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A better way to help out poor seniors

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The Editorial Board

What’s really behind Toronto’s blue bin foul-up

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Marcus Gee

News To Me – Hands off Venezuela

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Gabrielle Drolet

John A. Macdonald was no cartoon villain. He may have been our most human prime minister

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J.d.m. Stewart

Caught in Ottawa’s drug crisis, a homeless woman searches for a new life

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Spencer Colby

Looksmaxxing: A Gen Z boy’s reply to anti-male bias

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Debra Soh

Donald Trump’s deportation drive is making a mockery of America’s promise

Demonstrators rally before marching to the White House in Washington on Thursday as they protest the fatal shooting by an ICE officer of Renee...

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Joe Davidson

In Venezuela, a mighty U.S. will again meet an even greater power: sovereignty

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Ben Rowswell

Canada needs a pipeline to the future

Pipelines carrying steam to wellheads and heavy oil back to the processing plant line the roads and boreal forest at the Cenovus Energy Christina...

yesterday 10

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The Editorial Board

An impatient Mark Carney would rather bypass the public service than reform it

The Liberal government needs to make the public service an attractive place to work if it wants to recruit industry leaders. Justin Tang/The...

yesterday 10

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Konrad Yakabuski

Thanks to Grok, the internet is even less safe for women

Elon Musk has tried to laugh off the issues with Grok, seeming to blame users rather than his platform. LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images I...

yesterday 10

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Marsha Lederman

Why Canadians feel unsafe despite crime rates dropping

A poll commissioned for CSIS last January found that 57 per cent of respondents felt that Canada is a more dangerous place than it was five years...

yesterday 10

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Robyn Urback

Data Dive with Nik Nanos: Canadians are feeling pretty good at the moment. Will the optimism survive 2026?

Canadians' views on the country have been more upbeat during Mark Carney's time in office, according to polling. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian...

yesterday 10

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Nik Nanos

Trump’s Venezuela operation sends a message: stay out of America’s sphere of influence

A United States flag flutters behind protesters outside the U.S. embassy, during a protest against the country's military operation in Venezuela,...

yesterday 10

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Canada cancelled its plans for a National Portrait Gallery – so I built my own

Sarah Lazarovic at Gallery 1065 in Toronto ahead of the upcoming National Portrait Gallery of Canada of Bloorcourt show. Jon Laytner/The Globe and...

yesterday 10

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Sarah Lazarovic

Venezuela attack shakes Canada’s economy far beyond oil – it’s a reckoning for the ages

yesterday 10

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John Rapley

A history lesson on the future of living beside the U.S.

Canadian and U.S. flags fly atop the Peace Arch monument at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press...

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The Editorial Board

Is there still a place in the world for the Nobel Peace Prize?

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and with his Prize, wagered that ideas, institutions, and courage could restrain the very violence his own work had...

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Lloyd Axworthy

Why international law matters after the U.S. attack on Venezuela

People in Caracas, Venezuela, rip an American flag in half during a protest on Jan. 3. Ariana Cubillos/The Associated Press “You can talk all you...

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Andrew Coyne

Addressing the health impacts of plastics is becoming more urgent

A pile of plastic waste in Vietnam's northern Hung Yen province in November, 2025. NHAC NGUYEN/AFP/Getty Images “There’s a great future in...

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André Picard

Venezuelan oil affects Canada only a little. But even a little is too much

Oil pumps in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in July, 2024. the country's current oil output stands at just one million barrels per day. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/...

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Charles St-Arnaud

What’s going on with Vancouver’s zany real estate market? It just might be a paradigm shift to sanity

Despite falling prices in Vancouver, many potential first-time home buyers are still staying out of the market. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press For...

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Gary Mason

No, Indigenous people are not coming to take Canadians’ homes

A British Columbia Supreme Court decision made last August in the case of Cowichan Tribes vs. Canada upheld the Nation’s title claims to about 800...

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Tanya Talaga

Canada urgently needs a plan to protect the auto industry

Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Brian Kingston is president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association. The...

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Brian Kingston

In Trump’s predatory world, Canada now swims in a shark tank

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat in Washington on Tuesday. Evan Vucci/The...

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Campbell Clark

Chrystia Freeland must resign today, not some day

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Chrystia Freeland in Kyiv on Monday. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER/Reuters Ukrainian...

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The Editorial Board

The antisemitism you might have missed over the holidays

"We Canadians need to have each other’s backs and stand up against hatred of the other," writes Marsha Lederman. A man holds a sign in support of...

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Marsha Lederman

Someone made $430,000 betting U.S. would capture Maduro. This is wrong

A man shows a digitally altered image of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday. ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty Images...

wednesday 10

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Vass Bednar

Calgary’s water-use restrictions are a symptom of a much larger problem in Canada

City crews assess damage to the Trans-Canada Highway from a water main break in Calgary, on Dec. 31, 2025. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail Jen Gerson...

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Jen Gerson

Rubio’s revenge: U.S. Secretary of State charts Trump’s surprisingly hawkish foreign policy

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind him during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Fla., on Jan....

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Konrad Yakabuski

If it’s any consolation, Canada is far down on Trump’s takeover list

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in June in Kananaskis, Alta. Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated...

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Lawrence Martin

Trump’s thirst for Venezuelan crude will hasten the death of oil

Oil platforms in Maracaibo, Venezuela. While U.S. President Donald Trump may have won the battle for Venezuelan oil, he may also have lost the war...

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John Rapley

Carney wants to build big, but will Bay Street follow?

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to construction workers as he tours a housing development in Ottawa on Nov. 6, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian...

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Yrjö Koskinen

Is more trade with China really a good idea?

Prime Minister Mark Carney and a Canadian delegation sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping and a Chinese delegation during a meeting in...

wednesday 10

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Margaret Mccuaig-Johnston

The regulations for e-bikes lack balance

Only e-bikes that meet specific standards and regulations should be allowed in bike lanes and paths. Laura Proctor/The Canadian Press Electric...

06.01.2026 1

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The Editorial Board

America’s shocking silence in the face of Trump’s outrages

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 6. Alex Wong/Getty...

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Gary Mason

Iranian protesters need solidarity. They’re being sabotaged instead

A pre-1979 Islamic Revolution Iranian flag is waved during a demonstration in Paris against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests, on Jan. 4,...

06.01.2026 4

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Samira Mohyeddin

When it comes to Trump’s behaviour, the most plausible explanation is the stupidest

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on Tuesday....

06.01.2026 10

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Andrew Coyne

The Conservative and Liberal responses to Venezuela reflect vastly different foreign-policy outlooks

Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre speaks with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa in September, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian...

05.01.2026 9

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John Ibbitson

What’s a Canadian MP doing as an adviser for a foreign government?

Then-minister of transport and internal trade Chrystia Freeland leaves the West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 16, 2025. Sean...

05.01.2026 1

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Robyn Urback

We need to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. uses military coercion against Canada

Canada’s oil, minerals and water make it a notable resource hotbed from Donald Trump’s perspective. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Thomas...

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Thomas Homer-Dixon