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A reality check on the Supreme Court’s legal hypotheticals
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The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling upholding a landmark 2022 decision that found permitting traffic stops led to racial profiling. The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured at sunset in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada must start talking about the Trump tax
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FILE — President Donald Trump, right, listens during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada at Winfield House in London, Dec. 3, 2019. Trump calling Trudeau the ‘Governor’ of ‘The Great State of Canada’ is the latest salvo after his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canadian exports. (Al Drago/The New York Times)
The smarter fix for falling birth rates
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People are silhouetted at the Cypress Mountain Lookout in West Vancouver, B.C., while viewing fog blanketing the Metro Vancouver area, on Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Moments of light from a dark year
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People queue to visit the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as it has recently reopened after its restoration, in Paris, France, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A river treaty that will replenish the U.S.-Canada relationship
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Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration change in America. Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jessie Wardarski
Photojournalism shines the light of reality in the age of AI
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FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) initials are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Warm winters are chilling the Canadian spirit
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Ottawa's Rideau Canal is set to close for skating at 10 p.m. this evening, just four days after a section of the skateway was first opened for the season. People skate past an opening in a fence at a closed section of the Rideau Canal Skateway, on the morning of its opening day in Ottawa, on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The epic tale of Trudeau’s political futility
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves after a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Trudeau is chairing a meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations, amid increasing calls for his resignation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Give yourself the gift of slow purchasing
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Shoppers walk through Yorkdale Mall in search of Black Friday sales in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Canadians waiting for Black Friday to kick-start their holiday shopping have less time to pick up gifts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Here we come a-wassailing: The Globe’s annual collection of updated Christmas carols
Warren Clements
Editorial cartoon by David Parkins published Dec. 24, 2024. SERIOUSLY, STOP SENDING STUFF! THE NEIGHBOURS ARE STARTING TO COMPLAIN.
Ottawa’s neglect of the military is recklessly indefensible
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The Royal Canadian Navy's newest Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf, is assisted by tugboats as it docks in North Vancouver, BC., Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. The ship is nearly halfway through its maiden operational deployment and recently crossed the Northwest Passage. It will remain in North Vancouver until Sunday when it departs for a stopover in Esquimalt. When it returns to its home port of Halifax it will be the first Canadian warship since HMCS Labrador in 1954 to complete the circumnavigation of North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
To Christmas markets that run year-round
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People visiting a Christmas fair are reflected on a pond as the skyline with buildings of the banking district is seen in the background, in central Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
Wake up and smell the tariffs, Ottawa
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(FILES) Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland (R) speak at a press conference to announce the new trade pact with Canada, the United States, and Mexico in Ottawa, October 1, 2018. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in a surprise announcement on December 16, 2024, quit over disagreements with Justin Trudeau on Canada's response to US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats. (Photo by PATRICK DOYLE / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK DOYLE/AFP via Getty Images)
Oh, about those other trade barriers, premiers
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions from reporters as he hosts the Fall meeting of Canada's premiers in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Haiti’s agony requires action from Canada
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A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Canada needs leadership, not cheaper potato chips
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts as he addresses the Liberal party caucus meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable
How paying a road toll can fix your life
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The 407 toll highway (running bottom to top of photo) passes under Jane St., as photographed from a helicopter on June 17 2019.
On the Brink: The twin crises of housing and immigration
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A Canada Border Services Agency officer reaches for documents as a motorist stops at a primary inspection booth at a border crossing in Surrey, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
On the Brink: Wanted – More enforcement in immigration
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A border marker is shown just outside of Emerson, Man. on Thursday, January 20, 2022. RCMP say four males were caught attempting to cross the border from the United States into Emerson, Man. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
On the Brink: The refugee crisis needs a new approach, not just more money
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FILE PHOTO: Asylum seekers cross into Canada from the U.S. border near a checkpoint on Roxham Road near Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada April 24, 2022. Picture taken April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
On the Brink: Ottawa has to change its old thinking about a new border
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A drone view shows the gap between the trees, marking the border between the United States and Canada in Champlain, New York, U.S., March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
On the Brink: Ottawa needs to restore the point of immigration – skilled workers
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Toronto's Pearson airport says a staffing boost has significantly improved service, and issues that sparked chaos at Canada's largest airport last summer have been addressed. Passengers arrive at Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ont. on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
On the Brink: Canada’s pillars of immigration are crumbling
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Tuesday June 27, 2006 A group of new Canadian citizens swear during a citizenship ceremony where they become new Canadians at the Toronto's CIC office at St. Clair Ave. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
An obvious fix for Canada’s judge shortage
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<div>The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the standards that appeal courts have long used to review trial judgments, saying they promote the fair assessment of testimony. Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin, left to right, Justice Nicholas Kasirer, Justice Malcolm Rowe, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, Chief Justice Richard Wagner, Justice Suzanne Cote, Justice Sheilah Martin, Justice Mahmud Jamal and Justice Mary Moreau are seen during a welcome ceremony at the Supreme Court, in Ottawa, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
Ottawa, don’t be standoffish with Mexico in trade talks
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FILE PHOTO: Flags of the U.S., Canada and Mexico fly next to each other in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. August 29, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Facing the new reality of urban wildfires
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The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Trudeau government trademark: Act now, mop up later
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable
The right way for companies to take out the trash
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Heavy machinery moving garbage at a landfill near London,Ont., are photographed on March 18 2019.
Mr. Eby needs to listen – in the B.C. legislature
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Deputy Premier and Attorney General Niki Sharma, left, looks on as Premier David Eby talks with his cabinet for breakfast during a photo opportunity at legislature in Victoria, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The truth is the enemy of Vladimir Putin’s lies about Ukraine
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Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of Hunka, a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
Canada’s fight against phone fraud rings false
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A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, May 17, 2021. The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network says that in the face of shrinking resources that are making it more difficult to tell Indigenous stories, online streaming services should be required to contribute funding to the Canadian broadcasting system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The true cost of soaring development charges on new homes
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Ontario is lowering its projections for how many new homes will get built in the province over the next few years, putting the government further off the pace needed to meet its target. New homes are built in a housing development in the west end of Ottawa on Thursday, May 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trump’s tariff threat is an opportunity wrapped in a crisis
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and President of the United States Donald Trump participate in a signing ceremony for the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement with President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto (not shown) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada’s worrying decline in vaccination rates
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FILE PHOTO: A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
How (not) to save Quebec’s threatened boreal caribou
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A Woodland caribou bull is shown in an undated handout photo. A U.S. environment group says satellite imagery proves a much lauded agreement between Canada's logging industry and environmental groups to protect boreal caribou habitat was a failure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, CPAWS - Mike Bedell
Taylor Swift and the value of big cities
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Fans react during the opening of Taylor Swift's performance during the opening show of the Toronto dates for The Eras Tour, on Thursday, November 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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