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Jan 07, 2026
The head of the union that represents workers at the General Motors CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., says switching production to military vehicles is one of the options under discussion to return the facility to operations.
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Jan 07, 2026
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defence but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.
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Jan 07, 2026
Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, global attention has shifted to the White House's next move in the region. To understand the stakes of this transition, here are six charts that illustrate the scale and significance of Venezuela's oil reserves.
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Jan 07, 2026
Canadians have collected a handful of nominations for the Actor Awards, SAG-AFTRA's annual accolades honouring Hollywood's best film and television/streaming performances of the year.
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Jan 07, 2026
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new slate of dietary guidelines that recommends Americans eat more protein and less sugar than previously advised and that consumers avoid highly processed foods to achieve a healthy diet.
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Jan 07, 2026
Government says it plans to have an application ready by July 1 to the federal major projects office, which aims to expedite infrastructure projects deemed in the nation's interest.
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Jan 07, 2026
A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park announced on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies.
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Jan 07, 2026
A woman in her 90s is dead after she was found outside her seniors' residence on Jan. 1, in Lac-au-Saumon, in Quebec's Lower Saint-Lawrence region.
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Jan 07, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to China next week, marking the first visit to the country by a Canadian prime minister since 2017.
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Jan 07, 2026
A U.S. official says U.S. forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
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Jan 07, 2026
European governments including those in France and Germany are working closely on a plan on how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, as Europe seeks to address U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions in the region.
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Jan 07, 2026
In recent years, the tides in the industry have turned from a male-dominated trade and now the majority of farriers in the Okanagan are women, who all support one another.
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Jan 07, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery's board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance's latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4-billion US hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject.
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Jan 07, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery's board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance's latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4-billion US hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject. The board repeated their commitment to Netflix's offer, which they say offers more value and certainty.
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Jan 07, 2026
Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race.
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Jan 07, 2026
A top adviser to two Canadian prime ministers outlines the risky global landscape, from zombie trade deals to a new American 'revolution.'
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Jan 07, 2026
Pilots can't see it coming, and it's hard to avoid. But severe clear-air turbulence can shake a plane ‘like King Kong.' It's on the rise, and forecast to get worse due to climate change. The rise has researchers investigating how to better predict clear-air turbulence, and looking to the physics of birds to make this chaotic force less dangerous.
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Jan 07, 2026
Desire for a Heated Rivalry-inspired Team Canada fleece came to a head recently after eagle-eyed fans spotted — and gushed over — a particular outfit choice by character Shane Hollander. And they've been demanding the opportunity to buy it ever since.
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Jan 07, 2026
Desire for a Heated Rivalry-inspired Team Canada fleece came to a head recently after eagle-eyed fans spotted — and gushed over — a particular outfit choice by character Shane Hollander. And they've been demanding the opportunity to buy it ever since.
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Jan 07, 2026
An expert in free expression feels Ontario's solicitor general is attempting to pressure Toronto police to change how they handle protests for political reasons. This comes after Solicitor General Michael Kerzner issued a letter to the Toronto Police Service, calling out what he described as a lack of enforcement for hate, intimidation and harassment-motivated offences at protests in the city.
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Jan 07, 2026
A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.
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Jan 07, 2026
Travellers planning trips to the Caribbean are voicing trepidation online after the U.S. strike on Venezuela that captured president Nicolás Maduro, while one Latin America expert says it's not a good time to travel to the region.
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Jan 06, 2026
Loïc Lagarde, a photographer in Paris, tells The National about the moment he captured Parisians skiing and sledding down the snowy slopes of Montmartre.
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Jan 06, 2026
People in Inuvik, N.W.T., are being asked to turn down the heat at home and also find other ways to reduce their energy use, because of a limited propane supply in town.
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Jan 06, 2026
Lego has unveiled new high-tech "smart bricks" it says will bring its classic toys to life with lights, sound and interactive movement. But one expert on early learning says the innovation may lessen the potential for imagination that makes Lego a good toy for children's development.
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Jan 06, 2026
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
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Jan 06, 2026
Manikandan Kasinathan, Chandramohan Marjak and Mary Roche, who co-owned Marina Dosa and Tandoori Grill, were each sentenced to 90-day jail terms after they were convicted of fraud over $5,000. They must also pay back the $44,000 they stole from three employees.
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Jan 06, 2026
The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor recorded videos saying he had been planning the attack for at least six semesters, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Jan 06, 2026
B.C. Premier David Eby and Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon are headed to India in less than a week on a trade mission to promote local businesses and industries. Their visit comes amid a backdrop of political uncertainty and tense international relations.
