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A tale of two pandemics and one massive debt
I know I’m supposed to be complaining about quarantine, but it’s been pretty good for me. Life is calm, quiet, predictable, and nicely paced. My days follow a well-oiled routine with plenty of time...
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THE COLUMNISTS
A tale of two pandemics and one massive debt
I know I’m supposed to be complaining about quarantine, but it’s been pretty good for me. Life is calm, quiet, predictable, and nicely paced. My days follow a well-oiled routine with plenty of time...
NATIONAL
Too passive, too cautious, too slow
The government clearly failed to respond as effectively as South Korea, with dire consequences. In 1458, after the plague killed both the chief magistrate of the Most Serene Republic of Venice and his...
The quest for a coronavirus remedy
As the race to find a vaccine goes on, researchers are trying potential treatments for patients suffering from the pathogen The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly since the first case of human...
Toward a less anguishing end
Palliative care can help spare those dying of COVID-19 considerable suffering. It should be built into the system’s response. As palliative care doctors, we regularly care for patients with life-...
What the Wet’suwet’en want
Negotiation of formal land rights may be on the horizon, but the pipeline controversy remains The old feast hall, with its high ceilings and large wood panels featuring traditional Indigenous drawings...
A white flag over rainbow walls
The couple running a Fredericton clinic is throwing in the towel after years of covering abortion costs for those who couldn’t afford them Dr. Adrian Edgar and Valerie Edelman had high hopes when they...
INTERNATIONAL
A makeshift grave for the unclaimed victims of New York’s coronavirus scourge
Hart Island—long the city’s version of a Potter’s Field—is seeing 25 burials a day, the number it once received in a week New York City purchased Hart Island, a 53-hectare sliver floating between the...
ECONOMY
The death of growth
Is it time to say goodbye to the pursuit of runaway economic expansion? In the past month, as the world grappled with the coronavirus, images circulated from the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918:...
A chance to build a better Canada
When the time comes to stimulate the economy, let’s invest in smarter transit, cleaner technology and next-generation energy In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard to think very far ahead....
SOCIETY
Back when there were rodeos
A new book of stunning Alberta imagery showcases an already altered life Could any place be more apt for social distancing than the wide-open Prairies? Grassland and pasture sprawl toward a horizon...
The strongman’s stomach
Chefs who served Idi Amin, Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein on how—and why—they fed a dictator We need a new word to describe the uncomfortable hunger one feels reading this book, which combines...
Dear Tim and D’Arcy . . .
After a divorce, Sue Carter moved into a small basement apartment. She thanks her friends and ex-landlords for the new life she found. THIS IS THE first Sunday night since you guys left. I keep...
BEST FOR LAST
Coronavirus: Walking is our only respite
In one of our favourite stories this week Erling Kagge walks us into his Oslo neighbourhood—and his sense that time slows in a pleasing way when we travel on foot. Good news, because these days...
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