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Colby Cosh: The death of another British tradition — hereditary peers

Colby Cosh: The death of another British tradition — hereditary peers

The British have turned the House of Lords into the ... Canadian Senate

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Colby Cosh: Liberals join Supreme Court in sticking up for mass murderers

Colby Cosh: Liberals join Supreme Court in sticking up for mass murderers

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Colby Cosh: Did the Globe and Mail just advocate for Alberta separatism?

Colby Cosh: Did the Globe and Mail just advocate for Alberta separatism?

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Colby Cosh: The Canadian pediatric medicine researchers who 'made it up'

Colby Cosh: The Canadian pediatric medicine researchers who 'made it up'

When doctors publish fake medical news, they should expect to lose the public's trust

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Colby Cosh: The judge who excused a sex offender for failing to register

Colby Cosh: The judge who excused a sex offender for failing to register

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Colby Cosh: Why dry, ultra-cold winter winds are named after Alberta

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Colby Cosh: The new top trade negotiator comes with Emergencies Act baggage

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Colby Cosh: Despite CPC defections, a Liberal majority is still far from secure

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Colby Cosh: Why can Quebec ask for judicial reform, but not Alberta?

Ottawa consults with Quebec before it makes court appointments. It's not unconstitutional for Danielle Smith to ask for the same treatment

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Colby Cosh: Catherine O'Hara, Canada's world-class comedienne

She mastered the roles of dazzling beauty, village idiot — and famously, the careless but loving mom

03.02.2026 10

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Colby Cosh: Canada's horrifying example causes U.K. to think twice about euthanasia

The assisted suicide debate in England boils down to, 'Do we want to become Canada or not?'

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Colby Cosh: It's up to Trump to untangle his Border Patrol mess

Official reactions to the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota have been disgusting and disqualifying

28.01.2026 10

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Colby Cosh: Trump abandoned the Constitution ... but so has the American public

23.01.2026 10

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Colby Cosh: Don't worry, Carney hasn't abandoned the Davos ethos

22.01.2026 10

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Colby Cosh: On the Emergencies Act, Trudeau's gang simply didn't follow the law

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Colby Cosh: Can the courts force a Catholic hospital to kill?

Lawsuit seeks to make B.C.'s Providence Health Care provide assisted suicide

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Colby Cosh: The 'right to bike lanes' mocks the Charter

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Colby Cosh: UCP MLAs threatened by the recall-petition weapon they created

As a consequence of what might be deemed strategic ineptitude, the government left itself open to a direct popular challenge

08.01.2026 10

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Colby Cosh: 24 Sussex is an insult to Canada? Come off it, bro

03.01.2026 20

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Colby Cosh: I survived a trip to the ER. Not everyone is so lucky

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Colby Cosh: The brewing Canada-U.S. fight over a disputed puffin island

Machias Seal Island is the last piece of land officially contested between the United States and Canada

14.12.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Coming soon to the news — betting on real life

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Colby Cosh: The next great Canadian is out there, we just haven't met them yet

06.12.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Costco's tariff lawsuit hints that Americans are tiring of Trump protectionism

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Colby Cosh: The AI future is here, but it comes with enormous risk

02.12.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: UCP pursued by the very monster it created — the recall petition

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Colby Cosh: UCP pursued by the very monster it created — the recall petition

13.11.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: A lament for the Jays

04.11.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Even socialists used to be in favour of the notwithstanding clause

01.11.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Canada's mysterious new love for Ronald Reagan, free trade

28.10.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: CBC's absurd fight to keep Gem subscriber numbers secret

The Crown corporation is trying to get out of revealing this one statistic on a technicality

22.10.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Alberta wants election candidates who 'are serious.' Oh, the horror!

The Longest Ballot pranksters can be defeated with the return of election deposits. UCP, take note

22.10.2025 8

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Colby Cosh: Alberta wants election candidates who 'are serious.' Oh, the horror!

The Longest Ballot pranksters can be defeated with the return of election deposits. UCP, take note

22.10.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: CBC's absurd fight to keep Gem subscriber numbers secret

The Crown corporation is trying to get out of revealing this one statistic on a technicality

21.10.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: The Rush revival begins

07.10.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Case closed for Nirvana's 'Nevermind' baby

05.10.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Why the courts aren't likely to save the B.C. ostriches

When the law largely leaves cull decisions up to the CFIA, there's only so much a judge can do

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Colby Cosh: Scotland got rid of its 'not proven' verdict. But what does that mean?

20.09.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: The separatists of Quebec and Alberta float a curious alliance

17.09.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Shame on Saskatchewan for letting the 'Queen of Canada' spew literal sewage

13.09.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: A diary of Justin Trudeau's very important comms director

10.09.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Malcolm Gladwell awakens from the transgender fog

The bestselling author regrets not pushing back against those who insisted that trans-identifying males belong in female sport

04.09.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: The pure genius of Bob Odenkirk

01.09.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Judge dealing with Alberta's refreshed referendum law deserves our sympathy

23.08.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

21.08.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: It's cute to think Parliament has any say over Criminal Code

Even if Liberals support Conservative bill to remove immigration status from sentencing, its hard to believe courts would allow it

15.08.2025 6

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Colby Cosh: The atomic bomb through Oppenheimer's eyes

10.08.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Nova Scotia's paranoid ban on ... walking in the forest

If it's worthwhile to keep people out of forests to prevent fires, surely the province will crack down on urban tent encampments. Right?

08.08.2025 20

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Colby Cosh: Cyclists' rights — the latest product of judicial hubris

01.08.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Betting against Trump's tariffs

One of Wall Street's most celebrated lenders has found a promising new line of business: making a market for the rights to hypothetical future tariff...

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