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Marsha Lederman

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I’m staying in Canada. But I feel for the people trying to lure us back to the U.S.

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We owe it to Vivian Silver to fight for peace

04.06.2025 10

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When the media gets it wrong, it can be more than just embarrassing

22.05.2025 2

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The singer who survived the Nova music festival attack didn’t deserve the hate she got at Eurovision

22.05.2025 3

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In a flash, Donald Trump has become the world’s temperamental centre of gravity

17.05.2025 30

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Benjamin Netanyahu is building a shameful legacy

14.05.2025 9

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This Mother’s Day, don’t avoid talking to your kids about the hard stuff

09.05.2025 10

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Dear Alberta, please don’t leave

07.05.2025 3

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Our dinner with Mark Carney (and the rest of them)

02.05.2025 10

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The NDP’s shocking failures were laid bare in its B.C. strongholds

01.05.2025 8

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Our East Vancouver community is not okay, but we will mourn together

28.04.2025 9

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A modest, if unlikely, proposal for a better government: a grand coalition

25.04.2025 9

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Why many Canadian Jews are gravitating toward the Conservative Party

23.04.2025 10

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Canada needs a strong Green Party

18.04.2025 3

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The sneering coming from the Trump White House is repulsive

04.04.2025 8

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Finally, America is showing signs of protest

02.04.2025 10

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As the mother of a teenage boy, I forced myself to watch Adolescence. You should do the same

27.03.2025 20

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Mark Carney embraces the power of positive campaigning

26.03.2025 10

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Why are we still keeping elephants in zoos?

21.03.2025 9

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What has happened to thousands of Ukrainian children?

20.03.2025 5

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In the face of American antagonism, I simply remember my favourite Canadian things

14.03.2025 10

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Chrystia Freeland’s low Liberal support doesn’t tell the whole story

11.03.2025 10

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Don’t blame Americans. Blame America’s President

07.03.2025 10

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When Hollywood’s voice was needed the most, it shied away

04.03.2025 10

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The bizarre, devastating, first-phase ending of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

28.02.2025 10

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No, a CBC call-in show did not commit treason

26.02.2025 10

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We are living through an age of betrayal

20.02.2025 10

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This was the weekend that Canada dominated the zeitgeist

18.02.2025 30

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History is Now: The Movie

14.02.2025 10

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If Canadians have to ride the tariff rollercoaster, we can at least boycott U.S. travel

12.02.2025 10

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A powerful documentary provides important context to Trump’s musings on Gaza

05.02.2025 10

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Mr. Poilievre goes to synagogue

03.02.2025 10

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We need CanLit right now – and CanLit needs us

31.01.2025 20

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From this week’s news, you can choose your own horror show

29.01.2025 10

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At Auschwitz, there was no why

24.01.2025 10

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With a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal so close, can we dare to hope?

16.01.2025 5

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The worst kind of politics at the worst possible time

15.01.2025 10

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How the Vancouver Art Gallery wasted time, effort, goodwill – and money

10.01.2025 20

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Why did a holiday panto that poked fun at Vancouver’s mayor change parts of its script after it opened?

As we head into the post-holiday period, a reflection on something that is a highlight of the festive season for many Vancouverites and marked the...

03.01.2025 3

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Times are tough, but a few good things happened in 2024

Canada's Summer McIntosh became a household name with her gold medal in the 200m women's individual medley final during the 2024 Summer Olympic...

27.12.2024 40

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It’s beginning to look a lot like an unhappy GST holiday

A customer stands at a check out counter displaying a sign noting the temporary HST/GST freeze at the Adonis grocery store in Mississauga, Ont., on...

19.12.2024 5

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Selina Robinson’s new book is a tell-all about her exit from the BC NDP

Selina Robinson during a news conference at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 21, 2022. CHAD HIPOLITO/The Canadian Press The sting of...

13.12.2024 6

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The abrupt shutdown of an important Vancouver cultural institution says a lot about our priorities

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., on Apr 16, 2019. JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press It feels early, but some good holiday vibes cannot...

21.11.2024 4

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The Giller Prize has been overshadowed by ugliness

Anne Michaels, one of Canada’s finest writers, won the Giller Prize on Monday night. She had been shortlisted twice before, and her winning novel,...

19.11.2024 2

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Trump, Musk and Gaetz: Looking for light at this dark moment in history

The world is a riddle. Donald Trump, 78, convicted felon, insurrection inspirer, liar, vengeful man-baby and wannabe autocrat wins a second term as...

15.11.2024 20

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What happened in Amsterdam is antisemitism

Amsterdam police officers clash with protestors during a demonstration on Dam Square on Nov. 10, which took place during an emergency ordinance and...

12.11.2024 3

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The election hurts more when viewed through an unbroken glass ceiling

The glass ceiling remains intact and women’s reproductive rights are still in peril. To be a woman in America right now … man. Young women in the...

07.11.2024 3

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Historian Timothy Snyder has an important warning on Trump’s threat to global democracy

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North...

04.11.2024 5

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A Trump presidency would be bad for women (and men)

A supporter of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump stands outside the Bucks County Administration building voting on demand and ballot drop...

31.10.2024 5

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Trump’s MSG rally was a horror show on its own – no Nazi comparisons necessary

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York on Oct....

29.10.2024 5

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