THE INTERVIEW
THE INTERVIEW
Amber Marshall on the joys of Canada’s longest-running TV drama, horses versus cows, living her character—and the terrible thing that happens this season For 14 years, Amber Marshall has portrayed...
NATIONAL
Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story
Why doesn’t Canada have a robust pharmaceutical industry? Until the COVID crisis hit, Ottawa spent years putting up ‘don’t bother’ signs. On the bright side, when it comes to vaccines, so far Canada...
The mix-and-match dilemma
Scientists are looking into whether using doses of two different types of vaccine might give more protection against variants of concern “I think we’re having a global science lesson,” says Dr. Alan...
The long road to clean power
First Nations communities in oil sands country are taking the first steps to wean themselves off fossil-fueled electricity The tanker trucks normally come by the dozen over the winter road from Fort...
SOCIETY
When ‘let it go’ just won’t do
An American’s claim to have taken the highest-resolution photo of a snowflake ever kicked one Canadian into action There’s a simple explanation for why Nathan Myhrvold, the former Microsoft chief...
NATIONAL
How do you pick up a wild lynx? Damned carefully.
This worked for a B.C. man who knows a thing or two about wild animals. Don’t try it at home. When Chris Paulson of Burns Lake, B.C., returned from a cross-country ski outing on Sunday, he heard...
INTERNATIONAL
The awkward opening
There were no handshakes to parse or walks down the hall at Biden and Trudeau’s Zoom summit, just signs of a return to friendlier times We used to discuss the energy of the handshake. Whose grasp...
ECONOMY
Safe bets and wild cards
Early-stage technologies like small modular reactors could prove to be great leaps forward, but careful public investment will be needed for Canada to meet its net-zero emissions target OPINION The...
SOCIETY
Publishing Peterson
The author’s forthcoming book has opened up a clash of values at Penguin Random House Canada On March 2, Jordan Peterson, one of the most famous Canadians in the world, will publish his second book...
NATIONAL
The forgotten vaccine trailblazer
Maurice Brodie, a Canadian, developed the first working polio vaccine. He was cast as a dashing young hero, and celebrated in the U.S., until it all came crashing down. He was called a “savant” and a...
SOCIETY
The life of a litigation bag
I found the soon-to-be-retired tool of my trade in a dumpster nearly 15 years ago. Rescuing broken things is what good defence lawyers do. As a young criminal lawyer in 2006, I found my future...
Choosing joy
Coming to terms with optimism forged by an early encounter with darkness In a year when many Canadians were separated from parents in nursing homes, Cathrin Bradbury recalls happier times with her 94...
Dear Abu. . .
‘You’ve never been able to read my work, but I know you are proud of me,’ writes journalist Haroon Khalid in a letter to his father I remember waiting for you to come home from the factory and join us...
THE BEST FOR LAST
In the matter of a bridge
In one of our favourite stories this week Marie-Danielle Smith examines how the dispute over tiny St. Martins’s timber-framed crossing has exposed a deeper political divide At a summertime rally in...
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