The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization that has declared “jihad against the Jews,” has established a vast network of charities and fundraising across Canada, a new think-tank report finds. “For decades, organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is also an adherent, have managed to embed themselves at all levels of Canadian society,” the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy … Continue reading Muslim Brotherhood and Qatar have established extensive network across Canada: report

OTTAWA — Alberta is pitching that provinces collect more tax dollars and Ottawa less, in its latest volley against the federal equalization program. The idea was put forward on Tuesday in an explanatory video posted to the website for the newly launched Alberta Next panel . The video proposed that the current fiscal arrangement in which Ottawa collects roughly 60 per cent of all tax … Continue reading ‘Cut the middle man’: Alberta floats swapping equalization for more provincial tax-collecting

Two Toronto drivers who saw their red light camera tickets put on hold because it took too long to get their cases into court are out of luck because the justice of the peace who handled them initiated the stays himself and didn’t give the city a heads-up that he was going to press pause on the charges. The justice of the peace, who is … Continue reading Two paused Toronto red light camera tickets get the green light on appeal

Jerusalem, 25 June, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Hamas are controlling the food supply as a tactic to garner more teenage recruits, an aid worker in Gaza and experts have told The Press Service of Israel. In recent weeks, claims of a famine and repeated pressure on Israel to provide food for people in the Gaza strip has led to the establishment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation … Continue reading Hamas recruits teenagers by stealing food and controlling supply, some experts say

It’s the stuff of bureaucratic nightmares. Earlier this month, the City of Toronto announced that 15 of its outdoor pools would be opening a week early as part of a planned extended season , with the rest slated to start operations on June 27. Then on June 20, with temperatures in the city soaring, it gleefully posted to X that all its outdoor pools would … Continue reading Olivia Chow apologizes after Toronto closed its swimming pools amid heat wave

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 With Canada in the midst of a labour crunch, the Government of Canada has unveiled new targets to keep one-quarter of the the country’s labour force filled by immigrants. The figure is contained in a … Continue reading FIRST READING: Ottawa sets target to keep Canada labour force 25 per cent immigrant

It was early morning, just before sunrise in Alberta’s Jasper National Park, when Kellie Paxian thought she had run out of luck. She was driving with her husband Matt Murray along Maligne Lake Road, leading to the eponymous lake, the largest natural one in the Canadian Rockies. They were on the lookout for moose on June 22 — but unlike previous trips to the area … Continue reading Could this be Canada’s friendliest moose? Woman recalls encounter near Alberta’s Maligne Lake

OTTAWA — Even before it hits the 2014 NATO target of two per cent, Canada is committing to a new NATO target of boosting its defence and military spending to five per cent of its GDP — or $150 billion each year in total — within ten years. Following a two-day NATO summit in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Wednesday that the alliance … Continue reading Canada commits to new NATO defence spending target of five per cent of GDP

Toronto criminal defence lawyer Andrew Menchynski’s professional profile on the Law Society of Ontario website is spotless. It lists no current or past regulatory issues and no restrictions on his practice. What the public can’t see is that since September 2022 Menchynski had been subject to criminal charges for alleged assault, forcible confinement and possession of a weapon, a 12-month peace bond, a regulatory investigation, … Continue reading What the Law Society of Ontario isn’t telling you about your lawyer