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.
Goodbye to all that
Keir Starmer: A Political Obituary
He arrived in politics unprepared for what a career in politics actually means
Taking back control
The Makerfield Test
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
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
Events are being held across the country to mark the 30th National Indigenous Peoples' Day — meant to honour the culture and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
News
Quebec town recognizes the rights of trees
A small town west of Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, a first in Quebec and Canada.
Politics
Expert warns U.S.-Iran deal faces major obstacles after latest Strait of Hormuz closure
Questions remain about whether a tentative U.S.-Iran agreement can hold amid ongoing regional tensions.
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
Economy
Energy prices expected to push inflation higher
Health
No injuries from ammonia leak at B.C. rink
Politics
Watchdog rejects idea of narrowing information law
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Donald Trump’s war on Iran was an incoherent failure
The biggest New York Knicks fans are in London
Banning people for their ideas will backfire on Britain
Lawless in Gaza
Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
Northern boy
Makerfield proves the potency of Brand Burnham
British Politics
What does Andy Burnham really think?
One Battle After Another
Green Party’s Manchester mayoral candidate revealed
TV
The series that predicted Burnham’s Makerfield victory
Economics
Andy Burnham has made a fragile peace with the bond markets
King of the North
Andy Burnham wins big in Makerfield
Politics
Exclusive: Andy Burnham has the nominations to trigger a leadership challenge
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”
Peak Reform?
Nigel Farage flailing is extremely funny
Books
Thank God for George Michael
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music