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Canada is misremembering the Komagata Maru incident

2 June 2026 3:41 pm

Another day, another act of national self-abasement from the Canadian government. On May 23, it was all about the Komagata Maru incident,…

Canadian flag arranged on the side of a hill for Remembrance Day at a local Nova Scotia gravesite for a veteran who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Will Canada kill its mentally ill?

15 May 2026 8:43 pm

Euthanasia for the mentally ill has been one of the most contentious aspects of the Trudeau government’s legacy. Though the…

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Does Mark Carney believe in democracy?

16 April 2026 2:27 am

Mark Carney is swaggering about Canada with his new majority government, acting as if he’d just received a landslide mandate…

Has Canada’s bilingualism gone too far?

5 April 2026 3:45 pm

Two young Canadian pilots were killed in a tragic accident on 22 March. What should have been an occasion for…

Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal

31 March 2026 9:24 pm

Easter is almost here – and Canada’s Liberal government has chosen this sacred season to display its utter contempt for Christianity. It…

Why was Canada so afraid of misgendering a trans shooter?

12 February 2026 10:51 pm

A horrible and incredibly sad tragedy unfolded on February 10 in the small town of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia,…

Indian gangs are terrorising Canada

1 February 2026 5:00 pm

South Asian communities across Canada are being terrorised by gangs – and city officials in Surrey, BC are calling on the…

Quebec is trying to ban Jesus from Christmas

22 December 2025 5:00 pm

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – but not, sadly, in Quebec. Or at least that’s what the provincial…

The downfall of Thomas King, Canada’s most influential ‘indigenous’ man

30 November 2025 9:00 pm

It’s an awkward time in the upper echelons of the Canadian cultural establishment. It’s come to light that influential indigenous…

The downfall of Canada’s most influential ‘indigenous’ man

29 November 2025 5:00 pm

It’s an awkward time in the upper echelons of the Canadian cultural establishment. It’s come to light that influential indigenous…

Anne of Green Gables perfected the kitchen mishap

18 November 2025 9:48 pm

There’s something wickedly entertaining in reading about other people’s kitchen debacles, whether actual or fictional. They’re just so relatable. The…

Why bother banning US booze in Canada?

5 November 2025 9:52 pm

You know what they say about America: beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties…

The Freedom Convoy trial has disgraced Canada’s justice system

8 October 2025 10:39 pm

In a disgraceful conclusion to a disgraceful trial, Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been sentenced to…

Robert Munsch’s license to die

20 September 2025 12:56 pm

Once upon a time, there was a hugely successful children’s author named Robert Munsch. His books (more than 70!) sold…

Jailed for embarrassing the Canadian government

7 August 2025 12:56 am

At long last, the Ontario government’s drawn-out legal proceedings against the organizers of the Freedom Convoy is winding to a…

The joy of preparing freezer jam

3 June 2025 7:25 pm

July, and the morning sun blazes over fields of pick-your-own strawberries. The black bears scope out the blueberry patches in…

Mark Carney won’t change Canada for the better

29 April 2025 5:54 pm

Apparently Canada hasn’t taken enough punishment yet. After a close, hard-fought race that extended into the wee hours of the morning, Mark…

Canadians need saving from Mark Carney, not Donald Trump

27 April 2025 5:35 pm

Tomorrow’s election will be one of the most important in Canadian history. The results hang on one crucial question: what’s…

Why have Canada’s conservatives backed euthanasia?

15 April 2025 9:09 pm

There’s two weeks left before Canada’s federal election, and we’re dying over here. Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney…

Trump is making showers great again

11 April 2025 3:13 am

Sometimes it’s the little things. Get ready, world. America is back – with shiny, clean hair, glowing skin and a faint…

Fishy business

9 April 2025 4:04 pm

Britain’s most popular fish comes with batter, not scales – but America can virtuously say its favorite fish is salmon.…

Canada is more conservative than politicians think

8 April 2025 4:00 pm

Finally, some good news for Canada’s Conservative party. For the first time since the federal election was announced, a poll…

The small town in Ontario with a world-class chocolatier

14 March 2025 12:00 am

I’m sipping Madagascan hot chocolate out of white-and-gold Haviland Limoges, and nibbling on Venezuelan milk-chocolate bonbons, under an oil painting…

Is Canada doing enough to stop the US trade war?

12 March 2025 10:13 pm

There’s such a thing as cutting off your nose to spite your face, and the tariff war between Canada and…

Canada can do more to address the fentanyl crisis

5 March 2025 5:52 am

It was a field day for the Canadian freight industry on Monday. Every truck in the country, stuffed to the gills…