(This article has been translated into French.) During a federal election campaign, the news agenda is often set by national media organizations such as broadcasters CBC-Radio-Canada, CTV, TVA and Global; newspapers...
Canadians have never had greater access to news and information than they do today. In addition to daily newspapers, television, radio and Internet news sites – many of which...
Relatively few Canadians know what happens beyond the headlines of election campaigns, and the workers behind the scenes who make it all come together. But to understand politics, citizens...
(This article has been translated into French.) Even in the midst of a global pandemic, electoral politics marches on. Right now, there is an organizing frenzy unfolding around the Conservative and...
The clay pipes in my front yard are as old as the house I live in. While society developed new materials, plastics, and production techniques, this older technology lived...
The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing much about human nature. One of those revelations is that when it comes to matters of life and death, Canadians turn to trusted traditional...
It is one of the pandemic’s greatest ironies. At a time when more people than ever are relying on local newspapers, the economic fallout from COVID-19 is destroying the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has come with virulent anti-Asian racism. Fear has led to the use of the term “Chinese virus,” the revival of the slur “Chink,” the perpetuation of...
(This article has been translated into French.) On March 22, 2020, former Obama White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel argued during an interview on...
Government and public safety officials have a responsibility to alert the public when they face imminent risk to their health and security and to provide guidance about how they...
