If you read the outpouring of coverage on Omar Khadr on the weekend you might be wondering why President Obama hasn’t kept his pledge to close Guantanamo by the end of this year, and why…
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: Africa’s rulers — all men with the exception of Liberia’s Elaine Johnson-Sirleaf —…
Victoria state in Australia was reported by local media to have stumped up US$1.5 million towards a US$3…
Three years after Vic Chesnutt broke his neck in a drunk driving accident, he was discovered on-stage in Athens, Georgia by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. Playing a guitar held around his neck by a shoe…
Although we often think of those outside our borders as the enemy — the insurgents in Afghanistan who plant IED’s in the hopes of killing our soldiers, or the foreign jihadis who fight a…
WEEKEND ROUNDUP
The Big Issues
The weekend’s best on climate change, the meaning of
Canadian citizenship, the monarchy, and Peter Mansbridge standing up.
Sun Media’s Lorrie Goldstein …
How long before some bright spark spots this and suggests Canada overthrow its tax system and adopt a similar approach? Stephane Dion — they’re calling your name…
The Dutch government said…
Mini-review: There are episodes of The Amazing Race in which many teams struggle, and the question of who will finish last is unclear until the very end. Then there are episodes like this one,…
Fashion designer Stella McCartney is one busy lass! In addition to her own high-end line, a collection for Adidas, a collab with GapKids and toddlers of her own, all the while being…
The Canadian Press is reporting that a five-member panel selected to find a home for the Portrait Gallery of Canada in 2008 criticized the ill-starred bidding process, complaining, among other…
Join us at 4 p.m. ET today as our National Post panel glues itself to the TV to watch Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Ms. Palin will be…
When Immigration Minister Jason Kenney introduced Canada’s new citizenship guide last week, he justified its revived focus on the country’s political and military history by explaining: “We need to…
It wasn’t real urine on actor Mike Smith’s pants (he reassured reporters after the ceremony) as Julian, Bubbles and Ricky ambled onto stage for what Smith said would probably be the trio’s…
Actress Lauren Bacall (C), cinematographer Gordon Willis (R) and filmmaker Roger Corman pose with their Honorary Oscars at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2009 Governors…
Here are some of the more intriguing entries in Google’s latest Hot Trends, an index that tracks the search engine’s fastest rising queries. Read on, and get better acquainted with the current…
Gun control debates often rage on the Letters page. And sometimes we get complaints that one side seems to be favoured over the other.
“I noticed you print far more letters in support of your…
National Hockey League managers gathered this week to agonize once again over proposed changes aimed at preventing injuries. The issue this time is blind-side hits to the head. These are just what…
By Nathalie Atkinson, National Post
There’s much ado about splashy new supper club the Roosevelt Room and Harlem Underground, the Harlem Renaissance-inspired club opening in Toronto next…
Look for Keltie Colleen at stage right.
The Edmonton-born dancer is one of 18 Rockettes performing in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular happening at Toronto’s the Air Canada Centre from…