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Jan 06, 2026
The lawyer for a woman who admitted to killing her infant daughter in Charlottetown last year while suffering from postpartum depression asked that his client receive no jail time for the crime — details of which have been unveiled in court for the first time.
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Jan 06, 2026
Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman and Grammy-winning country singer Keith Urban have officially ended their marriage.
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Jan 06, 2026
The historic building that housed the Douglas Tavern in tiny Douglas, Ont., burned to the ground overnight. Fire Chief Bill McHale's parents ran the popular gathering place for nearly half a century.
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Jan 06, 2026
The historic building that housed the Douglas Tavern in tiny Douglas, Ont., burned to the ground overnight. Fire Chief Bill McHale's parents ran the popular gathering place for nearly half a century.
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Jan 06, 2026
The Grammy award for best album cover will be awarded this year for the first time in over 50 years. Photographers and organizers say it couldn't have come soon enough.
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Jan 06, 2026
On the heels of the U.S. military attacks on Venezuela's capital over the weekend and the capture of president Nicolás Maduro, millions of people on social media are sharing a fictitious CIA analyst's insights on the South American petrostate.
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Jan 06, 2026
The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.
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Jan 06, 2026
Kashechewan First Nation, along northern Ontario's James Bay coast, is in a local state of emergency and plans to evacuate residents in the coming days because its water treatment system is in disrepair.
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Jan 06, 2026
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two, according to a government tender.
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Jan 06, 2026
The trial of one of the first police officers on the scene of the deadly 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school opened on Tuesday with prosecutors accusing him of criminally failing to try to stop the slaughter, while the defence said the officer did the best he could at the chaotic and confusing scene.
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Jan 06, 2026
The first day of the trial of a police officer who responded to the 2022 shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers was interrupted on Tuesday after a witness provided testimony not previously presented to the defence.
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Jan 06, 2026
Companies both large and small are giving the public a first look at their new products during CES 2026, the world's largest consumer technology trade show, now underway in Las Vegas.
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Jan 06, 2026
91 per cent of Air Transat pilots who voted agreed to ratify a new five-year employment contract with the airline. The union and company reached the tentative deal in December, narrowly avoiding a strike.
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Jan 06, 2026
The six-time all-star with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball told reporters Tuesday that he plans to work hard every single day and do his best for the team, which is firmly eyeing a return to the World Series.
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Jan 06, 2026
Nestlé voluntarily recalled a number of baby formula batches due to potential contamination with a toxin that can cause severe vomiting and nausea. The recall applies to products sold in a number of countries, mostly within Europe, but the company says Canada is not affected.
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Jan 06, 2026
Drew Nickerson, 13, remembered as a friend to many who loved the outdoors.
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Jan 06, 2026
The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says the loss of the 13-year-old student will be felt widely.
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Jan 06, 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays, who lost the 2025 World Series to the L.A. Dodgers, are introducing a new player: Japanese star infielder Kazuma Okamoto, who has been signed to a four-year deal.
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Jan 06, 2026
Tamara Hamelin, 35, was charged with four counts of assault with a weapon and two counts of assault in relation to a series of stabbing attacks in Vancouver's Yaletown neighbourhood last October. She pleaded guilty to the offences last month.
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Jan 06, 2026
Slowing sales of electric vehicles were offset by an uptick in demand for its more affordable Maverick truck, and for hybrid vehicles.
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Jan 06, 2026
Juan Pablo Serrano, wanted since June 2024 in connection with the Desjardins data breach, was arrested by Spanish authorities, according to Quebec provincial police.
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Jan 06, 2026
A pod of orcas surprised people on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast earlier this month by swimming close to shore and rubbing their bellies on the rocks — a behaviour an expert says few killer whales around the world have been observed doing.
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Jan 06, 2026
At least 25 people have been killed in Iran during the first nine days of protests that started in the bazaar of Tehran over the plunging value of the currency and soaring inflation, according to rights groups.
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Jan 06, 2026
Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of the market shut down.
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Jan 06, 2026
Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out for several years at the bar where a fire that broke out at a New Year's party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said Tuesday.
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Jan 06, 2026
A nurse is warning rural hospitals may have an even tougher time filling shifts in the new year as the Manitoba government ends its relationship with dozens of companies supplying its health-care system with agency nurses.
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Jan 06, 2026
Seventy-five-year-old Robert Stitt's youthful energy, clear eyes and hearty laugh might perhaps be chalked up to 55 years of trapping: long winter months working outside in the fresh air and sleeping in a remote cabin under the northern lights.
