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U.S. states are shedding shareholder protections. That’s an advantage for Canada

Elon Musk at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, in June, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Marie-Josée Neveu, Sean Stevens and Sarah...

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Marie-Josée Neveu

Mark Carney tries to win the Cup ... after the parade

The sprawling LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat, B.C., on April 25. Aaron Whitfield/The Globe and Mail It’s never good form in any setting to...

yesterday 9

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Carney is looking for lost business potential in Mexico

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Sept. 4. YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty...

yesterday 10

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Campbell Clark

A long-delayed billion-dollar hospital project in Quebec is a stain on the province and its leaders

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont has a reputation for delivering good care, but the facilities are old and disgracefully dilapidated. Christinne...

yesterday 7

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André Picard

A way out for Freeland, with others likely to follow

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Campbell Clark

The Ontario Liberals need a new leader. Doug Ford would be perfect

yesterday 1

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Robyn Urback

The death of Charlie Kirk did not make him a moderate

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Andrew Coyne

Donald Trump has declared war on his own people

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Gary Mason

Despite decades of setbacks, Nepal still dreams of democracy

People gather for a vigil to pay tribute to Gen-Z protesters that were shot dead during anti-corruption protests, at an altar outside Nepal's burnt...

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Manjushree Thapa

This moment is not just about Ukraine. It is about defending the democratic world

The scene at a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, last week after a Russian airstrike. Alex Babenko/The Associated Press Dr. Andrew...

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Andrew Furey

Mistrust in medicine is infecting our society – and it’s putting our children at risk

Measles is commonly mild, if uncomfortable – but it can also be deadly. Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press Kirsten Blaine is a consultant pediatrician...

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Kirsten Blaine

To counter Trump’s tariffs, Canada must invest in life sciences

Matthew S. Miller and Leyla Soleymani are professors and biomedical researchers at McMaster University who also hold senior administrative...

previous day 10

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Matthew Miller

The AI boom is bringing life back into North American cities. Can they handle it?

AMECA, an AI robot, at the All In artificial intelligence conference in Montreal in September, 2023. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press Gus Carlson is...

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Gus Carlson

A needed cut of Ontario’s school boards

In recent years, the muscle of the elected school board trustee has atrophied across Canada. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Ontario’s Ministry of...

previous day 10

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Michael Sabia prepares to shake up Canada’s public service

Michael Sabia, Clerk of the Privy Council, sent a message to the federal public service in July that can be boiled down into a mantra of three...

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Allen Sutherland

In tougher times, Parliament returns with Carney’s agenda at stake

Prime Minister Mark Carney greets party members as he arrives to deliver remarks at the Liberal Caucus Meeting in Edmonton on Wednesday. AMBER...

13.09.2025 4

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Campbell Clark

As the House of Commons returns, Carney and Poilievre are both chasing a lost political moment

One of the weirder aspects of the Justin Trudeau-Pierre Poilievre dynamic that dominated the previous Parliament is that a pair of adversaries who...

13.09.2025 10

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Shannon Proudfoot

Why Doug Ford is wrong about speed cameras

Vandals removed a speed camera from a post on Parkside Drive next to High Park in Toronto in May. Chittley, Jordan/The Globe and Mail Doug Ford is...

13.09.2025 2

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Marcus Gee

The moment that the Liberals must meet

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects as part of his plan for Canada to navigate changing trade relationships in Edmonton on...

13.09.2025 3

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The importance of navel gazing

One of our most dismissive terms for art made from life is 'navel gazing,' understood these days as the epitome of solipsism. But in ancient Greek...

13.09.2025 5

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Leslie Jamison

This year, I retraced Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. It rekindled my love of Canada

Public historian Morgan Cameron Ross east of Thunder Bay, Ont. at the end of the Marathon of Hope. Courtesty of Morgan Cameron Ross/Supplied Morgan...

13.09.2025 5

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Morgan Cameron Ross

Parliament may be back, but it won’t be politics as usual

Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to have found the electoral sweet spot, a little further to the right, but not so far as to give up support to...

12.09.2025 10

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Andrew Coyne

We’re all France now: Why the West is one shock away from a full-blown debt crisis

France's public debt has reached €3.4-trillion, thrusting President Emmanuel Macron's government into a crisis. LUDOVIC MARIN/Reuters The fall of...

12.09.2025 3

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Konrad Yakabuski

How to keep the urban coyote at bay

A sign at Ordnance Triangle Park in Toronto warns residents of coyote encounters. Sarah Espedido/The Globe and Mail Toronto likes to describe...

12.09.2025 5

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When mental-health diagnoses become brands, the real drivers of our psychic pain are hidden

Sami Timimi is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of the new book Searching for Normal: A New Approach to...

12.09.2025 20

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Sami Timimi

Data Dive with Nik Nanos: Canada’s political climate has shifted, but the Liberals shouldn’t get too comfy

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects as part of his plan for Canada to navigate changing trade relationships in Edmonton on...

12.09.2025 3

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Nik Nanos

Income inequality goes more than skin deep

Corey Gamble, left, and Kris Jenner at the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez in Venice in June. Yara Nardi/Reuters...

12.09.2025 10

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Marsha Lederman

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has revealed the authoritarian inside all of us

A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside of a hospital where he was taken after being fatally shot Wednesday in Orem, Utah. KIM RAFF/The New...

12.09.2025 1

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Josh Greenberg

Canada’s economy is bad. But the U.S. economy is worse

In the U.S., job creation has been steadily declining while inflation is proving stubborn. Spencer Platt/Getty Images John Rapley is a contributing...

12.09.2025 5

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John Rapley

The AIDS Committee of Toronto, a stalwart of the HIV-AIDS fight, folds its tent after 42 years

Volunteers at the AIDS Committee of Toronto help to package condoms, lubricant and safe sex information in November, 1998. Fred Lum/The Globe and...

12.09.2025 4

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André Picard