Unpublished Newswire
Ontario’s police watchdog says Toronto officers acted within the law during a domestic assault response in which a man fell to his death from a high-rise balcony.
May 2, 2026 - 11:14 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Ottawa
He was one of eight siblings, a poor New Brunswick farmboy who scraped his way into university and went on to a storied political career that saw him touted as a potential prime minister and ascend the highest levels of Bay Street finance. On Saturday, Frank McKenna, the former Canadian ambassador to the United States, pledged $20 million to his alma mater, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in Antigonish, N.S. “The scholarships will be the largest in the country,” McKenna told National Post shortly before the announcement was made public. “The program will be large and prestigious...
May 2, 2026 - 11:00 | Ari David Blaff | National Post
Ontario Premier Doug Ford delivered a commencement speech at a U.S. university Saturday, touching on the close ties between Canadians and Americans, as well as the risk imposed by tariffs.
May 2, 2026 - 10:45 | | CBC News - Ottawa
May 2, 2026 - 10:14 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
The Canada Revenue Agency is refunding approximately $647 million collected as a result of the now-defunct digital services tax. The federal Liberals repealed it in an attempt to keep trade talks on track last summer, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut Canada off. “Before the government halted collection of the digital services tax on June 30, 2025, the Canada Revenue Agency collected approximately $647 million,” CRA media relations officer Nina Ioussoupova told National Post in an email on Friday. Of the amounts collected, Ioussoupova said, about $358 million was...
May 2, 2026 - 08:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – On Saturday afternoon, the southern stretch of Colombia’s sprawling Pan-American highway was packed with vehicles ferrying farmers and Indigenous villagers. But soon after midday, an improvised explosive device tore through over a dozen cars and minibuses trapped in an illegal roadblock. At least 20 people were killed, with another 56 injured, making it one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Colombia’s recent history. Authorities were quick to identify the culprits: the Central General Staff (known as EMC), an offshoot of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed...
May 2, 2026 - 08:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
