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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...

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The Editorial Board

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

yesterday 4

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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....

previous day 10

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The Editorial Board

News To Me – Hands off Venezuela

previous day 10

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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...

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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...

previous day 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...

previous day 10

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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...

previous day 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...

friday 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...

friday 10

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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...

friday 4

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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...

friday 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...

friday 20

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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...

friday 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...

friday 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,...

friday 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...

friday 10

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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...

friday 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...

08.01.2026 3

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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...

08.01.2026 2

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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...

08.01.2026 10

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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 6

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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

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...

08.01.2026 20

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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...

08.01.2026 2

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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...

08.01.2026 10

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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...

08.01.2026 3

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Campbell Clark

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....

07.01.2026 5

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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...

07.01.2026 4

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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...

07.01.2026 2

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John Rapley