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Beware foreign powers bearing gifts
CANADA IS CURSED by blessings. We have it so good in this country, we easily overlook the few bad things, even when they are utterly appalling. For example, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s...
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THE COLUMNISTS
Beware foreign powers bearing gifts
CANADA IS CURSED by blessings. We have it so good in this country, we easily overlook the few bad things, even when they are utterly appalling. For example, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s...
An arms race that Canada could win
CANADA HAS ALWAYS sat out arms races of the past. When Britain and Germany were building ever-bigger battleships before the First World War, we didn’t even have a navy. In the Second World War, our...
NATIONAL
Overexposed
The warning signs about Huawei and the Liberals’ starry-eyed approach to China were clear. This extradition mess could have been avoided. THERE’S A DEAL to be made to exit this Huawei mess. But it’s...
The undeniable politics of extradition
The Trudeau government stresses the role of judges in the Meng case, but experts say extradition is ultimately about political decision-making Even after all the coverage of John McCallum’s unorthodox...
Lies, damned lies and insults
As the fight over the arrest of Meng Wanzhou gets ugly, China accuses Canada of everything from ‘white supremacy’ to having few friends Since Dec. 1, when Canada arrested Chinese executive Meng...
Not a drop to drink
Members of the Neskantaga First Nation are set to take their first sips of safe tap water in 25 years. Many refer to it as ‘the moment,’ and it’s a matter of life and death. On a November afternoon,...
Bring this house to order
Abuses uncovered by the Speaker of B.C.’s legislature cry out for deep, structural change. It’s the only acceptable outcome. British Columbia is home to a history of scandals and boondoggles that...
The Left and Right
The two sides don’t share equal blame for the sad state of politics. OPINION For reasons that are perfectly understandable, many believe we are living in an age of uniquely toxic and rancorous...
INTERNATIONAL
The many faces of a grinning young white man
Nick Sandmann in his MAGA hat—smiling at a Native American protester while flanked by braying classmates—seemed self-evidently hostile. But these days nothing is self-evident When people saw the first...
SOCIETY
A star is snubbed
The absurdly talented Cooper didn’t nab a nod for Best Director. Can his tour de force catch up to ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón’s stunning achievement? Oscar loves to make history. For this year’s Academy...
Oscar’s greatest irony
Melissa McCarthy plays a figure we don’t often see onscreen—a clever woman on the margins who isn’t a mother. Which is why she won’t win. THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS announced Tuesday provide our annual...
A father lost in a fugue
Mark Abley writes a probing new memoir about a difficult parent, a renowned musician who was unable to teach him how to be a man When poet and author Mark Abley was around nine years old in the mid-...
The Food Guide’s only good advice
‘Eat with others:’ If we follow this simple dictum, evidence shows, we won’t need government telling us what to eat in the first place THE MOST IMPORTANT recommendation in Canada’s new food guide has...
Click here to worship
For most people of faith, prayer is a dialogue with God. A new prayer app from the Pope is almost reminiscent of the selling of indulgences. OPINION Pope Francis is perhaps the most divisive pontiff...
BEST FOR LAST
Reel justice prevails
In one of our favourite pieces this week, Emily Senger tells the story of unassuming trout fishermen in B.C.’s Nicola Valley who fought a billionaire pro sports and real estate tycoon for access to...
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