John Blanche, the British artist and illustrator whose works formed the bedrock of the Warhammer tabletop gaming universes, has died. But you don’t need to be an avid gamer to feel the influence of the grim, dark worlds he helped build.

Republicans have launched a series of attacks and personal insults against Texas Democratic Senate contender James Talarico, hoping these tactics might prove effective against the Texas politician they see as a real threat in the Senate race in the mid-term elections, analysts say.

Major League Baseball’s collective agreement will expire at the end of the season. As labour negotiations begin, the league’s owners have proposed a salary cap and a payroll floor, something the players’ union has vowed to fight. Here’s where things stand in the league and what it could mean for the Blue Jays.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how some provinces get good grades for running electric school buses; dig into the climate impact of liquefied natural gas; and uncover why reusable packaging at supermarkets took off in France, but not Canada.

As questions around the logistics of separation loom ahead of the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether or not to kickstart the legal process of exiting Canada, the question of citizenship remains a murky one.

As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart — whose journey has been highly successful on ice and deeply controversial off it.

Summer movie season is normally a battle of Hollywood heavyweights — but this year, two of the hottest tickets at the box office come from young YouTubers who brought their built-in audiences with them to the big screen. Industry watchers say their success could influence what projects get made in the future.

Grouse Mountain’s Adam Rootman tells The National about the moment his team broke the world record for ‘largest flag unfurled on a mountaintop’ on the ski hill in North Vancouver, B.C., as neighbouring Vancouver prepares for the FIFA World Cup.

A video showing Cambridge Mayor Jan Liggett interrupting a teenager’s Pride speech is making rounds on social media. Sophie Mills said they felt “distraught” by what happened.

A woman with worsening dementia was left in a home for a year after Social Development found it would not meet her safety needs, New Brunswick’s seniors advocate says.

The brutal murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in southern England has ignited another volatile debate in the U.K. over race and what’s been described as “white grievance.” Despite pleas from Nowak’s grieving family to prevent his death from sparking racial division, prominent far-right and populist figures have tried to exploit the tragedy.

The owners of a hotel chain who are appealing orders to pay more than $100,000 in owed wages to three foreign workers say they weren’t even aware two of the workers were employed at one of the company’s Manitoba hotels.