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Ottawa

The fiscal update: We are in for a hard winter

News

Five takeaways from the 2020 fall economic statement

Ottawa

Record-high debt, record-low interest rates and the Liberal economic long game

Ottawa

The fall economic update: Freeland's trust exercise

Freeland speaks about the fiscal update during a news conference in Ottawa on Nov. 30, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Freeland speaks about the fiscal update during a news conference in Ottawa on Nov. 30, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Ottawa

The fiscal update: We are in for a hard winter

Shannon Proudfoot: Enormous quantities of money will be spilled to try and get Canada through the coming months and, maybe, into a shiny spring

Latest on Coronavirus

Trudeau attends a Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic in the House of Commons on May 13, 2020 (DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trudeau attends a Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic in the House of Commons on May 13, 2020 (DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

Trudeau needs a COVID-19 Emergency Order. Here's how to do it.

Brandon Rhéal Amyot, director with the Lakehead University Student Union, works on their computer at the Lakehead Universities Thunder Bay campus. (Photograph by David Jackson)

Brandon Rhéal Amyot, director with the Lakehead University Student Union, works on their computer at the Lakehead Universities Thunder Bay campus. (Photograph by David Jackson)

University

The pandemic has ramped up students’ money woes

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Health

Dr. David Williams is called out—and Doug Ford doubles down on him

The Moderna vaccine candidate during trials. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

The Moderna vaccine candidate during trials. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Health

COVID vaccines: When will Canada approve one? When will you get it?

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U.S. Politics

A Trump supporter yells at counter-protesters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Million MAGA March in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)

A Trump supporter yells at counter-protesters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Million MAGA March in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)

Washington

Spitting-mad Trump supporters are not going away

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Politics

The Canada-U.S. borderlands: How our closest neighbours voted

Biden addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Biden addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Washington

The remarkably deep-benched Biden transition, on hold

Trump takes part in a Fox News virtual town hall from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on May 3, 2020 (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump takes part in a Fox News virtual town hall from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on May 3, 2020 (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

Let's dump Trump's accomplices: social media and cable news

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LATEST ON POLITICS

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NEWSLETTER

Doug Ford, Bonnie Lysyk and a fight about who runs a pandemic response

Politics Insider, Nov. 26: Ontario's auditor general drops a special report on Queen's Park, Health Canada has some deets on Canada's vaccine plan and should Canada colonize the moon?

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

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Society

14 things we thought were true before 2020

(FG Trade/Getty Images)

(FG Trade/Getty Images)

Society

2020 proved that women's hard-earned place in the workforce is shakier than we thought

Traders at the NYSE in late February; fears over COVID prompted a stock market plunge (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Traders at the NYSE in late February; fears over COVID prompted a stock market plunge (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Economy

This year has proven that the stock market has no bearing on our grim economic reality

Workers in personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York during the state’s spring surge of coronavirus deaths (John Minchillo/AP/CP)

Workers in personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York during the state’s spring surge of coronavirus deaths (John Minchillo/AP/CP)

Politics

The pandemic has finally busted the myth that rich countries can overcome anything

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Education

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

Education

University Rankings 2021

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Sponsored

Debunked: four myths about online learning

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

Education

Inside the mental health crisis at Canadian universities

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Education

University students remain closely tied to their parents—emotionally and otherwise

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Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Society

2020 was the year that changed everything

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Health

Strict COVID-19 protocols are leaving seniors lonely, depressed and wondering: Is it worth it?

At 77, Biden’s fitness to govern will likely be doubted throughout his presidency if he wins (Andrew Harnik/AP/CP)

At 77, Biden’s fitness to govern will likely be doubted throughout his presidency if he wins (Andrew Harnik/AP/CP)

Washington

What if Donald Trump loses?

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Life

Don't give up on hope. The world needs it.