10/3 podcast: Pierre Poilievre’s U.S. tour and the Joe Rogan effect: Can it move the needle?
This year has been an up-and-down year for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre recently embarked on a trip to the U.S., where he met with officials and business leaders, which culminated in a highly publicized appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNational Post politics reporter Stephanie Taylor joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why Poilievre opted to make an appearance on Rogan’s podcast, why it was potentially a political win and whether the appearance helps sell him to potential voters in Canada. Background reading: ‘How the hell did you lose?’: Poilievre talks fitness, wishing Trump would ‘knock that s–t off’ on 51st state talk with Joe RoganSubscribe to 10/3 on your favourite podcast appOur website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.
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March 25, 2026 23:59 UTC
Can Canadians ask to deal with TSA rather than ICE at the airports? What a lawyer says you should do
To help out, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel have being deployed to major U.S. airports starting March 23. National Post reached out to Rosanna Berardi, managing partner of Buffalo-based Berardi Immigration Law, to ask what this means for Canadian travellers. You know, we were seeing some really gory imaging at the beginning of the year.”An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) And if everything is above board, it should be pretty straightforward.”A group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) And many of the most disgruntled TSA workers have already taken time off or quit, which is why ICE was brought in in the first place.
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March 25, 2026 23:51 UTC
Woman's body found in gravel yard on Vancouver Island: RCMP
Police on Vancouver Island are investigating what they describe as a suspicious death after a woman's body was found in a Duncan gravel yard. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP say they responded to a report of a deceased woman located in a city gravel yard in the 3900 block of Cliffs Road on Tuesday. A city of around 5,000 people, Duncan is located about halfway between Victoria and Nanaimo. They say the circumstances surrounding the woman's death are considered suspicious. Police are asking anyone with information to contact North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.
Source:CBC News
March 25, 2026 21:26 UTC
Fact check: Photo of Air Canada pilot Mackenzie Gunther
Fact check: Photo of Air Canada pilot Mackenzie GuntherNewsDuration 1:15Multiple different photos have circulated online claiming to show Mackenzie Gunther, one of the two pilots who died in the Air Canada crash at New York’s LaGuardia airport. CBC's Fact Check team separates what’s real from what's not.
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March 25, 2026 20:56 UTC
RCMP probe corruption allegations at Calgary city hall; warrants executed on former mayor, councillors
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and search warrants were executed on a number of properties including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former councillor Sean Chu and sitting councillor Andre Chabot. According to those sources, several search warrants and production orders were executed last week including one on a local business. WATCH | Calgary councillor speaks to reporters about investigation: Coun. Andre Chabot asked about RCMP investigation | Duration 2:59 Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot was asked what he knows about a corruption investigation at Calgary city hall and why RCMP seized his cellphone.
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March 25, 2026 20:24 UTC
Cops with patrol rifles to be deployed to key locations in Toronto as police create new unit, task force
Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city. "Torontonians can expect to see Toronto police officers deployed with tactical capabilities, including patrol rifles," he said. (Dean Gariepy/CBC)Task force to be launched in coming daysBarredo said the task force will be launched in the coming days. Barredo said the task force is an amalgam of different units coming together. He added there is an advantage to having officers deployed in key areas as opposed to having them patrol in cars.
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March 25, 2026 20:22 UTC
Easton Cowan deserves a lot of credit for answering the moment: Leafs Morning Take
Easton Cowan deserves a lot of credit for answering the moment: Leafs Morning TakeNow that’s the kind of response you want to see after a questionable hit on a top player. There was plenty of discussion about it on Wednesday’s edition of Leafs Morning Take, as Jay Rosehill and I got together for a rare in-person show. Simply put, we both loved the immediate response from Easton Cowan after Nikita Zadorov ’s hit from behind on John Tavares . After that, Dave Feschuk of The Toronto Star stopped by to break down the Maple Leafs’ impressive win in Boston. Plenty coming your way on the Thursday edition of Leafs Morning Take.
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March 25, 2026 20:20 UTC
New limits on notwithstanding clause would be 'irreparable' attack on federation, Ontario argues
OTTAWA — “Irreparable” attack on federalism or necessary protection of Charter rights? To pass his 2019 bill, Quebec Premier François Legault invoked section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, known as the notwithstanding clause. One argued that the current view on the notwithstanding clause would also allow a “mini-Trump” to legally run roughshod on Canadians’ rights. Downey said the case is a “generational” test of Canadian federation, going so far as saying that those calling for limits on the notwithstanding clause are endangering the federation. “Section 33 assumes… that the voters can and will assess their government’s use of the notwithstanding clause,” added Downey.
