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Cities need to overcome the fear of the first step in change

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham leads dignitaries across the city’s historic Portage and Main intersection after it reopened in June. Other...

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The only thing that will save Christianity is Christianity: humility, gentleness, mercy and forgiveness

Stained-glass windows at St. James Cathedral in Toronto on Dec. 16. Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Michael Coren is an Anglican priest, journalist...

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Michael Coren

For Jewish communities, Chinese food is more than a Christmas tradition – they’re also walking the wok

A dish is prepared in a wok at a restaurant in Toronto. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Jason Wang is the co-editor of Creative Resilience and...

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Jason Wang

Canada must acknowledge the implications of selling uranium to India

Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G7 Leader's Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., in June. Amber...

yesterday 8

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Gordon Edwards

Christmas – and liberalism – doesn’t come from a store. The Grinch can be a reminder of that, and more

Zak Black is an Ottawa-based writer. “If there is a more wholly satisfying half-hour of entertainment to be had in our dark world, I’d like to know...

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Zak Black

Canada’s innovation policy: designed in Ottawa, owned in America

E. Richard Gold is a Distinguished James McGill Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicines and Health Sciences and the...

yesterday 10

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E. Richard Gold

Premiers need to discover the virtue of silence

Premiers speak to the media during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers in Huntsville, Ont., in July, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian...

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Cultivating intelligence: Why Canada must grow, not just import, AI

The D.B. Weldon Library at Western University in London, Ont. Scott Norsworthy/Scott Norsworthy Vivek Goel is the president and vice-chancellor of...

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Vivek Goel

Divisions persist, but Canadians are forming a broad consensus on the need for nation-building

A man holds the Canada flag on a hockey stick during a rally at Peace Arch Park in Surrey, B.C., in April. Canada's political leaders agree on the...

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John Ibbitson

A quarter of Canadians are food insecure. Addressing this must be a national priority

Volunteers sort and box food at the Daily Bread Food Bank, April, 2023. Fred Lum/the Globe and Mail Nick Saul is the CEO of Right To Food . Kirstin...

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Nick Saul

The Carney government’s crime victim legislation is bad constitutional law

Carney's government is trying to legislate away unpopular Charter rights instead of fixing our overly complex system, Kent Roach writes. Sean...

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Kent Roach

The Sunday Editorial: The departed department store was a window into the magic of the holiday season

Ninety-nine years ago, Christmastime shoppers lingered before the displays of the Eaton’s store in downtown Toronto. “On a pre-Christmas afternoon...

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A guide for holiday uneasiness

20.12.2025 2

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Graham Roumieu

Winter is coming. Our cities aren’t ready

A man attempts to remove a fallen tree branch as it blocks a sidewalk following an accumulation of freezing rain in Montreal, April 5, 2023. Graham...

20.12.2025 4

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Brodie Ramin

The ticking clock of CUSMA negotiations with the Trump White House

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Oct. 7. Evan Vucci/The Associated Press Tariffs imposed by the...

20.12.2025 2

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Investors are seeking more AI profit and fewer promises

Oracle’s most recent earnings report disappointed investors, sending share prices downward. Richard Vogel/The Associated Press Last week the AI...

20.12.2025 2

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John Rapley

A shaken minority wonders what’s next

Jack Frieberg in Toronto on December 18, 2025. Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail Jack Frieberg’s parents were Holocaust survivors. Louis and Gerda...

20.12.2025 1

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Marcus Gee

News To Me – Crosswords or cross words?

20.12.2025 3

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Gabrielle Drolet

Being Catholic is cool again

Randy Boyagoda is a writer and professor of English at the University of Toronto. His new novel, Lords of Serendipity, will be published next...

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Randy Boyagoda

Ghost jobs are the scourge of a deficient labour market

John Turley-Ewart is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, a regulatory compliance consultant and a Canadian banking historian. This is...

19.12.2025 4

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John Turley-Ewart

Extortion suspects using an asylum loophole to remain in Canada is a farce

Canada Border Services Agency agents at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ont., in October. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press...

19.12.2025 1

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Gary Mason

The question that will dog Pierre Poilievre in 2026

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faces a leadership review in January. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press In the last federal election, on April...

19.12.2025 4

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Five Christmas trees? Sure, why not!

Illuminated Christmas trees light up a square in central Berlin this December. Lisi Niesner/Reuters David Moscrop is a contributing columnist for...

19.12.2025 1

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David Moscrop

What a lifetime of thrifting has taught me about the things we hold dear

Liz Worth is a poet, author and performance artist. I’m limping, but I’m here. I’ve had this day marked in my calendar for weeks: A secondhand...

19.12.2025 1

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Liz Worth

How to make visits with Santa Claus feel special again

Skiers dressed as Santa Claus at Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Me., earlier this month. The rarity that once made an outing to see Santa...

19.12.2025 3

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Rana Pishva

The day we truly saw the universe

A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they will continue to...

19.12.2025 2

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Simon Winchester

With Pablo Rodriguez’s resignation, Quebec Liberals have one last chance to reboot before the next election

Pablo Rodriguez after his resignation as Quebec Liberal Leader in Montreal on Thursday. He has denied any knowledge of unethical activities by some...

18.12.2025 1

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Konrad Yakabuski