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Jan 06, 2026
An international organization that often finds itself at the centre of human rights conflicts in developing countries has turned its attention to a small town in southwest Nova Scotia.
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Jan 06, 2026
An elderly Dieppe couple were shot once each by a man directed by a drug network to kill their son, a Crown prosecutor told a Moncton jury on Tuesday.
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Jan 06, 2026
The capture and planned prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro under U.S. law rattled European leaders gathered in Paris on the eve of planned meetings over specific security guarantees for Ukraine.
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Jan 06, 2026
In Canada, the patent for some semaglutide drugs has expired, paving the way for the country to become the first to offer cheaper generic versions of medications like Ozempic and Wegovy to people with prescriptions. Pharmaceutical experts say this could take some time.
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Jan 05, 2026
Manitoba Independent MLA Mark Wasyliw has filed a defamation lawsuit against Premier Wab Kinew and two other members of Kinew's NDP government, claiming they associated the defence lawyer-turned-MLA with convicted criminal Peter Nygard as an excuse to kick him out of the party.
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Jan 05, 2026
Simon-Pierre Bouchard and Jean-François Denis, skydivers from Quebec, tell The National about the moment they helped set a new canopy formation record with 104 skydivers from around the world.
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Jan 05, 2026
Greater Vancouver recorded its lowest annual home sales total in more than two decades in 2025, capping a year that saw weak buyer demand, rising inventory and easing prices, according to new data from Greater Vancouver Realtors.
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Jan 05, 2026
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
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Jan 05, 2026
Zayne Parekh had a goal and an assist to set a new record for points by a Canadian defenceman at a world junior hockey championship as the country salvaged a bronze medal with a 6-3 victory over Finland on Monday.
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Jan 05, 2026
Zayne Parekh had a goal and an assist to set a new record for points by a Canadian defenceman at a world junior hockey championship as the country salvaged a bronze medal with a 6-3 victory over Finland on Monday.
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Jan 05, 2026
Canadian freestyle skier and reigning Olympic silver medallist Mikaël Kingsbury says he's nearing full health from a left groin injury while preparing for a return to World Cup moguls this week in Val St-Côme, Que.
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Jan 05, 2026
Leaders in Greenland, Mexico and Colombia are asserting their respective nations' sovereignty and pushing back on pressure from Washington after it removed Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela over the weekend.
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Jan 05, 2026
A civil suit filed in the Supreme Court of B.C. accuses three Denny's workers of misappropriating more than $500,000 in tips from the restaurant chain while working at a Kamloops location between 2023 and 2025.
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Jan 05, 2026
A former school police officer in Uvalde, Texas, who was part of the slow law enforcement response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history went on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children from the gunman.
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Jan 05, 2026
A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born male.
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Jan 05, 2026
Ontario's mandate for government employees to return to office five days a week has kicked in starting Monday, much to the dismay of unions and public service workers.
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Jan 05, 2026
North American oil prices climbed by more than one per cent on Monday following the upheaval in Venezuela over the weekend, while stock prices of some large Canadian oil and gas companies have fallen.
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Jan 05, 2026
While some may choose to stay indoors during the frigid and snowy Canadian winter, Vesa Luomaranta tries to make the best out of cold weather — but he doesn't play pond hockey or go for a ski. Luomaranta is one of many Canadians choosing to surf in winter.
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Jan 05, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term, less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign. Walz was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee during the 2024 election campaign.
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Jan 05, 2026
A former Winnipeg police officer who previously pleaded guilty to a long list of charges involving corruption and other inappropriate actions has now also admitted to selling drugs over a period of years — both to civilians and other police officers.
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Jan 05, 2026
Former Winnipeg police officer Elston Bostock has pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs over a period of years — both to civilians and other police officers.
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Jan 05, 2026
While a community member who accesses support services related to mental health and addiction said the drones raise concerns about residents' human rights, city officials say Cranbrook has been dealing with public safety issues tied to homelessness, addiction and mental health far greater than typical for a small city.
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Jan 05, 2026
In a bid to improve student behaviour in Quebec schools, new rules are now in effect requiring students to use formal language when addressing teachers and school staff.
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Jan 05, 2026
B.C. municipalities have long complained senior levels of government have "downloaded" costs and responsibilities onto them. Now some cities have tried to quantify how much they've taken on — and they say it could cost them millions.
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Jan 05, 2026
The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation says the number of patients coming in is on the rise — and interactions with humans are largely to blame. This year alone, it's taken in more than 2,000.
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