceX roared past Amazon's market valuation on Tuesday and briefly topped that of Microsoft, rapidly scaling the list of the world's most valuable companies.

Trending
Cellphone catches fire on British Airways flight bound for Las Vegas
The FAA confirmed it was investigating the incident and reiterated the importance of keeping electrical items in the cabin, including those with lithium batteries.
Consumer
Benefit payments are coming soon to those who qualify. Here’s how much
Canada
LeBlanc meets U.S. trade rep at G7, says talks not a ‘one-way conversation’
Politics
Carney caught on hot mic pitching Chinese EV import deal to Trump at G7
World
U.K. military investigates reports Russian warship shot at British yacht
Politics
Ottawa’s bail and sentencing reform is now law, targeting ‘frequent’ issues
Trending
Stanford graduates stage walkout during Google CEO’s commencement address
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Donald Trump’s definition of “beauty”
Why is America still talking about Kamala Harris?
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
Health
Where does Andy Burnham stand on assisted dying?
Appreciation
Remembering Roy Hattersley, Labour titan
The Weekend Essay
The left must be honest about immigration
British Politics
How to solve Britain’s defence crisis
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 Politics Column
Why Keir Starmer deserves your sympathy
Art & Design
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
TV
The kids who want to be Kardashians
Books
The myth of English insularity
Books
England is in a state
Film