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March 25, 2026 19:08 UTC
Indigenous ways of knowing? You wouldn’t understand: Warren Mirko in the National Post
This article originally appeared in the National Post. By Warren Mirko, March 25, 2026Canada is rapidly abandoning a principle that has shaped western democracies since the Enlightenment: the idea that no person or group has privileged access to sacred or divine knowledge unavailable to everyone else. Now, this principle is being threatened by Canada’s increasing embrace of “Indigenous Knowledge”— whereby knowledge is treated as collectively owned and restricted by ancestry rather than something open to examination and shared across society. Remarkably, the defining quality to possess this knowledge is not study, training, time spent on the land, or lived experience by any individual alive today. When knowledge is said to be possessed by birth rather than learned, its universality is replaced with mysticism and its value diminished.
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March 25, 2026 19:06 UTC
Shediac jail escapee faces new charges after being captured
After nearly six weeks on the loose, Todd John Lewis is back in police custody after being arrested by Codiac Regional RCMP on Monday. Lewis, 36, appeared in Moncton provincial court on Tuesday to face two new charges: escaping from lawful custody and breaching a probation order to complete a domestic violence intervention program. WATCH | Escapee was awaiting trial on weapons charges: Shediac jail escapee faces new charges after capture | Duration 1:12 Todd John Lewis is accused of escaping lawful custody and of failing to obey a probation order to attend a domestic violence intervention program. Lewis escaped Feb. 12 from Southeast Regional Correctional Centre in Shediac, where he was being held while awaiting trial on nine weapons-related offences. Lewis escaped last month from the Southeast Regional Correctional Centre, a provincial jail in Shediac.
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March 25, 2026 16:03 UTC
Toronto police banning protests in North York residential area
Toronto police say they are banning protests in residential parts of a North York Jewish community that has seen regular demonstrations in recent years. "As a result, demonstrators will not be permitted to enter residential streets in this area." "This is a targeted response to specific concerns and a measured step to reduce the risk of escalation and maintain public safety," she said. It creates protest-free zones on specific public streets, where any pro-Palestinian protestor — regardless of how peacefully they express their message — can be arrested." Katherine Stephenson told reporters at the same news conference that there have been about 20 arrests over the last several months linked to protests in the area.
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March 25, 2026 15:47 UTC
Jewish leaders warn of Iran-inspired terror threat after synagogue shootings
Masters: It all starts with a strong Jewish community, and the Jewish community in the greater Detroit metro area is a strong, engaged, coordinated community that works together and has come together — all denominations — as a collective. What’s particularly interesting about supremacists, Nazi ideology, and Islamist extremist ideology is their shared hatred of the Jewish community and shared focus on the Jewish community. The Jewish Security Network was launched in 2024 by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, modelling SCN. Malik Faisal Akram came from the UK in 2021 to Colleyville, Texas, to target the Jewish community in a hostage event at a synagogue. It’s a reflection of the strength and resiliency of the Jewish community that we can resource that.
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March 25, 2026 15:07 UTC
Meet Charles Milliard, the man who could spare Canada a third Quebec referendum
Among those enjoying their coffee who spotted the new Quebec Liberal Party leader as he made his way through Café Hubert Saint-Jean, located in the province’s Eastern Townships, was Normand Duval. With seven months to go before Quebec elects its next government and after only a little more than a month on the job, Milliard knows he has his work cut out for him. Historically, that role has fallen to the leader of the Quebec Liberals as the clear federalist option in the province. His father worked for Davie Shipyards and his mother was a French teacher in a public school. In 1998, he joined the young Progressive Conservatives before Jean Charest would leave to lead the Quebec Liberals.
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March 25, 2026 15:07 UTC
N.S. budget bill vote shut down by singing protesters
Passage of the Nova Scotia government's budget bill stalled late Tuesday night when a group of singing protesters shut down the final vote to approve the budget. Passage of the Nova Scotia government's budget bill stalled late Tuesday night when a group of singing protesters shut down the final vote to approve the budget. Interim Liberal Leader Iain Rankin said it's a good thing that the budget vote has been delayed. "We've been trying to delay the budget vote for a while to get the premier back here at least," he said. Province House last shut down in 1994The last time Province House was shut down by a protest was in 1994, according to the legislature library.
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March 25, 2026 14:35 UTC