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If it seems like every year, Easter, and in fact every holiday, gets a little more intense, we're here to tell you that you're correct.

The ongoing war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are impacting Canadian pocketbooks in ways we might not expect. Experts warn Canadian homeowners facing mortgage renewals that rates are going up, despite the Bank of Canada holding its key interest rate for months.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in Toronto to take on the Blue Jays for a three-game series starting Monday night. What's changed since they defeated the Jays to become World Series champs in Toronto last year? Let's find out.

An extremely dry winter has made for another challenging harvest of India's famous Darjeeling tea, with the flavour the region is renowned for at risk as quality dips. As climate change makes the weather more erratic in the Himalayan foothills, estate owners are growing ever more worried about the future of their businesses.

The fire was burning in a populated — but not densely so — unincorporated part of Riverside County, in a recreational area near the city of Moreno Valley, which has a population of roughly 200,000.

Debbie Marland, owner of Sunshine Farms, tells The National about the moment Chesney the kangaroo escaped and spent three days on the run after being spooked by hunting dogs.

The White House released a budget on Friday, in which the Trump administration requested funds for the ⁠Federal Bureau ⁠of Prisons to cover the ‌first-year costs of rebuilding Alcatraz into "a state-of-the-art secure prison facility."

After the author and "Brat Pack" actor's wife and son confronted him with the fact he didn't have friends anymore, McCarthy crisscrossed the country to visit old friends and ask strangers whether friendships between men are in trouble.

The federal health regulator said Friday its assessment found no evidence of a machine malfunction and the equipment performed as expected, wrote Health Canada spokesperson Mark Johnson in an emailed statement.

Nicole Moore, an Orangeville nurse, nearly bled to death on a Cancun beach. She said she doesn't regret getting in the water.

As Premier Doug Ford prepares to reduce records available for public scrutiny, FOI advocates say the provincial officials are already helping keep documents secret by dragging their heels for months on end.

'If you speak to people in Quebec or Alberta about a housing correction, they don't know what you're talking about.'

Flooded elevators and failed parachutes. Shark attacks and crash landings. In “I Survived,” a series from the Star, survivors of near-death experiences detail their lives before and after — and the day that changed everything.

"It's been a nightmare," one agency said. "We still have more people to serve."

The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.

We may soon get an inside look at the family fallout from the billionaire murders.

The Open Ice project says three-quarters of Canadian municipalities hand out ice based primarily on historical contracts rather than participation data.

Canadian border agents seized 70 bricks from a truck carrying a load declared as produce that was destined for Calgary.

The Tempo came away from Friday’s expansion draft with a guard-heavy group headlined by a couple of picks who seem to fit expectations perfectly.

One service member rescued and at least one is missing after warplanes are attacked

In Montana’s Blackfeet Nation, a class offers a crash course on distorted guitars and dealing with crushing anxiety

School’s admissions officer offered to help children jump the queue in exchange for cash and gifts

In the coming days, astronauts on the mission are set to witness something that very few have seen before: the moon’s far side

The country is now forced to reconsider its long-term economic plans, which were built on a promise of peace

There are no end of players now facing the pressure of winning the Masters

Candlelit service inside Colosseum warns world leaders that their decisions will one day be judged by God

Cuba’s government said it will release 2,010 prisoners but it was not clear how many were released on Friday or how many were political prisoners

It’s a sign that drugs continue to move easily through the U.S., despite promises by the Trump administration

Sudden availability of so many cheap versions has raised concerns among health care professionals about malpractice and misuse of the drugs

Rescues and medical emergencies are commonplace on Mount Everest. In October of last year, more than 350 climbers were rescued after becoming trapped in a freak storm.

One fighter jet was shot down in Iran. A U.S. crew member from that plane was rescued, but a second was missing, and a U.S. military search-and-rescue operation was underway.

Tehran has kept the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors, despite U.S. and Israeli insistence that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed.

Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the 32-year-old appeared in court Thursday on nine terrorism charges, such as assault causing actual bodily harm.

The translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.

Another jump in the price of gasoline has heightened the debate over whether the provincial and federal governments should provide some tax relief for drivers.

The EU is asking its member states to implement the International Energy Agency’s 10-point plan to reduce global demand for oil, Dan Jørgensen, the EU’s energy commissioner said.

Convicted of violating sanctions on Iran and awaiting a decision on his deportation, Amin Yousefijam has taken the government to court over the matter.

It was president's first address on the war and it comes at a pivotal moment at home and abroad as he faces mounting questions about the costs, rationale and objectives of the war.

The newly announced sanctions relief is a strong signal that the U.S. recognizes Delcy Rodríguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela ever since the U.S. military operation.

From Tehran to the Supreme Court, a look at Trump’s relentless battles.

