Canada
‘It’s not cheap, but it’s the World Cup’: Inside the $20,000 trips to see Socceroos play
Downtown Vancouver has become overrun with green and gold. Australian fans have become inescapable and their optimism for how the team may go is contagious.
- Nick Ralston
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‘World Cup of chaos’: Can the most expensive sporting event deliver?
The World Cup returns to North America after 32 years. And just like in ’94, when O.J. Simpson’s police chase threatened to steal the show, the event is not without dramas.
- Nick Ralston
Air Canada pilot accused of flying for 17 years without proper licence
The 59-year-old pilot faces seven charges, including fraud, forging documents and public mischief.
- Mack Liederman
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump might tear up ‘the best deal ever made’
US President Donald Trump is taking aim at America’s neighbours as he opens a new front in his trade wars.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Is Canada about to break apart? Referendum question on Albertan independence revealed
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to call a referendum that could lead to the energy-rich province separating from Canada has angered both sides of the debate.
‘This isn’t the ’90s. Times have changed’: My middle-aged reality check
His ankles hadn’t felt the pinch of ski boots for nearly two decades. How would this visitor fare on the slopes – and in the bars – of Whistler?
- Alex Rowe
Canada’s biggest contributor to the world of drinks is this cocktail
It’s an icon of Canada, though controversially it may have been invented by an American
- Ben Groundwater
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump targets Europe as he eyes a new war
You’d think Donald Trump had enough on his plate, trying to find an exit path from his war on Iran that isn’t humiliating. Now he has set his sights on one of America’s biggest trading partners.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Kraken’: Scientists discover 19-metre-long apex predator octopus
The discovery, based on novel techniques to analyse fossilised beaks, details how colossal octopuses prowled the depths during the age of dinosaurs.
- Will Dunham
The Aussie former ski instructor now running North America’s No.1 resort
Thought Australia’s contribution to the world of snow ended at six Olympic medals? One of ours runs the ski resort consistently ranked North America’s No.1.
- Jim Darby