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THE COLUMNISTS
Liberty in America
On a rainy day in late April, in a once-storied democracy now ruled by a certifiable madman who gives senior positions to his simpleton children because he wants to, who boasts of grabbing women by...
Has COVID-19 made us part with our privacy?
In January of 2010, a parliament of economic scholars assembled for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. Its key lecture was delivered by Google’s chief economist Hal Varian....
NATIONAL
Lives on the line
As Cargill employees return to the site of Canada’s largest COVID-19 outbreak, fear lingers still At around 3:30 p.m. on April 6, Alfred Gillo pulled his car into the parking lot at Cargill Ltd., a...
Pulling off a bureaucratic miracle
It took long hours, nervous nights and a complete rethinking of how government does business to get CERB running in record time When millions of Canadians were suddenly desperate for cash, unable to...
‘It should not define us’
A tiny community in Nova Scotia has gone down in history as the epicentre of Canada’s worst mass killing. Somehow, someday, it hopes to turn the page. It’s mid-afternoon on a sunny Saturday, and a Bay...
Cue the sad trombone
Musician Rick Pauzé—marooned in relative luxury off Manila—is one of 267 waiting an awfully long time to get home Rick Pauzé, a music teacher who plied his trade in high schools north of Barrie, Ont.,...
INTERNATIONAL
What’s left to Biden
The consummate pragmatist has been courting progressives—and a lot of risk On April 14, to no one’s surprise, Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden for president of the United States. The former president...
ECONOMY
The growing price of produce
An Ontario farm and trucking operator explains how COVID-19 is making some food products more expensive COVID-19 has upended Canada’s food supply chains. Plants have shut down, grocery stores are...
SOCIETY
The artist who eclipsed Picasso
A new biography looks at how Andy Warhol changed art forever It’s no easy task to write a life of the very famous and recently dead. There’s the immense detritus of a modern life for one thing, and...
The grown-up people’s princess
Camilla has been married to Charles longer than Diana was. It’s time we saw them as a couple unto themselves. On April 9, Charles and Camilla celebrated 15 years of marriage. They were at their home...
Lest we forget again
For decades, Canadians largely ignored World War II. What prompted our national change-of-heart? It used to be easy to find a prime spot for watching the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Ottawa’s...
BEST FOR LAST
A river runs through it
In one of our favourite stories this week Jason Markusoff tells the story of the hardiest boat in Edmonton—the 399-passenger sternwheeler that plies the North Saskatchewan River. The challenge for its...
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