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
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Canada
Russian cybercriminals tied to global fake computer update scam: RCMP
SocGholish malware, linked to the Russian cybercriminal group Evil Corp, exploited thousands of WordPress sites to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and data.
Trending
Nearly 160 sick with flu at U.S. air force base after vaccine mandate ends
The dropping of the flu vaccine mandate follows what health officials described as a particularly severe flu season, during which U.S. infections surged.
Consumer
The Canada Strong Pass is back. Here’s what it gets you on discount or free
The Canada Strong Pass has returned ahead of the busy summer travel season, and it offers free or discounted admission and travel at various locations across Canada.
Entertainment
Anne Hathaway announces she’s pregnant, expecting 3rd baby with husband
The star of 'The Devil Wears Prada' announced the news in an Instagram video, wearing a white dress and walking into view of the camera to reveal her pregnancy bump.
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
Crime
Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty
Entertainment
‘All My Children’ actor Paul Avery killed alongside wife in house fire
Canada
Escaped kangaroo settling in at Granby Zoo after roaming Montreal’s South Shore
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
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Trump’s glittering climbdown in Versailles
Makerfield days
A modern Canterbury tale
Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism
David Hockney was a swirling, explosive star
“I’m Palestinian, it’s impossible to look away”
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
TV
The series that predicted Burnham’s Makerfield victory
Economics
Andy Burnham has made a fragile peace with the bond markets
Comment
Is Miatta Fahnbulleh the brains behind Burnham?
British Politics
The grim truth behind the Starmer “rent boy” conspiracy
The Politics Interview
Wes Streeting: I’m a career politician. I think it’s a strength
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”
British Politics
Makerfield is Labour’s last lifeline
The Politics Column
Meet Andy Burnham’s northern queens
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music