
Canada's newest cardinal will lead a mass in honour of Pope Francis this afternoon.
April 22, 2025 - 06:36 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Good morning. Once buoyed by progressive promise, the NDP now risks becoming obsolete – more on that below, along with the Pope’s legacy and the actual power of Buy Canadian. But first:Today’s headlinesFormer world junior players accused in Hockey Canada sex-assault case are set to stand trialA Conservative candidate has been targeted by election interference from China, Canada’s election-threats watchdog saysHarvard University sues the Trump administration to halt a US$2.2-billion grant freeze
April 22, 2025 - 06:35 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
For some Canadian parents of young children, there’s only one issue that matters this election: the future of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) plan, a policy that reduces daycare fees in some provinces to as little as $10 a day.
In one of his last executive moves, former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced a five-year extension of the program, which was first launched in 2021 with the support of Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Party. This time around, Trudeau promised to increase funding to provinces by 3 percent per year over a four-year period—money that would...
April 22, 2025 - 06:30 | Chantal Braganza | Walrus
Actor and stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan was more than a little surprised at the anti-American vitriol he noticed during a recent performance in Vancouver. What’s worse, he couldn’t even drown his sorrow in a glass of Kentucky bourbon at the bar, since American booze has been pulled from most shelves amid the ongoing trade war between the two countries.
His comments came during an appearance on the...
April 22, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
April is Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation, and Prevention Month — a time for solemn reflection on humanity’s darkest chapters. For the Jewish community, this month holds even deeper meaning, as it bridges the end of Passover and the commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But this year, remembrance alone is not enough. As we mark 80 years since
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, we must confront an alarming reality: antisemitism is once again on the...
April 22, 2025 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.
April 22, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa