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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is laughing at the idea of fielding "fake" candidates in Toronto — even if it means ceding a financial advantage to the Liberals in a tight Montreal-area byelection.

Two men who brought explosives to a protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

A prolonged global supply disruption could send food prices higher later this spring: analysts

The Liberal government has named senior public servant Annette Ryan to serve as the new parliamentary budget officer.

No one was injured in the shooting. A 35-year-old woman was later taken into custody and the suspect has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder.

The St. John's Junior Hockey League is promising "severe suspensions" following following "unacceptable" conduct on and off the ice during a Caps-Breakers playoff game in the Goulds on Saturday night.

Athletes might be the stars of the show, but the Arctic Winter Games can't escape politics. The games kicked off on Sunday with the flyover of a CF-18 fighter jet at the opening ceremony in Whitehorse. Military aircraft flying over sporting events is nothing new in much of the world, of course, but in the Canadian North, it's practically unheard of.

A proposed $30-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by former students who allege they were sexually, physically and psychologically abused while attending two Catholic schools in Metro Vancouver between 1976 and 2013.

The trial in the case began last week after a judge in February rejected Live Nation's bid to dismiss ​the lawsuit.

Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.

David Rider and Amarachi Amadike address Star readers' questions about 500 Dawes Road, the 14-storey East York residential building notorious for property standards violations.

Price at the pump nears $1.60 as war lingers. 'Let’s hope and pray this thing comes to an end quickly.'

Malvern Collegiate Institute's school council alerted families that students have been deliberately clogging sinks, urinals and toilets.

There is overwhelming public support in Toronto and across Ontario for expanding the runway at Billy Bishop Airport, according to internal government polling obtained by the Star.

Currently banks are allowed to charge up to $48 for an NSF fee.

A 35-year-old woman was taken into custody and police recovered a weapon, according to a statement from law enforcement.

A new poll also shows half of Canadians believe the Royal Family is "no longer relevant at all."

Diana Krall, the Beaches and Jeremy Dutcher among Canadian artists set to perform at the May 9 celebration honouring the music icon.

MPs are expected to square off tonight in a debate about Canada's approach to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, although the prime minister won't be taking part.

The prosecution will no longer argue there's enough evidence “to sustain a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” over the rape allegations of two women, the Crown said on Monday.

Newly established channels on Telegram have shared details of prominent Iranians living abroad who have posted comments critical of Iran’s clerical authorities

A U.K. zoo has captured the adorable moments that four young bears ambled out of their beds after three months of hibernation. The sleepy bears emerged into the spring sunshine to play, doze and eat.

Pause threatens to stall implementation of Trump’s flagship Middle East peace initiative, which he has cast as a major foreign policy objective

Awkward footrace in Dorking, Surrey is said to be inspired by a 19th-century Finnish legend about a gang that pillages villages and steals the women

Its fragments fell in a region sitting between a critical airbase to the west and radar base to the east, both of which are used by the United States and NATO

Evidence identifies the munition as a Tomahawk cruise missile – which only the U.S. is known to possess in this war

Stronger state funding for accessibility makes ancient cultural heritage easier to grasp by people who cannot see it

Washington rejects Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insist it was operating in a noncombat role

Finance ministers say they will monitor the market situation and might release strategic reserves if necessary to support global supply

Cap expected be be implemented as soon as this week

Canada produced 32.8 per cent of the world’s total potash production in 2024, remaining the world's largest potash producer, according to Natural Resources Canada.

David McGuinty added that Canada has not yet decided to join its NATO allies in offering assistance to Persian Gulf nations that have come under attack by Iran.

The move came amid soaring global oil prices as the Iran war, now in its second week, ensnares countries and infrastructure critical to the production and movement of oil and gas.

Sustained pressure on oil prices could mean Canadians will pay significantly more at the grocery store by the end of this month, one expert said.

Also on Sunday, the Prime Minister's Office said Carney gathered the Incident Response Group with ministers and senior officials to discuss the ongoing war in Iran.

An investigative group says newly released video “appears to contradict” U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school.

Germany's finance ministry said on Monday that G7 finance ministers would meet later in the day to discuss the impact of the war in Iran.

Their camps under attack by Iran, Kurdish fighters based in Iraq are debating whether to join the U.S. and Israeli war against the Islamic republic.

A survey found a majority of Canadians want Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to lose his claim to the throne, while 51 per cent say the Royal Family is not relevant to them personally.

Amid the war in Iran, Canadians continue to request help in leaving the Middle East. Global Affairs Canada says several flights, buses and pedestrian crossings have been arranged.

