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Editorial: Canada’s election blind spots

Editorial: Canada’s election blind spots

MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s narrow loss in an Ontario Liberal race points to two major blind spots in Canada’s democratic processes

by The Editorial Board

Top Stories

Canada’s cautious response to Cuba’s humanitarian crisis

Canada’s cautious response to Cuba’s humanitarian crisis

by Sam Forster

Canadian Jon Klassen’s ‘subtle, astute’ children’s stories earn international acclaim

Canadian Jon Klassen’s ‘subtle, astute’ children’s stories earn international acclaim

by John Longhurst

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Canada eyes a place in Eurovision

Canada eyes a place in Eurovision

by Sam Forster

Life inside the online far right, and why one woman walked away

Life inside the online far right, and why one woman walked away

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Politics & Policy

Negative views of U.S. jump among Europeans: polls

Negative views of U.S. jump among Europeans: polls

Op-Ed: Why replacing aid with trade is fundamentally misguided

Op-Ed: Why replacing aid with trade is fundamentally misguided

Selling factories to Chinese partners: The risky road for European carmakers

Selling factories to Chinese partners: The risky road for European carmakers

Pipelines an ‘indication that Canada can work’: Danielle Smith

Pipelines an ‘indication that Canada can work’: Danielle Smith

‘Nothing has changed’: Poilievre takes aim at Liberals under Carney

‘Nothing has changed’: Poilievre takes aim at Liberals under Carney

G7 decries ‘economic coercion’ in swipe at China

G7 decries ‘economic coercion’ in swipe at China

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CO MMUNITY

Community

London police form new unit to boost protection for Jews

London police form new unit to boost protection for Jews

Alberta separatists seek vote to leave Canada

Alberta separatists seek vote to leave Canada

Drugs & Crime

U.S. authorities warn World Cup visitors of fentanyl-laced drugs

U.S. authorities warn World Cup visitors of fentanyl-laced drugs

Canada’s little known, little used female Viagra

Canada’s little known, little used female Viagra

Religion

Pope’s first year: From restraint to Trump showdown

Pope’s first year: From restraint to Trump showdown

A crisis the world isn’t watching

A crisis the world isn’t watching

Development Aid

Op-Ed: The problem with the Carney government’s approach to aid

Op-Ed: The problem with the Carney government’s approach to aid

Double Double diplomacy: Ottawa defends tying aid to trade

Double Double diplomacy: Ottawa defends tying aid to trade

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PROFESSIONAL

AI use surges globally but rich-poor divide widens, Microsoft says

Editorial: Five lessons from covering the world’s top health-care system

AI puts the billable hour on trial

‘Stop hiring humans’? Silicon Valley confronts AI job panic

HEALTH & AGING

MAID curriculum criticized by experts who helped create it

MAID curriculum criticized by experts who helped create it

U.K.’s healthy life expectancy falls two years: study

U.K.’s healthy life expectancy falls two years: study

Women reveal battle with little-known chronic leg fat condition

Women reveal battle with little-known chronic leg fat condition

HEALTH-CARE REFORM

Universal health care, done better

Universal health care, done better

Rethinking our ‘third rail’: The role of private care in the world’s top health system

Rethinking our ‘third rail’: The role of private care in the world’s top health system

Solving Canada’s doctor deficit

Solving Canada’s doctor deficit

The case for Canadian pharmacare

The case for Canadian pharmacare

Universal health care in name only

Universal health care in name only

Single payer or hybrid? In pursuit of better health care

Single payer or hybrid? In pursuit of better health care

SECURITY

Global military spending surges on insecurity: report

Global military spending surges on insecurity: report

Fit in fatigues: German army presses recruitment drive

Fit in fatigues: German army presses recruitment drive

AI ‘agent’ fever comes with lurking security threats

AI ‘agent’ fever comes with lurking security threats

U.S. House rejects bid to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

U.S. House rejects bid to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

Family

Sweden plans electronic bracelets to monitor kids at risk of gang recruitment

Sweden plans electronic bracelets to monitor kids at risk of gang recruitment

Experts praise changes to Disability Tax Credit approvals

Experts praise changes to Disability Tax Credit approvals

No ‘meaningful’ shift from social media sites after Australia teen ban: govt report

No ‘meaningful’ shift from social media sites after Australia teen ban: govt report

One month phone-free: Young Americans try digital detox

One month phone-free: Young Americans try digital detox

COMMENTARY

Editorial: How Ottawa could revive charitable giving

Editorial: How Ottawa could revive charitable giving

by The Editorial Board

Op-Ed: Canada’s citizenship drift

by Andrew Griffith

Editorial: Carney’s credentials don’t put him above scrutiny

by The Editorial Board

Editorial: Make floor crossers prove they retain voters’ support

by The Editorial Board

Op-Ed: Breaking the simple binary in health care

by John Stapleton

Editorial: The social program that should be a scandal

by The Editorial Board

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