Canada Post reported a $205‑million loss before tax in the first quarter of 2026, a notable deterioration from the same period last year as revenue and mail volumes fell across every major business line.

The loss represents a $164‑million decline from the first quarter of 2025, when the postal service posted a $41‑million loss. Overall revenue dropped 14.3 per cent, or $181 million, compared to last year.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is blaming Prime Minister Mark Carney’s policies for Canada entering recession territory.

Statistics Canada released a report Friday that said the economy contracted slightly for the second quarter in a row to start the year — a benchmark that meets some definitions of a technical recession.

Some economists weighing in after that release said the recession talk was premature and argued that while Canada’s economy is soft, the declines are marginal and do not meet the definition of a widespread downturn.

Poilievre said Friday there’

A second teen has been charged in connection with a pair of shootings at synagogues in Vaughan and Toronto earlier this year.

Police in York Region were called to the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue on Clark Avenue near York Hill Boulevard in Vaughan just before midnight on March 6 after shots were fired in the direction of the front door. Two people were inside the building at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured.

A short time later, just after midnight, Toronto police responded to the Glencairn Avenue and

OTTAWA — Drones made in Canada could be headed for the battlefield in Ukraine, thanks to a new corporate partnership between Canadian and Ukrainian drone makers.

The defence ministers of Canada and Ukraine signed an agreement to support the co-production of drones on the margins of the CANSEC defence trade show in the nation’s capital this week.

National Defence says the drones will be made by the Ukrainian company Airlogix and Canadian drone maker Sentinel R&D, which is based out of Hamilton, Ont.

Both companies will make drone

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops entered a southern Lebanese village early Friday, pushing deeper into the country as Lebanese and Israeli military officials began direct talks at the Pentagon over the deadly conflict.

The entrance of Israel’s troops into the village of Dibbine, near the town of Marjayoun, came as Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people. Five were killed in an airstrike on the villages of Deir Qanoun al Nahr and Abbasiyeh, while a municipal policeman was killed in the village of Ebba, state media reported.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around.

The company fueled the massive New Glenn rocket Thursday night, hoping to briefly ignite the engines ahead of a satellite launch next week. But the 321-foot (98-meter), rocket blew up, taking part of the pad with it.

Emergency officials on Friday warned the public

A Canadian is set to take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays as they continue to grapple with injury concerns.

Lefty Adam Macko will get the starting nod for the Blue Jays on Friday against the Baltimore Orioles (Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet+ at 7:05 p.m. ET / 4:05 p.m. PT), the team announced.

The Blue Jays went into Friday without a concrete plan at pitcher, as the spot in the rotation was originally designated for Dylan Cease prior to his

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $55.28 billion for its 2025-26 fiscal year compared with a $43.15-billion deficit a year earlier, according to the Finance Department’s monthly fiscal monitor report.

The department cautioned the figures were not the final result for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which will include additional end-of-year adjustments and be published in the public accounts for the year.

Revenue for