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Three doctors operate in a room with two hanging lights and very little else.

Canada must act to protect hospitals in war zones

A man carries a child on the beach with oil tankers and cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the background.

The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works

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When neutrality becomes policy, equity suffers in Canadian institutions

Large hand gripping a chess piece on a chessboard, symbolizing control, power imbalance and strategic pressure in Canada-U.S. relations.

Rethinking retaliation in the age of Trump

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

An animated image of a person in a laptop computer with a rope pulling a bank card from another laptop.

Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

Three cranes working on three towers are in darkened silhouette against a dark blue sky.

B.C.’s Bill 11 improves housing safety, but raises risks for tenants

Standing up to Ottawa: Western alienation shifts into Prairie constitutional challenges

Why not replace the monarchy with a monarchy of a different kind?

Kovrig and his wife both have one arm raised as they acknowledge their arrival, standing with his sister in front of a black SUV on the tarmac where the jet carrying him to Canada arrived. All three are wearing masks.

Kovrig, Spavor and Canada’s tragic record of not protecting Canadians abroad

Is birth tourism about to return now that travel restrictions have been lifted?

Only one car crosses the six-lane bridge.

Back-to-office order for public servants expected soon

The National Capital Commission’s impossible contract for a new HQ

Donald Savoie, in a dark suit, wears his Order of Canada medallion standing next to Mary Simon who is wearing her own medals.

Canada needs a royal commission to fix problems with the federal public service

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Did a Russian spy operate out of two of Canada’s universities?

Empty lawn chairs line the deck of a ship at the bow. In the distance is a waterway with various shades of blue ocean and snow-covered mountains with deep blue sky with partial cloud cover.

“Green corridors” for cruise ships won’t be enough

Troubling trends in Canadian democracy

The federal dental plan may fall short of expectations

A woman paints a large yellow fish about to eat a small fish on a grey wall.

The hidden trend reshaping and hurting the economy: serial acquisitions

A sleek modern building with dark brown brick in the foreground and glass in the background viewed from across a small pond.

Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

An illustration showing poker chips, dice and playing cards and a roulette wheel on the screens of three mobile telephones side by side, with the words “casino online” printed on the screen in the middle.

Ontario’s iGaming mistakes are a lesson in the value of Indigenous consultation

A grand notion

Public service will swell to 409,000 in five years, PBO says

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