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Society

My uncle was affable, charming and well-read. But the losses at Normandy tormented him.

News

A heat map of coronavirus cases in Canada

Sponsored

The right to health care agency: Rare disease patients deserve treatment choice

POLITICS INSIDER

When in doubt, ask Jane Philpott to get the job done

Demonstrators in Washington gather outside the White House to protest the death of George Floyd (Dee Dwyer)

Demonstrators in Washington gather outside the White House to protest the death of George Floyd (Dee Dwyer)

Opinion

Letters to America from Black Canadians

Eight writers pen open letters to America addressing the task of confronting racism that—deny it as some Canadians might—persists in their own country

Racism in Canada

Police in Minneapolis move toward protesters on May 30 (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times /Getty Images)

Police in Minneapolis move toward protesters on May 30 (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times /Getty Images)

Letters to America

‘The weight of change should not rest on the shoulders of Black people’

Marchers in Washington express their anger and outrage over George Floyd’s death to police (Dee Dwyer)

Marchers in Washington express their anger and outrage over George Floyd’s death to police (Dee Dwyer)

Letters to America

‘Black women: It’s time society fights for our lives, too’

Protests across the U.S. began in May and continued into June: a protester in Los Angeles on May 27 (Jason Armond /Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Protests across the U.S. began in May and continued into June: a protester in Los Angeles on May 27 (Jason Armond /Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

LETTERS TO AMERICA

The cameras on your phones make Black people invisible

A woman gets help rinsing her eyes with milk after being targeted with pepper spray (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

A woman gets help rinsing her eyes with milk after being targeted with pepper spray (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Letters to America

Canada’s own legacy of racist oppression

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Latest on Coronavirus

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Health

Coronavirus in Canada: These charts show how our fight to 'flatten the curve' is going

A woman wears a face mask as she walks along Sainte-Catherine street in Montreal, Sunday May 24, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. Stores with a street entrance are allowed to reopen in Montreal on May 25th. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

A woman wears a face mask as she walks along Sainte-Catherine street in Montreal, Sunday May 24, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. Stores with a street entrance are allowed to reopen in Montreal on May 25th. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Canada

Coronavirus in Canada: Reopening plans province-by-province

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Economic analysis

What we won't see in this week's jobs data

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Economic analysis

Canada needs a new prescription for the pandemic recession

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LATEST ON POLITICS

Trump walks back to the White House after appearing outside of St John's Episcopal Church on June 1, 2020 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump walks back to the White House after appearing outside of St John's Episcopal Church on June 1, 2020 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ottawa

Who are the Trump-loving Canadians?

Philippe J. Fournier: Thirty per cent of Conservative supporters would prefer Trump to Trudeau as a leader. That's a problem for a party needing to widen its base.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

The New York Stock Exchange NYSE partially reopened its trading floor after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Xinhua/Wang Ying via Getty Images)

The New York Stock Exchange NYSE partially reopened its trading floor after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Xinhua/Wang Ying via Getty Images)

Economy

The world is in turmoil. And the stock market is... fine?

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Society

Oh, how we’ve changed: Coronavirus ups and downs by the numbers

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Real Estate

Coronavirus is shaking up Canada's housing market, but don't expect a crash

AG Hair's Coquitlam facility has pivoted to making hand sanitizer. (Photograph by Alana Paterson)

AG Hair's Coquitlam facility has pivoted to making hand sanitizer. (Photograph by Alana Paterson)

Business

How a hair-care company went from salon supplier to sanitizer powerhouse

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MUST READS

Patients infected with COVID-19 wait to be transferred from Wuhan No. 5 Hospital to the newly-built Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China on March 3, 2020 (AFP/Getty Images)

Patients infected with COVID-19 wait to be transferred from Wuhan No. 5 Hospital to the newly-built Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China on March 3, 2020 (AFP/Getty Images)

Health

Footprints of the coronavirus: How it came to Canada and went around the world

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

World

The doomed 30-year battle to stop a pandemic

Demonstrators in Washington gather outside the White House to protest the death of George Floyd (Dee Dwyer)

Demonstrators in Washington gather outside the White House to protest the death of George Floyd (Dee Dwyer)

Opinion

Letters to America from Black Canadians

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Economic analysis

Coronavirus plunges Canada's economy into the abyss

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Society

Quarantine nation: Inside the lockdown that will change Canada forever