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Canada would like a government now, please
Ottawa woke Wednesday to two shocks. At home, news of a shooting in the capital’s residential downtown core. A domestic dispute, it seems; more of a municipal tragedy and outrage than a national one....
THE COLUMNISTS
Canada would like a government now, please
Ottawa woke Wednesday to two shocks. At home, news of a shooting in the capital’s residential downtown core. A domestic dispute, it seems; more of a municipal tragedy and outrage than a national one....
In praise of shame
I have spent a significant part of my professional life working in places where things have gone wrong—in countries afflicted with war, poverty or corruption. In the early years, I found the work...
NATIONAL
From joyous wedding to national tragedy
The aftermath of the Iran plane crash takes the form of heartbreaking recollections—many of them centred in Edmonton’s small Iranian-Canadian community Seven short days after what was supposed to be...
What caused the crash
Trudeau confirmed intelligence that said the plane was likely shot out of the sky. Will Canada be part of the investigation into the disaster? Aviation accident investigators don’t jump to...
The Trump effect
There are consequences of the Trump presidency. Some will be felt in the decades to come, others are immediate and tragic. Every action has consequences. It’s one of the first things our parents teach...
Who wants to be Conservative leader?
The Tories are fast heading toward a big question about what kind of party they want to be—and there’s no easy answer Things will now start to happen quite quickly in the Conservative Party’s...
‘Skippy’ for Conservative leader?
Underestimate Pierre Poilievre at your peril In the end, the first shot in the Conservative leadership contest wasn’t fired by Rona Ambrose, Peter MacKay, Jean Charest, or any of the other media...
Our biggest public health threat
The global climate catastrophe hits us where we live, and we should attack it the way society has successfully faced other health crises OPINION The climate crisis makes us worry about the future for...
INTERNATIONAL
Moving right along
Having brought his country to the brink of war, Trump returns to his existential question: re-election or impeachment? Smashing Israel’s record for brevity by a convincing margin, Donald Trump...
What Trump’s hit on Soleimani exposed
Tehran’s interference had tied NATO’s Iraq mission into knots, and the idea of ‘stability’ had become an illusion Following Sunday’s vote in the Iraqi parliament seeking the expulsion of American...
SOCIETY
Brain changer
A new study is testing whether giving poorer families cash can reshape a child’s early life and educational outcomes Kimberly Noble, a neuroscientist and pediatrician at Columbia University, clicked a...
Are they moving to Canada?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named ‘North America’—not the U.S.—as their second home-to-be. Things could get awkward. Was Prince Harry and Meghan’s six-week stay at a luxury estate in North Saanich,...
‘Cancel culture’ is so last decade
Ricky Gervais mostly played it safe in his monologue at the 2020 Golden Globes. But he might not even have had to. OPINION Before Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globe awards for the fifth (and, he...
What’s the deal with Harvey Weinstein’s walker?
It’s not clear whether his doctor prescribed it, but his lawyers sure think he needs it Harvey Weinstein is no longer a person. He has become a symbol of sexual predation, an Ozymandian benchmark...
THE BEST FOR LAST
Something’s got a hold on me
In one of our favourite stories this week Rosemary Counter visits a church basement in Toronto where pro wrestling has made a comeback—and where everyone is in on the act Sunday night at Eastminster...
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