An F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran and an A-10 Warthog crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, officials said on Friday. Two airmen were rescued, and one is unaccounted for.

Two men and a teenager were arrested this week, the London police said, adding that the March attack had not been declared a terrorist incident.

The White House has turned deportations, a signature domestic issue, into a major piece of foreign policy. Here’s what we know about the program.

Trump girls gone wild — or just gone.

Since 1979, Iran has repeatedly used Americans and Europeans detained on its territory to win concessions over more powerful adversaries.

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

As the HBO comedy finished production earlier this year, a photographer captured some of the final days on set and the showrunners looked back on its award-winning run.

The name atop the Justice Department’s organizational chart matters less than the presence of a president whose demands for revenge have become so extreme that even his most obsequious appointees have fallen short.

While the federal deficit has started to shrink under President Trump, his plans could make the long-term situation worse.

The damage to Oracle's building comes after Iran warned it would target U.S. tech companies operating in the Middle East.

The U.S. is searching for the second member of the F-15 aircraft's crew, whose whereabouts are unknown, MS NOW reported, citing two U.S. officials.

Ticket prices across airlines in Asia increase in the midst of Iran War tensions, Asian travelers look elsewhere to relax

OpenAI President Greg Brockman will oversee product in Simo's absence.

Over 10 months after shelling out an eye-popping $6.4 billion for Jony Ive's nascent devices startup, OpenAI announced it's buying media company TBPN.

The threat comes a day after he said in a nationwide address that the U.S. military will be hitting Tehran "extremely hard" for the next two or three weeks.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 59,000 in March, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.4%.

A year after his "liberation day," Trump's trade war has reshaped how companies in industries such as retail and autos are modeling economic and policy risk.

South Korea's Kospi led gains in the region while Japan's Nikkei 225 also opened higher. The Australian and Hong Kong markets were closed for the Easter weekend.

Microsoft said it plans to invest $10 billion in Japan between 2026 and 2029 to build AI infrastructure.

Iranian state media said “many people” are searching for the missing crew member after an F-15 fighter jet and an A-10 attack plane were lost to hostile fire.

Private Chinese technology companies — some with ties to the military — are marketing detailed intelligence on movements of U.S. forces in Iran, even as Beijing seeks to keep its distance.

A state visit intended to mark 250 years of U.S. independence could become a test of the British monarchy’s willingness to confront one of its most difficult controversies.

An F-15 fighter jet and an A-10 attack plane were lost to hostile fire. Two search-and-rescue helicopters also were hit, injuring the crews, before safely returning to their base, officials said.

Some Trump aides and supporters cloak the war on Iran in religious terms, but the Chicago-born pope said that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”

Ukraine’s Emergency Services posted images of rescue workers trying to save the animals — in one instance administering CPR to a dog — at the clinic in Chabany.

The move, described by the communist government as a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture,” comes as the U.S. enforces a crippling oil blockade on the island.

The president says Iran’s remaining leaders are more reasonable. But assassinations have left in place an emboldened government driving a hard bargain, officials say.

Britain’s Keir Starmer hosts a meeting of world leaders for talks on the waterway amid mounting pressure from the Trump administration to join the Iran war.

Sexual violence is a widespread weapon of war in Sudan. “Survivors frequently and clearly identified the perpetrators as RSF fighters,” Doctors Without Borders says.

Roberto Mazzarella has been on the run for more than a year and was living under a false name, police say.

US and Iranian forces are searching for a missing American crew member after a US warplane was shot down.

A former US marine tells the BBC the priority of any recovery team would be to look for signs of life.

Power firm SSEN predicts wind gusts could reach about 80mph in parts of the country over the Easter weekend.

Kieran Trippier is to leave Newcastle United when the defender's contract expires this summer.

Kieran Trippier is to leave Newcastle United when the defender's contract expires this summer.

NASWUT's leader said there is a "ticking time bomb" if male pupils cannot be helped with misogyny.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars".

Six civilians were killed and 40 others injured as Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles.

After 18 years at Liverpool, Tyler Morton tells BBC Sport how moving to Lyon in the summer has helped him fall back in love with football.

Four men also charged in connection with seizure of 30kg of methamphetamine in Perth last August

The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least eight members of a refugee family near Kabul

The IRGC will likely resist any invasion of Iranian territory with tenacity

As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg had a lot of hype behind him when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year

China's Communist Party has placed former Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui under investigation for suspected violations of discipline and law

Exclusive: Children have been accused of hundreds knife offences in schools, including violence and threats, in what the mother of a murdered teenager called a schools ‘emergency’

Caroline Willgoose’s life changed forever on the day her son, Harvey, was stabbed at school – now she wants to use her pain to protect others

Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine have killed five people and wounded 30 more, according to Ukrainian officials