Once upon a time in British history, the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ was something a British monarch carried proudly. The title goes back centuries and, in one of those ironic twists of fate, was awarded to the very king who later split from the church and the faith he was lauded for defending from the door-hammering, paper-hanging threat posed by one Martin Luther.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has announced he had an interview with Joe Rogan — the world’s most influential podcaster — to push his idea for “tariff-free trade.”
Poilievre shared the news in a social media post in which he said he “fought for Canadian workers and Canadian interests on the world’s biggest podcast.”
Fought for Canadian workers and Canadian interests on the world’s biggest podcast.
Thank you @joerogan for an amazing conversation.
Let’s get tariff-free trade.
Sign up to watch it first: https://t.co/Tf0URq6UlC pic.twitter.com/duEin02YjK
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) March 18, 2026
Lockdowns at U.S. bases and a global security alert underscore concerns that Iranian retaliation could extend to officials on U.S. soil
U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live, according to three people briefed on the situation. Officials have not determined where they came from, two of the people said.
The military is monitoring potential threats more closely because of the heightened alert level as the United States and Israel strike Iran, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters. Multiple drones were spotted over Fort Lesley J. McNair on a single night in the last 10 days, the official said, prompting increased security measures and a meeting at the White House to discuss how to respond.
While Canada’s economy is far more reliant on exports to the U.S. than vice versa, Canadian negotiators have crucial ammunition in their efforts to land a trade deal that reduces or eliminates tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Before Trump launched his tariff war, roughly 76 per cent of Canada’s exported goods went to the U.S., while just 17 per cent of U.S. exported goods were destined to Canada.
The U.S. hunger for Canadian exports exposes the falsehood in Trump’s repeated claims that his country doesn’t need anything from Canada. Meanwhile, U.S. industries have told the administration that cross-border trade is essential to their success.
Ford and others are converting battery factories to produce industrial and utility-scale energy storage
Makers of electric-vehicle batteries are pivoting to make energy storage for data centers and utilities, including the likes of Ford Motor
Battery manufacturers made significant investments in the U.S. in recent years, buoyed by policy support for EVs. That changed when President Trump’s administration took away carrots incentivizing EV buyers and did away with sticks that punished automakers for making gas-guzzlers. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence expects energy storage to make up 41% of total U.S. battery demand this year, up from 26% two years ago.
Alberta has proposed a bill that would limit the use of medically assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – in the Canadian province solely to end-of-life circumstances.
In 2021, Canada expanded access to medically assisted dying, known domestically by the acronym Maid, to people with serious, incurable illnesses or disabilities, even if their death is not reasonably foreseeable.
Canada is also due to expand access next year to people whose only medical condition is mental illness, though that has twice been delayed.
The story of Cesar Chavez is a tragedy.
Not because his legacy as a union leader is forever tarnished by his alleged abuse and rape of women and underage girls over several decades.
Rather, it is a tragedy that not one of his victims believed she could come forward until now.
Some of those molested and assaulted by Chavez were too frightened to speak out. Others worried that they would not be believed, or that they would be humiliated, or blamed. And others feared that telling the truth about Chavez would hurt the political movement he led.
The quest for better health care is a national obsession in many countries, and an important issue for Canadian seniors. When it comes to spending money on health care, Canada is doing well compared to other developed countries.
Baumol’s cost disease. New to me.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up a major gas field in Iran if it attacks the US’s Gulf Arab ally Qatar again.
Trump’s threat came after a day in which Israel hit Iran’s South Pars – part of the world’s largest natural gas field. Tehran retaliated by striking an energy complex in Qatar, causing “extensive damage” and leading to a spike in energy prices.
While Israel has not officially confirmed its attack on the gas field, the US president said the US “knew nothing” about its ally, which had “violently lashed out” at Iran “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East”.
U.S. forces are destroying Iranian naval targets that threaten international shipping in and near the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/qR6FJyI5ZS
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 19, 2026
Americans will soon catch a glimpse of something North American politicians once tried to keep far away: cheap Chinese electric vehicles.
As Canada begins importing the EVs, U.S. residents in border cities like Detroit and Buffalo, New York, may see their northern neighbors at the wheel. Or American tourists visiting Canada may experience brands like Xiaomi, Leapmotor and BYD when taking a ride-share.
It’s a situation that the U.S. and Canada sought to avoid for years, worried that the introduction of China’s low-cost, high-tech EVs would undermine domestic automakers and lead to Chinese surveillance. But President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on Canadian autos and auto parts has scrambled the North American auto market.
This is the supposedly superior Chinese self-driving technology of the BYD Han. 🤡
The car has been going round and round at the airport for hundreds of laps nonstop. 😅😂
The driver keeps pressing the brakes, but nothing happens. 😱 https://t.co/mkiAAPQSD6 pic.twitter.com/8Ogp55Xp9E
— Pseudo Prophet (@Pseudo_Prophet_) March 17, 2026
Belarus is training migrants to fight European border guards, the head of Latvia’s security service has said.
In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Normunds Mežviets said the migrants were being trained in combat at special camps and pushed across the European Union’s borders into Poland and the Baltic states.
Tens of thousands of migrants have been transported across the frontier in recent years as part of Russia’s escalating hybrid war with the West.
🚨🇵🇱 Poland – Border Wars
Poland don’t accept migrants who break the law & attempt to enter the Country illegally.
Troops can be seen at the Polish Border literally fighting hordes of immigrants attempting to cross.
A Country that doesn’t defend its borders isn’t a serious… pic.twitter.com/Sm9iBAxG7w
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) August 17, 2024
There was never any question what Prime Minister Mark Carney thought about the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa. In a Globe and Mail op-ed published on Feb. 7, 2022, the “Ottawa resident and former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England” wrote that the convoy was “terrorizing” people, that women were being forced to “flee abuse,” and that the elderly were “afraid to venture outside their homes.” He accused the organizers of “blatant treachery” and “sedition,” and proposed the government respond by “choking off the money.”
The Guardian has amended an opinion piece about Gail’s bakery after it caused controversy among readers, Jewish staff and the boss of the high street chain.
The article was edited on Tuesday evening to clarify a reference to the opening of a branch as “an act of heavy-handed high street aggression”.
Published on Saturday under the headline “A corner of north London where food has become a battleground in the Israel-Gaza war”, the article by Jonathan Liew prompted accusations of antisemitism against the Jewish-heritage business.
Called a “medical error” by physician Romayne Gallagher, palliative care options for Canadians seem to be few and far between.
This is a problem Canada has faced for years — and instead of solving it, many are resorting to euthanasia.
Those who opt for Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, or MAiD, under Track 1, which includes patients whose deaths are “reasonably foreseeable,” must experience unbearable suffering from a grievous or irremediable illness.
