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Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

Four soldiers in camouflage laying in dead grass firing weapons.

Universities can help solve the Canadian military’s mobilization problem

Stone façade of a building with two signs advertising a 4½ apartment for rent. One is an orange “For rent” sign; the other is a handwritten notice with details.

Escaping the housing trap: what the Carney budget reveals

A woman dealing with a pile of bills with a calculator photographed from above.

Canada’s new code to prevent economic abuse lacks teeth

A small group of reporters surrounds the chief with microphones outstretched toward her. They are standing in a clearing of a wooded area next to a metal electricity tower.

How to combat reconciliatory backsliding

Three men in blue coveralls stand side by side looking at machinery in the distance.

Shifting Canada’s postsecondary system to shape future growth

Two boys at a chalkboard covered in math problems.

AI in the classroom is here. A policy patchwork is failing Canadian students

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

A crowd of people with four protesters in the foreground hold multiingual signs saying “no human is illegal” and “respect the dignity of asylum seekers.”

The truth about asylum in Canada

The quiet separation / La séparation tranquille

A row of four adults sits in front of computers. Two men and a woman smile and lean in to look at something on one screen. They are all at least 40. One man has greying hair. They are in a classroom with a wall covered in posters.

For better social equity, invest in adult education and close the digital divide

A line graph showing 54 per cent of young people think they are worse off than their parents at the same age versus 25 per cent who think they are better off.

Five public-opinion trends to watch in 2025

Gould passes a thick stack of papers to a white man with dark hair and a beard dressed in a black suit. Gould is standing in the first row of desks, where several other people are sitting. She is white with glasses and long light-brown hair pulled back in an elastic. Her turtleneck is white with sleeves that reach her elbows. Her pants are black. The room has olive-green carpet, wood panelling and soft lighting.

A surgical way to salvage the fall economic statement

Happy people waving small Canadian flags and clapping.

Newcomer retention should be Canada’s priority

A simple line drawing showing a house and a key.

Housing for people with intellectual disabilities must be entirely rethought

On an electronic motherboard, the shape of a brain is depicted using metal components illuminated in shades bright blues and greens.

Racial bias in AI should be the immediate concern

Better financial literacy can help control public debt. Newfoundland, take note

An older white woman is sitting up in a bed with white sheets. She is holding hands with aa younger woman who is in a chair next to the bed.

Better MAiD oversight is needed to protect patients

The growing tax threat from private charity foundations

The billboard sits on a post on a sidewalk of a street with tall buildings on one side, lower buildings on the other, with leafless-trees lining both sides. It’s evening, with one person on the sidewalk. The billboard pictures a young man in a dark blue military uniform with gold epaulets and about nine medals pinned to his chest.

Russia’s propaganda machine is running roughshod in Canada

The man is holding open the door to the clinic, which has a row of tall windows framed in black. Above them a yellow sign with black letters says “COVID, Cold and Flu Vaccine Clinic, Region of Peel, working with you.” The building is a deep blue. The man is white with short black hair and a pale-blue mask over his mouth. He is wearing a black jacket, black pants and black shoes.

Bridging faith and public health to overcome vaccine hesitancy

A man uses a probe on a yellow machine.

Adequate pay for graduate student researchers will require restructuring research budgets

Older white man sits on a sofa as he leans forward with folded arms. A set of crutches lean against the furniture. The room is Spartan with a small white square plastic table covered in items like a roll of toilet paper and a small spray bottle. A stack of folded linens sit at the end of the bed.

Why the Canada Disability Benefit won’t end disability poverty, and how it could

Members of a large crowd in an auditorium look on as the minister shakes hands. A small Canadian flag is in the foreground.

Better co-ordination and governance needed to steer Canada’s migration policies

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