THE EDITORIAL
Urgent care
COVID-19 has proven highly contagious and cruelly lethal for elderly patients−characteristics that seem specifically engineered to wreak havoc on nursing homes, as attested by worldwide mortality...
THE COLUMNISTS
Take note, world: Canada is (at the) back!
It’s important to resist the urge to overdramatize. Most of my pundit colleagues have spent years insisting there is no value in a United Nations Security Council seat. Fair enough: then hardly...
NATIONAL
The murderer, his money and his ties to criminals
New evidence—including video of the killer withdrawing a huge sum of cash—raises questions about his activities prior to the Portapique, N.S., shootings and RCMP transparency around the case The man...
When the past is present
Bill Blair already had a lot on his plate. Then a national debate on law enforcement revived the former police chief ’s resume. In the middle of the pandemic, Bill Blair worked in a ghost town. The...
Walling off Alberta
The Fair Deal Panel’s biggest ideas seem out of step with the province’s current economic state—and the mindset of its people As Canada reopens from the many shutdowns of the pandemic, few political...
The city that battles back
A string of calamities has revealed the resilience and sense of unity Fort McMurray spent decades building At the start of May in 2016, the wildfire that would sweep through Fort McMurray, Alta. had...
The trouble with elevators
The pandemic has highlighted how lifts to condos and high-rise offices encapsulate all manner of social issues in cities In a vertical city that boasts about how it leads the continent in active...
INTERNATIONAL
Who the real extremists are
Can racism ever be washed away in America? One thing is clear, those trying to stop the movement are worried and destined to fail. There was a moment during the Black Lives Matter march in Boston on...
The racist legacy of Prohibition
Prohibition propaganda painted ‘others’ as debauched, immoral and a threat to wholesome white families Parallel to the racial protests of today, the summer of 1932 saw more than 10,000 protestors...
Chuba Hubbard, football phenom from Canada, gets results on race
Not long ago, teeing off on his coach over a racially charged photo might have derailed the career of a young running back. This time, it was the coach scrambling to keep his job. It is fair to assume...
ECONOMY
Can I get you another (virtual) size?
Augmented reality, booking your time at the mall, and government safety regulations: what shopping will look like in a post-COVID world It’s 2025 and a customer is on the hunt for a stylish jacket to...
SOCIETY
GREAT SUMMER READS
Here are 20 new works of fiction and non-fiction, recently published or upcoming, to engage and delight readers in the sun MOST ANTICIPATED Rabbit Foot Bill Helen Humphreys, Available Aug....
Learning to learn from a distance
The pandemic has accelerated a trend that was already taking hold in higher education. And that, surprisingly, might be a good thing. If your only experience with distance education has been the...
NATIONAL
How to be in two places at once
Online school allowed Edward Scarpazza to work on his undergrad while getting experience in the field I graduated from paramedic school in 2014. The diploma was a great fit for me, since I love...
THE BEST FOR LAST
The guilty pleasures of pandemic travel
In one of our favourite stories this week Scott Gilmore learns that, for the few whose travel is deemed essential, the pandemic offers a glimpse into a forgotten world when airports offered social...
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