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The people who could stop COVID
The fight against COVID-19 is in a new, unprecedentedly dangerous phase. New cases are trending upwards, the percentage of positive tests is increasing, ICUs are becoming more full, and public health...
THE COLUMNISTS
The people who could stop COVID
The fight against COVID-19 is in a new, unprecedentedly dangerous phase. New cases are trending upwards, the percentage of positive tests is increasing, ICUs are becoming more full, and public health...
NATIONAL
Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?
At 19, he killed his father while high on drugs. His case has reignited a historic battle over victims’ rights and criminal law. By Leah McLaren Four days after Christmas in 2015, Thomas Chan, a 19...
The loss of WE
My family and I saw first-hand how the Kielburgers put children first. OPINION Cancel culture. Two words that can take down 25 years’ of work in the span of 25 days. Thanks to “trial by headline”,...
INTERNATIONAL
Spitting-mad Trump supporters are not going away
Laugh, cringe or succumb to outrage, there’s no avoiding the outgoing president’s COVID-denying true believers Some pictures say a thousand words. Others are much more succinct. Regardless of the...
SOCIETY
Farewell, metropolis
Abandoned office towers, empty subways, deserted cafés—post-pandemic, many cities will never be the same The ongoing urbanization of the human species, currently powered by a daily increase of 200,000...
EDUCATION TRENDS
Becoming YukonU
A degree in First Nations governance is one of the main draws of Canada’s first university north of 60 This year, 17-year-old Brooklyn Massie had to make a choice that was previously unavailable to...
Winterized transcripts
A national project will revolutionize access to post-secondary credentials In January 2020, Newfoundland experienced what many now call Snowmageddon. St. John’s, home to Memorial University (MUN),...
Where everything is illuminated
Get thee to thy school’s library, where superheroes await, magic unfolds and rare sanctuary can be found The first time I thumbed through an illuminated medieval manuscript, a special collections...
THE BEST FOR LAST
See the good, you must
In one of our favourite stories this week Marie-Danielle Smith looks at the efforts to cancel Baby Yoda, and offers a plea to protect the one good thing left about 2020 There it is. The sad,...
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