Canada

Politics Insider for Sept. 24: Scheer tackles housing affordability, Trudeau is back to being all-smiles-on-deck

Some stores are hiring security guards and training staff to watch for suspicious behaviour—a challenge, because, well, there’s no stereotypical meat thief

Election Image of the Day: How do you campaign while dogged by a blackface scandal? No questions. No speeches. Just the occasional circus trick.

An unapologetic supporter of Assad’s regime has been named Syria’s honorary consul—to the dismay of many Syrians in Canada familiar with him

Politics Insider for Sept. 23: Promises to cut taxes and phone bills bring us back to politics as usual

The mutilated bodies suggested psychopaths as the perpetrators, but a new branch of forensics pointed elsewhere

From the very beginning in the 1840s, black citizens in Toronto fought to shut down performances by blackface clowns, and their efforts are well documented

Election Image of the Day: Visible minority supporters are deflecting a lot of the heat on the Liberal leader over his blackface escapades

Politics Insider for Sept. 20: Now there’s a video too, Trudeau’s diverse cabinet reacts and Singh’s big moment

Election Image of the Day: Justin Trudeau’s ’brownface’ debacle turned all eyes on the NDP leader. Without question, he rose to the occasion.