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First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY Canada is only 10 months away from a March 17 deadline under which MAID could become legal for the mentally ill. This would make Canada one of only six countries on earth where otherwise healthy citizens can be euthanized by their government for conditions such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. And according to a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute, a majority of Canadians had no idea any of...
June 5, 2026 - 07:30 | Tristin Hopper | National Post
According to the report from city administration, Calgary is facing a fiscal gap of $145 million next year due to provincial downloading.
June 5, 2026 - 07:22 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
A trans prisoner was convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old girl and two women in 1998. Amanda Joy Cooper was living as a biological male at the time of the crimes. Cooper grabbed the girl while she was rollerskating in a parking lot, and told her, “I’ll rape you,” according to Quebec court documents. Days later, Cooper attacked a young woman at the same location. Two days after that, Cooper assaulted a 19-year-old woman at a bus shelter. Prior to those incidents, Cooper had been convicted of sexual assault multiple times. While in federal custody for the first time in 1986, Cooper...
June 5, 2026 - 07:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
Brad Bradford is once again vying to become Toronto’s mayor, pitching himself as the planner-turned-politician who wants City Hall to tackle congestion, crime and the cost of living. Bradford, a city councillor from the city’s east end, first sought the mayor’s chair in the June 2023 byelection triggered by John Tory’s resignation. In that race, which saw multiple candidates splitting the centre-right vote, he finished eighth, with just under 10,000 votes. He emerged determined to try again, and early signs are good: As of mid-May polls show Mayor Olivia Chow in the lead, but Bradford...
June 5, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
New data from Statistics Canada shows that food prices rose by 3.5 per cent year-over-year in April 2026, although many grocery staples saw their prices increase by significantly more than that. Meat is one of the biggest drivers of food price inflation, with beef prices continuing to climb amid tight supplies and strong consumer demand. Beef striploin cuts saw their price increase most year-over-year to $42.42 — an increase of $9.61 or 29.29 per cent. Similarly, the average price of beef top sirloin cuts increased by $2.74 to an average price of $28.94 per kilogram, while beef rib...
June 5, 2026 - 07:00 | Ellie Hutchings | National Post
A King’s Bench judge ordered Ryan James Roach’s extradition to the United States on May 7. He faces charges related to hacking into American university supercomputers to mine cryptocurrency.
June 5, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
