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 Data
Labour has no right to win Makerfield
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
Makerfield days
There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that
From Canada
via Global News
World
Hegseth slams NATO and ‘middle powers’ talk, launches Europe troop review
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech appeared to take a veiled dig at recent remarks made by Prime Minister Mark Carney about middle powers needing to band together.
Consumer
‘It’s absolutely nostalgic’: Shoppers embrace Zellers’ return to Toronto
A giant Zeddy Bear, kiddie rides and diner favourites greeted shoppers as Zellers reopened in Toronto on Thursday, reviving memories for longtime fans.
World
Vance defends Iran deal, says U.S. ‘only powerful ally’ Israel has left
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. Navy has allowed more than a dozen ships through to Iranian ports, lifting a blockade as part of an agreement to end the war.
Politics
Business leaders rally to support Montreal’s bid for defence bank
Montreal’s business community is moving forward with plans to convert a downtown project to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank in an effort to 'stay in the race.'
Consumer
Automatic tax filing could send roughly $2K to some, but cost millions: PBO
Automatic tax filing for qualifying Canadians could see them get an average of roughly $2,000, according to a new report, but doing so would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Entertainment
Sabrina Carpenter granted 5-year restraining order against alleged stalker
The man said at a hearing that he and Carpenter were part of a classified military program that required them to 'be together as soon as possible.'
Consumer
CRA’s rules for disability tax credit are changing. What to know
U-s-news
18-year-old dead after falling from horse-drawn carriage in Central Park
Crime
Toronto police arrest missing suspect accused of U.S. Consulate shooting
Canada
Funeral to be held for OPP officer fatally struck by car in Hearst, Ont.
Politics
Gun control groups urge faster ‘protection order’ ineligibility change
Canada
Immigration officials pause some ‘lost Canadians’ citizenship cases
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Banning people for their ideas will backfire on Britain
Lawless in Gaza
Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
Donald Trump’s definition of “beauty”
Why is America still talking about Kamala Harris?
British Politics
PMQs review: Burnham haunts the benches
After Andy
What will happen in a Manchester mayoral by-election?
Appreciation
Roy Hattersley, bon viveur and Labour hero
The Politics Column
Why Keir Starmer deserves your sympathy
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
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”
Ideas
What Jürgen Habermas leaves behind
British Politics
The grim truth behind the Starmer “rent boy” conspiracy
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music