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Allergies, a memorial for Gary Parent, and the official start of an election season.

A Toronto foundation has helped return a Renoir artwork allegedly looted by the Nazis to the Musée d’Orsay, after a 90-year journey as dramatic as the painting itself. Le Jugement de Pâris, a 1908 sanguine sketch of a classic cultural myth, was loaned to the Parisian museum by Canadian non-profit EJB Steinberg Arts Foundation, which…

VANCOUVER — The church of Goldie Boutilier is a broad one. At her concert March 26 at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre — the perfect venue for a chanteuse whose various pop-star personas are often inspired by old movies — the enthusiastic crowd responds to her proclamations about healing from past traumas like they’re at a rock…

Thirty years ago, it was normal for a grocery store produce manager or part-time nurse to find the five per cent downpayment needed to buy a home, says mortgage broker Ron Butler. Those days are gone. Now, someone earning $115,000 a year would have trouble buying a house in parts of Canada.

OTTAWA — Chief Justice Richard Wagner denied a request to recuse himself from the Emergencies Act case Wednesday, saying his 2022 comments about the Freedom Convoy protests have nothing to do with the issues on appeal. In a letter to parties on Wednesday, Supreme Court of Canada registrar Chantal Carbonneau said Wagner believed there was…

Seasonal allergies are getting worse in Canada, with longer and stronger pollen seasons, largely thanks to climate change. Here’s a primer on the hardest-hit cities, the latest science and what treatments can help you survive another allergen-filled spring and summer.

OTTAWA — A Postmedia-Leger poll published this week shows the Conservatives narrowing the gap slightly on the Liberals, but satisfaction with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s performance remains high among Canadians overall. Forty-eight per cent of Canadians said they support the Liberals, compared to 37 per cent for the Conservatives, when asked which political party they…

Mastercard Inc. shares posted their biggest intraday drop since February as the payments network warned that overseas spending growth on the firm’s cards had weakened in recent weeks. Cross-border travel spending growth slowed in the month through April 28, climbing just two per cent from a year earlier, compared with an eight per cent gain…

The Alberta government believes it will have Indigenous support for its plan to build a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast when it’s unveiled in June. “The conversations I’m having with First Nations, and have had up to this time, have been very positive,” Energy Minister Brian Jean said in an interview with Bloomberg…

Wylie Vermette, 25, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Natalie Gardipy in a crash that happened in Saskatoon on June 11, 2024. Lawyers recommended a sentence of two years in jail, but the judge said he needed some time to think about the case and will give his decision in June.