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Trump vs. Biden 2 or maybe 3: Laptop from hell

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Pass the chill pill: Five takeaways from the final presidential debate

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Watch the second U.S. presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump: Replay

Opinion

A progressive federal budget and how to pay for it

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. (Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. (Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

Watch the second U.S. presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump: Replay

Watch Biden and Trump face off for a second time right here at 9 p.m. ET

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Health

COVID-19 in Canada: Here's how our battle against the second wave is going

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, walks to a press conference regarding new restrictions at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, October 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, walks to a press conference regarding new restrictions at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, October 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

News

Doug Ford's Oct. 16 Ontario COVID-19 update: Full replay

People go trick or treating on Halloween in the rain in Ottawa, on Oct. 31, 2019 (CP/Justin Tang)

People go trick or treating on Halloween in the rain in Ottawa, on Oct. 31, 2019 (CP/Justin Tang)

Opinion

Kids have lost so much. Don't take Halloween too.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference with his medical team regarding new restrictions at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, October 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference with his medical team regarding new restrictions at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, October 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

News

Doug Ford's Oct. 14 Ontario COVID-19 update: Replay

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Systemic Racism

Red paint is still visible on the sculpture of Macdonald at the entrance of The Prime Ministers Path in Wilmot, Ont. (Photograph by Yader Guzman)

Red paint is still visible on the sculpture of Macdonald at the entrance of The Prime Ministers Path in Wilmot, Ont. (Photograph by Yader Guzman)

Canada

A statue of John A. Macdonald rests in purgatory

A woman carries sage as people take part in an "abolish the police sit-in" in Toronto in June (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

A woman carries sage as people take part in an "abolish the police sit-in" in Toronto in June (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Opinion

What we're seeing in 2020 is Idle No More 2.0

US President Donald Trump tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. - Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of "domestic terror" committed by violent mobs. "These are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror," Trump said, describing multiple nights of angry demonstrations last week after a white police officer in Kenosha shot a black man in the back at close range. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. - Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of "domestic terror" committed by violent mobs. "These are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror," Trump said, describing multiple nights of angry demonstrations last week after a white police officer in Kenosha shot a black man in the back at close range. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

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Trump's 'absurd manipulation of reality' in Kenosha

Sansom (left) and Cardinal in the selfie sent to Sansom’s wife hours before the pair were killed (Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Sansom (left) and Cardinal in the selfie sent to Sansom’s wife hours before the pair were killed (Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Society

Death and distrust in Alberta

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LATEST ON POLITICS

Biden taking his oath at the office of the Secretary of the Senate after his first election to the chamber in 1972. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Biden taking his oath at the office of the Secretary of the Senate after his first election to the chamber in 1972. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Washington

Taking stock of those 47 years of Joe Biden that Trump keeps mentioning

The incumbent keeps saying he did more in 47 months. As ever, the factual record differs.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

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Opinion

Canada needs more infrastructure spending, but not as short-term stimulus

Near-empty toilet paper shelves at a grocery store in North Vancouver, B.C., during the first wave of the pandemic. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

Near-empty toilet paper shelves at a grocery store in North Vancouver, B.C., during the first wave of the pandemic. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

Canada

A good citizen’s guide to preparing for the second wave

Demand for office space in the immediate future could drop by 10 to 25 per cent (Emiliano Granado/fStop Images/Getty Images)

Demand for office space in the immediate future could drop by 10 to 25 per cent (Emiliano Granado/fStop Images/Getty Images)

Real Estate

Out-of-office is the new office. Can the work-from-home boom last?

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Society

COVID-19 has drastically affected Canadian travel spending

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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

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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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Craig (left) and Marc speak to thousands during WE Day UN in New York City last fall (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Craig (left) and Marc speak to thousands during WE Day UN in New York City last fall (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Ottawa

The rise and fall of WE

If Trump can limit his Electoral College losses in the fall election, he can still eke out a win (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)

If Trump can limit his Electoral College losses in the fall election, he can still eke out a win (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)

Washington

What if Donald Trump wins again?

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?

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