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The US president is making independence look rational in an unpredictable world
Freed from zoning restrictions, Sen̓áḵw will add 6,000 new homes to the city
The fight to define MAGA’s future is turning ugly—and more extreme
The lack of a coherent strategy on Iran is impossible to ignore
A scholar’s encounter with broken Greek pottery uncovers a forgotten Trojan story
Every Visa and Mastercard purchase runs through a US network that can be weaponized against Canada
Saving two airmen was a tactical success in a conflict with no clear path to victory
The dam has burst. Rigid messaging is ending. Long live the give-and-take of conversation
The destruction of the Iranian IRIS Dena was a warning about what American power has become
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When you’re understaffed and overwhelmed, you have to catch the right signs—and some luck
Maritime colonies ran on liquor revenues, and booze helped water down workers’ wages
A new reprint line is marketed as a tribute to Canadian literature but folded into a larger US campaign
I’ll be / waiting by the water at our table in the shade
The Yukon Odyssey offers a smaller, more sustainable model as long-distance contests struggle
They will guzzle more water and power than the world can afford—for an AI video of your cat as an astronaut
New research suggests people know images and headlines are false but share them anyway
The moon once belonged to everyone. Soon it will belong to the rich
A former US diplomat explains how Tehran is using a narrow trade lane to inflict global pain
Foreign-controlled firms qualify for billions in public contracts under loose procurement rules
Drew Cukor wanted to prevent US forces from accidentally killing civilians. It’s already going wrong
The prime minister has created a deportation system that rivals the US, the new party chief says
Here’s one more barrier men won’t have to face
My reporting on the AI-generated Shy Girl became a global headline, but I was reduced to a footnote
The longtime activist now faces the hard task of rebuilding the party and re-engaging disaffected voters
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What our enduring fascination with ghosts says about us
The world will need to adjust to a less dominant United States
In the moment that followed the big announcement, our tangled histories were now more pronounced
Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector
Three parties. One debate. Join us in Calgary or online.
Paint’s a skin / and then it’s a sinking dream / for the gaze
Ian Ball was among the earliest to administer the procedure. He recalls the anxiety ten years later
Even the most powerful predator should know there are limits to how far its military can stretch
Michelle Shephard has written from Guantánamo, Somalia, and Sudan. How does she cope with the violence she uncovers?
Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?
The bill would outlaw using personal data to determine what customers pay—a first in Canada
Ford’s Conservatives have spent the last eight years stripping the education system of resources
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We might not get The Terminator, but autonomous machines will disrupt life as we know it
Ottawa’s reluctance to fix the prime minister’s crumbling residence betrays a country afraid to invest in itself
Jeff Bezos is robbing the Washington Post of political bite. Our goal is to leave a mark
The books are seen as difficult and unrelatable. But there’s a reason they endure
A focus on criminality has echoes of the early immigration crackdown under Trump
I won’t abandon the controversial punctuation mark just to prove I’m human
After a freak fall, I’m rethinking the balance between independence and safety
The resentments, politics, and risks behind their push to leave Canada
We’re uber-connected and uber-tired. Turning things down has become an urgent skill
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
As the conflict drags on, it looks increasingly like the president is making it up as he goes