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Kim Jong-un is “dancing rings” around Donald Trump and may win new concessions without any meaningful commitments at next week’s Vietnam summit, Britain’s former ambassador to North Korea has warned.  John Everard, who spent two years in Pyongyang, said the meeting between the US and North Korean leaders was “dangerous” because Mr Trump appeared driven by […]

UPDATE – April 11, 2018: Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist Dayna Brons died of her injuries in hospital, 5 days after the bus crash. She is the 16th fatality in the accident. Canadians are at a loss for words after hearing the news of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan that has left 15 dead […]

OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed more than expected in September as increases in the price of gasoline continued to ease. Statistics Canada said Friday the consumer price index in September was up 2.2 per cent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of 2.8 per cent in August. Economists had […]

China’s latest hit song is a sunny, cheerful tune by a children’s choir about the greatness of Huawei, a Chinese tech giant accused of spying on behalf of the government. “Of all the phones in the world, which is the most beautiful? Everyone says Huawei!” the Zhoudan Children’s Singing Classroom croons in the three-minute number. […]

Would a quarter of $1 million a year solve all of your financial woes? Almost 1,500 Canadians were asked how much individual pre-tax income would make them feel “financially comfortable” in a survey by financial services firm Edward Jones. The verdict came in at cool $250,000. But why stop there? Being comfortable is great, but […]

TORONTO — A ticket for a minor traffic infraction and a sudden preponderance of black SUVs were Tiffany Babiak’s early clues that something was different about her normally quiet downtown neighbourhood. Then she learned the reason why: Prince Harry’s then-rumoured girlfriend Meghan Markle lived just a few blocks over and the area was crawling with […]

FREDERICTON — The new leader of a New Brunswick First Nation said he’s proud to be elected as the first openly LGBTQ chief in Atlantic Canada — though he said he’s more well-known in his community for his leadership skills and creativity. Allan (Chicky) Polchies Jr. identifies as two-spirited, an umbrella term referring to Indigenous […]

A British-led expedition to find the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, has been defeated by horrendous weather and pack ice – the very conditions that trapped the explorer’s vessel in Antarctica more than a century ago. The expedition was called off on Thursday after “extreme weather conditions” led to the loss of an autonomous robotic […]

OTTAWA — Fissures have appeared inside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s youth council after a group of current and former members publicly urged the Liberal government to reverse its decision to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. The request was made in a letter to the prime minister signed by 16 past and present members of […]

China has accused two detained Canadians of spying, intensifying a diplomatic row between the two countries. It came just days after Canada announced it will proceed with a request from the United States to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of the telecom giant Huawei. Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, was accused of spying […]