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The AI arms race in the job market

Job seekers are increasingly using AI to write applications, while employers are using AI to screen applications. Jenny Kane/The Associated Press...

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The Editorial Board

As Iran cracks down on protesters again, the world cannot be silent

Protesters participate in a demonstration in Berlin on Saturday in support of the protests in Iran against the country's government. Ebrahim...

yesterday 10

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Shirin Ebadi

This will be the real test of Mark Carney’s visit to China

Vina Nadjibulla is vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with...

yesterday 10

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Vina Nadjibulla

Why Canada should make a bid to host the United Nations headquarters

The United Nations flag waves on the top of a UN building in Geneva, Switzerland. Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press Mark Raymond is the Wick...

yesterday 10

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Mark Raymond

The protests in Iran bear echoes of past uprisings. But this time, they feel different

yesterday 2

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Dennis Horak

The Sunday Editorial: Sorry postsecondary students, tuition needs to rise

Students who have just arrived back at university and college for the new semester need to face a hard truth: they aren’t contributing enough...

previous day 10

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The Editorial Board

Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers. But what about our own?

The McGill University campus in Montreal. Between 2011 and 2019, researchers per 1,000 people employed in Canada dropped from eighth in the OECD to...

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John Turley-Ewart

A better way to help out poor seniors

The government should focus on creating a unified and sustainable system of retirement benefits that helps low- and moderate-income seniors....

saturday 10

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The Editorial Board

News To Me – Hands off Venezuela

saturday 1

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Gabrielle Drolet

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

Spencer Colby is a Canadian-Trinidadian editorial and commercial photographer who focuses his documentary work on covering the toxic drug crisis...

saturday 20

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Spencer Colby

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

Recycling bins and refuse in Toronto in June, 2025. A group of private companies has now taken over pick-up duties from the city. Giordano...

saturday 10

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Marcus Gee

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

This photo illustration shows a male TikTok influencer hammering his cheekbone, playing on a smartphone, next to a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and...

saturday 20

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Debra Soh

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

Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Queen's Park, Toronto, Aug. 29, 1963. Boris Spremo/The Globe and Mail J.D.M. Stewart is the author of The Prime...

saturday 10

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J.d.m. Stewart

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

Government supporters demand President Nicolás Maduro's release from U.S. custody during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. Ariana...

09.01.2026 7

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Ben Rowswell

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...

09.01.2026 2

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Joe Davidson

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...

09.01.2026 5

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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...

09.01.2026 20

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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...

09.01.2026 8

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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...

09.01.2026 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...

09.01.2026 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,...

09.01.2026 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...

09.01.2026 1

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Sarah Lazarovic

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

This view shows a bulk carrier and crude oil tanker anchored on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela on January 7, 2026. MARYORIN MENDEZ/AFP/Getty Images John...

09.01.2026 4

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John Rapley

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...

08.01.2026 3

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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...

08.01.2026 2

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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/...

08.01.2026 2

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Charles St-Arnaud