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Who can best challenge Doug Ford in June? Polls disagree.

Sports

Snowboarder Laurie Blouin’s secret weapon: The music of Shania Twain

Culture

This letter tells the story of Johnny Cash's pivotal 1961 trip to Newfoundland

Politics

Canada's place in the world is changing. How can it find its footing?

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Health

Seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown are battling poverty and racism to put food on the table

How a community program is knocking down barriers and feeding seniors

The Interview

(Photograph by Wade Hudson)

(Photograph by Wade Hudson)

Politics

Kathleen Wynne on her political downfall and the private advice she gave Doug Ford

Society

Autumn Peltier on youth activism, challenging Trudeau, and a future in politics

Canada

Mark Messier on leadership, trust and magic mushrooms

Independent Member of Parliament and author Jody Wilson-Raybould. (Photograph by Blair Gable; Hair and makeup by Marianne Moore/One Fine Beauty)

Independent Member of Parliament and author Jody Wilson-Raybould. (Photograph by Blair Gable; Hair and makeup by Marianne Moore/One Fine Beauty)

Politics

Jody Wilson-Raybould on Ottawa’s power problem

LATEST ON POLITICS

Trudeau and the newly sworn in ministers in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021 (Courtesy of Alex Tétreault/PMO)

Trudeau and the newly sworn in ministers in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021 (Courtesy of Alex Tétreault/PMO)

Politics

The future of the Liberal Party—without Justin Trudeau

Paul Wells: The biggest question in Canadian politics in 2022 is whether Trudeau will still be PM when the year is done. The Grits may be forced to consider life after him—and what they even stand for without him.

More on COVID-19

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Health

Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

Health

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

News

What to do as we walk into the pandemic's fifth wave

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Health

The pandemic is breaking parents

Society

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Health

Seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown are battling poverty and racism to put food on the table

How a community program is knocking down barriers and feeding seniors

Climate action protestors gather in front of the PMO office in Ottawa, Nov. 22, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Climate action protestors gather in front of the PMO office in Ottawa, Nov. 22, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Environment

On energy and climate, politics is the problem

People contribute to a hand painting during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

People contribute to a hand painting during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Opinion

The case for an inquiry into Canada's treatment of First Nations children

Dr. Janice Fitgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health receives a high-five from 11 year old Keira O'Keefe following administering her a COVID-19 vaccine in St. John's N.L., today, Thursday, November 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Dr. Janice Fitgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health receives a high-five from 11 year old Keira O'Keefe following administering her a COVID-19 vaccine in St. John's N.L., today, Thursday, November 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

News

How did Newfoundland manage to vaccinate 75 per cent of 5-11-year-olds?

(Illustration by Mike Ellis)

(Illustration by Mike Ellis)

Real Estate

The next trend in luxury Canadian real estate? Multi-level 'iceberg' basements.

Education

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

Education

Canada’s best Comprehensive universities: Rankings 2022

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Education

Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

Education

Canada's best university nursing programs: 2022 rankings

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Directory Fall 2021

LONGREADS

Rising star Laurie Blouin gets airborne during the U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle qualifications in 2020 (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Rising star Laurie Blouin gets airborne during the U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle qualifications in 2020 (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Sports

Snowboarder Laurie Blouin’s secret weapon: The music of Shania Twain

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Bing Yu Jiao in his Chinatown studio apartment: finding connection in a kind of subdued facsimile of home. (Photograph by Felicia Chang)

Health

Seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown are battling poverty and racism to put food on the table

Nishan is still in medical school, but few options are open to her after graduation (Photograph by Oriane Zerah)

Nishan is still in medical school, but few options are open to her after graduation (Photograph by Oriane Zerah)

World

The world left these Afghan women behind. Now they're fending for themselves.

From left: Brenna, Cali, Capri, Luis, Brooke, Tracey and their dog, Charlie: ‘We were completely priced out’ (Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

From left: Brenna, Cali, Capri, Luis, Brooke, Tracey and their dog, Charlie: ‘We were completely priced out’ (Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

Real Estate

Want to get in on Canadian real estate? Welcome to the down-payment hustle.

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Health

Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.