Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
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.
A new democracy
The Burnham revolution
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
The left shouldn’t trust Andy Burnham
Haunted by Brexit, Burnham engages with immigration on Farage’s terms
The timeline: How Starmer lost control
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Crime
Police watchdog investigating Montreal shooting that killed 3, including officer
Quebec's police watchdog is investigating Monday's shooting, while Quebec provincial police have launched a parallel criminal probe.
Sports
Size and a depth guard priorities for Raptors
Even as the Toronto Raptors pushed the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in their first-round playoff series, general manager Bobby Webster and head coach Darko Rajakovic spoke throughout the post-season and afterwards about an ongoing rebuild.
U-s-news
Woman dead after Tesla in autopilot mode crashes into Texas home
Investigators said the driver was driving a Tesla Model 3 when he failed to 'maintain a single lane, left the roadway and crashed into the residence.'
Consumer
Does your insurance cover flooding? What consumers need to know
After significant rain led to flooding over the weekend in Montreal and Edmonton, insurance experts are urging Canadians across the country to check their insurance policies.
World
Iran-U.S. talks have set ‘good foundation’ for ending war, Vance says
Vance left the ongoing talks in Switzerland progress after claiming progress on multiple fronts, including ensuring the Strait of Hormuz stays open.
Weather
A soggy June could mean mosquitoes ‘plaguing’ many Canadians, experts say
Experts say that the elevated flooding and rainfall can trigger a more intense mosquito season that is anticipated to last longer than previous years.
Trending
Trump alleges Lincoln Memorial paint damage is vandalism, says arrests made
U-s-news
3 hikers dead in heat-related incidents at Grand Canyon National Park
Entertainment
Singer Oliver Tree’s body recovered after deadly helicopter crash in Brazil
Crime
Montreal police officer, civilian killed in shooting identified
Entertainment
Clive Davis, music industry executive, dead at 94
Canada
Ottawa’s nuclear energy strategy seeks more new reactors, global exports
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“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
Lost causes
Whatever happened to Britain’s top Remainiacs?
Goodbye to all that
Keir Starmer: A Political Obituary
Taking back control
The Makerfield Test
Peak Reform?
Nigel Farage flailing is extremely funny
British Politics
The Tories are a local party now
Northern boy
Makerfield proves the potency of Brand Burnham
British Politics
What does Andy Burnham really think?
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
Brexit
The Ireland that Brexit made
Democracy Manifest?
The age of the unelected prime minister
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music