The president insists conflict with Iran will be brief, but world leaders are preparing for severe economic blowback.

The sports and marketing agency founded by Casey Wasserman dropped his name in the latest fallout from the Epstein files.

Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake.

The president, Walter Carter Jr., said he “made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership.”

“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

The subpoena was issued in recent days to the Arizona State Senate, which oversaw a sprawling but partisan audit of the vote result in Maricopa County.

Iran’s new supreme leader has been selected not to break with the regime but to preserve it.

The war in the Middle East has sent prices soaring, showing how much the world continues to depend on reliable supplies of oil and gas.

The agreement, which requires a judicial sign-off, would avoid a breakup of the concert giant. But states who joined the suit object to the terms.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce that New York City is expanding free preschool for 3-year-olds, adding 1,000 seats to meet demand across the city.

U.S. stock market indices rose on the heels of reported comments by President Donald Trump that the war against Iran could be over sooner than first expected.

Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz

Roughly 20% of global LNG flows through the Strait.

The 10-year Treasury yield initially moved higher before pulling back Monday as oil prices at first moved past $100 a barrel.

The lawsuit says Anthropic is being harmed "irreparably" and could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.

Kharg Island serves as the centerpiece for Iran's oil industry, accounting for roughly 90% of the country’s crude exports.

The price of crude oil has sharply spiked as the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed as the United States and Israel wage war on Iran.

Zoox will start by deploying a fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlander SUVs, before rolling out its toaster-shaped robotaxis for testing.

European stocks started the new trading week sharply lower as traders tracked developments in the Middle East and a surge in oil prices.

Prediction markets are facing backlash over bets related to war, with Polymarket recently archiving some predictions on nuclear detonation.

President Donald Trump called surging oil costs a “very small price to pay.” Group of Seven leaders are set to convene Monday to assess the economic fallout.

As the 11-year cycle downshifts from solar maximum to solar minimum, the lights will begin to diminish, so the time to plan a trip is now.

The letter, written in prison hours before her execution, is on display in Scotland for the first time in 30 years, enthralling crowds and conspiracy theorists.

The planet may experience a strong or even a super El Niño later this year. And it could cause record heat.

The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei sent a message of defiance against Donald Trump after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The new supreme leader was selected as environmental fallout from Israeli strikes on fuel depots blanketed parts of Tehran.

The Canadian auto industry has been rocked by President Donald Trump’s abandonment of subsidies for electric vehicles and embrace of tariffs.

Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair. The war in Iran is their biggest gamble yet.

The administration says Rwandan-backed militants violated a Trump-brokered peace accord within days.

President Donald Trump honors slain U.S. service members at Dover, threatens to widen U.S. targets after Iran’s president dismissed the notion of surrender.

Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continues as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean miss out on the mixed doubles semi-finals.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, enters power as the Islamic republic faces its most serious crisis.

The artificial intelligence company has been in a public fight with US government leaders over use of its tools like Claude

League One Port Vale's reward for beating Sunderland in the FA Cup is a quarter-final tie away to Chelsea, while Manchester City will host Liverpool in a heavyweight showdown.

The defence secretary also told MPs that the warship HMS Dragon would set sail for the Mediterranean in the next couple of days.

Katie Nicholl denies she got sensitive medical information about the actress though unlawful means.

Williams will be sentenced next month for the assault, which left a dog walker with a broken arm.

The fire began in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday afternoon before the building collapsed hours later.

A 35-year-old is held after Sunday's attack with an assault-style rifle on the pop star's home.

A woman who identified an innocent man as her attacker says police dismissed her concerns as "trial nerves".

The president’s latest comments come as world financial markets are reeling under the weight of sky-high oil prices

Butterfield believed he’d had a hand in the president’s fate

As COVID vaccines saved millions of lives, a small number of people began developing dangerous blood clots in unusual parts of the body

Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington died Saturday night after being seriously injured during an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia

The San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome is home to one of Michelangelo’s most famous works, the massive marble statue of Moses, as well as the purported chains that imprisoned the first pope

The detention by immigration authorities of two teen brothers who were prominent members of a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas is triggering bipartisan criticism

Two teenagers charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and providing material support to ISIS

Price of oil has surged since US and Israel launched airstrikes towards Iran 10 days ago

Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned abruptly after disclosing “an inappropriate relationship” with a person who was seeking public resources for her business

Exclusive: Lee Cox, who stole the show with Clumber spaniel Bruin on Sunday, was previously found guilty on animal cruelty charges