Claire Cameron is a novelist, essayist and author of the memoir How to Survive a Bear Attack, which recently won the Governor-General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. The piece was assembled using the top questions Canadians asked Google in 2025. Each question or search term appears in bold.

2025 begins with Why did Trudeau resign? under growing pressure a series of often self-inflicted scandals Freeland’s resignation pressure over tariffs Canadians are very clearly tired but, mostly, it was time

A series of catastrophic LA fires most destructive in the history thick columns of smoke eerie orange skies and beloved landmarks in ashes Canada water bombers fight from the sky above

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