Today’s Hamas sympathizers echo the 1930s ‘Bund’ movement in North America. Commentary Since the Hamas invasion of Israel to massacre Jews on Oct. 7, 2023, there has been an eruption of public Jew-hatred in Canada. The most recent example occurred this past weekend, at the start of Passover, when “pro-Palestinian” demonstrations took place on Parliament
Commentary The April 17 English-language debate ran smoothly and covered various issues. Participants were controlled for the most part, and moderator Steve Paiken kept the pace running smoothly. The media room erupted into disorder and clashes, however, leading to the cancellation of the traditional post-debate scrums with the leaders. The journalists in attendance were in
Commentary Last fall, Ottawa responded to a surge in public support for immigration restriction with a cut to immigration levels that it promised would “pause population growth in the short term” to ease “pressures on housing, infrastructure and social services.” But a curious question about this policy U-turn is beginning to emerge: Is Canada’s population
Police in Quebec have called off a land search for three migrants thought to be missing in woods near the U.S. border southwest of Montreal after learning they may have actually been picked up by a vehicle. Provincial police say they received the new information suggesting the woman and two young children are no longer
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in
During the April 17 English-language debate, incumbent Liberal Leader Mark Carney was the main target of the other party leaders, although NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh especially targeted Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre with multiple debate interruptions. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (L) and Liberal Leader Mark Carney speak during the English-language leaders’ debate in Montreal on April
Liberal Leader Mark Carney attempted to fend off attacks from the other party leaders at the English-language debate on April 17, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried to link the prime minister to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nine years in power. Responding to the debate organizers’ topics, the four party leaders—Carney, Poilievre, NDP Leader
Despite some major retailers going under, a majority of Canadians say they still prefer shopping in-store rather than online, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by KPMG, asked Canadians about their retail shopping habits and preferences. It comes amid the closure or downsizing of a number of retail businesses, such as The Bay,
The Supreme Court of Canada says a person must wait seven years after completely finishing their post-secondary studies before they can be released from student loan debt under the federal bankruptcy law. The top court’s decision came Thursday in the case of Izabela Piekut, who received government student loans in the course of three university
An Ontario court has committed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach to stand trial on two charges related to two complainants as part of his Toronto sexual assault case. Ontario Court Justice Jacqueline Freeman made the ruling at the end of a preliminary inquiry that dealt exclusively with those two charges, which court has heard were the