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Parliament urged to recognize animal sentience

Parliament urged to recognize animal sentience

Animal advocates say recognizing animal sentience is important, but is only a first step in advancing animal protections

by Meagan Gillmore

Top Stories

Canada’s flailing EV industry a symptom of bigger problems

Canada’s flailing EV industry a symptom of bigger problems

by Sam Forster

The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia

The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia

by Cynthia Lien

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Op-Ed: The problems Build Canada Homes must solve

Op-Ed: The problems Build Canada Homes must solve

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Canada’s psychedelic therapy gap widens as U.S. moves ahead

Canada’s psychedelic therapy gap widens as U.S. moves ahead

by Alexandra Keeler

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Politics & Policy

Berlin launches scheme to swap trash for treats

Berlin launches scheme to swap trash for treats

Xi, Trump eke small wins from talks but no major deals: analysts

Xi, Trump eke small wins from talks but no major deals: analysts

Canada’s Cohere embraces ‘low drama’ amid AI giant tumult

Canada’s Cohere embraces ‘low drama’ amid AI giant tumult

Honda suspends plans for new electric vehicle plant in Canada

Honda suspends plans for new electric vehicle plant in Canada

Editorial: Canada’s election blind spots

Editorial: Canada’s election blind spots

‘Ungovernable’ Britain? Once-stable politics in freefall

‘Ungovernable’ Britain? Once-stable politics in freefall

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CO MMUNITY

Community

Canadian soccer ready for World Cup coming out party

Canadian soccer ready for World Cup coming out party

‘I applied to be pope’: Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT

‘I applied to be pope’: Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT

Drugs & Crime

‘Engineered for addiction’: WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales

‘Engineered for addiction’: WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales

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

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

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

Canada’s cautious response to Cuba’s humanitarian crisis

Canada’s cautious response to Cuba’s humanitarian crisis

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

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

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PROFESSIONAL

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

Canada’s little known, little used female Viagra

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

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

HEALTH & AGING

U.K. fines online suicide forum £950,000 for its links to 130 deaths

U.K. fines online suicide forum £950,000 for its links to 130 deaths

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

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

NATO “could never be more important than today”: Anand

NATO “could never be more important than today”: Anand

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

Family

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

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

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

COMMENTARY

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

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

by John McKay

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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Drones to fight school shooters? One U.S. company says yes

Drones to fight school shooters? One U.S. company says yes

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