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A Michigan credit union CEO has apologized following pushback online for a social media post showing her and her family wearing “Lake America” sweatshirts and stating that she is “not sure” Canada would like them. The family was preparing to embark on a trip to Halifax. Jane Smith, head of the Family First Credit Union…

Political advocacy in a post-secondary classroom where it does not relate to the subject matter could become a “threat to academic freedom” if left unchecked, warns Association for Canadian Studies president Jack Jedwab. While new polling for the organization indicates the majority (60 per cent) of Canadians firmly feel academic freedom shouldn’t protect a professor…

OTTAWA — The Quebec election campaign is already more than halfway done, with polls showing that the Parti Québécois is still in the lead while the incumbent Coalition Avenir Québec’s “Trump bump” thanks to the trade war is slowly fading away. Still, with a large proportion of Quebecers who remain undecided, it’s no wonder that…

The growing saga of financial allegations around former MP and lawyer Raj Grewal has taken another surprising turn, as not only the former politician but two Sikh temples are named as defendants in a new lawsuit. The case filed last week by a pair of non-bank lenders alleges that RSG Law, the firm Grewal founded,…

The University of Toronto has been called out by prominent leaders on social media for its “despicable” research group dedicated to anti-Zionism theories, as explained in its description. The working group, titled Bridging Theories of Anti-Zionism, is comprised of grad students and faculty at the university’s Jackman Humanities Institute who conduct research and engage in…

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s highly anticipated address to the European Parliament on Thursday was frequently interrupted by applause from the lawmakers in the room, and ended to a hearty standing ovation followed by expressions of support on social media from politicians across Europe. Carney, who has welcomed the European Union’s invitation to become its first-ever…

Alberta politics are ramping up as we head into the fall, with a surprising byelection result in Calgary, and 10-question referendum about a month away. The NDP seized a riding that had been held by the UCP, with many political watchers tying the vote to discontent over a referendum seen as a sop to a…

A day after President Ursula von Der Leyen extended an unprecedented invitation for Canada to join the European Union as an associate member, Prime Minister Mark Carney explained what that might look like in a speech to the 27-member economic bloc’s Parliament Thursday. During his nearly 2,000-word, roughly 22-minute address in Strasbourg, France, the prime…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to bring the EU’s relationship with Canada “to the highest level possible” in a speech on Wednesday, and said she wants to work with Prime Minister Mark Carney to make Canada an “associate member” of the 27-member bloc. The first-of-its-kind designation is the culmination of Carney’s year-plus…

Josh Berman had reached a point where he was in so much pain he could barely sleep. He couldn’t work and was plagued by fatigue that made even simple tasks unbearable. Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2021, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and ulcers to form in the lining of…