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Ottawa

Notes on the Throne Speech, and a reminder that Julie Payette is governor general

Ottawa

Justin Trudeau's address to the nation: 'The second wave is underway' [Full transcript]

Canada

Erin O'Toole's response following the 2020 Throne Speech: Full transcript

News

Jagmeet Singh's response to the 2020 Throne Speech: Full transcript

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette watches a livestream of the proceedings before reading the speech from the throne in the Senate chamber in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Justin Tang/CP)

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette watches a livestream of the proceedings before reading the speech from the throne in the Senate chamber in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Justin Tang/CP)

Ottawa

Five key takeaways from the Throne Speech

The Throne Speech laid out a laundry list of priorities (and catch phrases) including promises for jobs and continued aid through the pandemic

Latest on Coronavirus

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, arrives prior to the Throne Speech on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Trudeau says his government will launch a campaign to create 1 million jobs in Canada, returning employment to pre-pandemic levels. Photographer: Justin Tang/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, arrives prior to the Throne Speech on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Trudeau says his government will launch a campaign to create 1 million jobs in Canada, returning employment to pre-pandemic levels. Photographer: Justin Tang/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images

News

Trudeau addresses Canadians on the fight against COVID-19: Live video

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions during the daily briefing at COVID-19 at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Thursdsay July 2, 2020. THECANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions during the daily briefing at COVID-19 at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Thursdsay July 2, 2020. THECANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

News

Doug Ford's Sept. 23 Ontario COVID-19 update: Full replay

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Health

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

A woman wearing a protective mask pulls a wagon carrying her daughter along the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Prime Minister Trudeau said that the government will do what's needed to protect supply chains. Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A woman wearing a protective mask pulls a wagon carrying her daughter along the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Prime Minister Trudeau said that the government will do what's needed to protect supply chains. Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Opinion

When this is all over, will governing revert to the status quo? It shouldn't.

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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

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette bumps elbows with Chief Justice Richard Wagner as she arrives for the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept.23, 2020. (Justin Tang/CP)

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette bumps elbows with Chief Justice Richard Wagner as she arrives for the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept.23, 2020. (Justin Tang/CP)

Ottawa

The Throne speech where everything and nothing was normal

Nick Taylor-Vaisey: There was elbow bumping, masks and only a handful of MPs. But the drama, commotion and high stakes were all front and centre.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

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

The CERB gave Rennie the financial support and time she needed to plan a new business (Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

The CERB gave Rennie the financial support and time she needed to plan a new business (Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

Economy

Has enthusiasm for the CERB paved the way for a universal basic income?

Kenney unveiled his plan on Monday to reboot Alberta's economy. (Jason Franson/CP)

Kenney unveiled his plan on Monday to reboot Alberta's economy. (Jason Franson/CP)

Canada

Jason Kenney reaches for economic heights with a race to the bottom

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Education

Virtual galleries celebrated the graduates of the illustration and interior design programs (Dawson College)

Virtual galleries celebrated the graduates of the illustration and interior design programs (Dawson College)

College

These Dawson College students missed out on a live gallery show. So they went virtual.

Byrne (left) measures bull kelp near Campbell River, B.C., with NIC graduate Sally Enns (Photograph by Melissa Renwick)

Byrne (left) measures bull kelp near Campbell River, B.C., with NIC graduate Sally Enns (Photograph by Melissa Renwick)

Education

Why colleges in Canada are 'hard-wired' to the communities that surround them

Illustration by Sam Island

Illustration by Sam Island

College

Going to college? The best advice for new students

Building and classroom safety measures in the Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building at the UofT Mississauga Campus (Nick Iwanyshyn/University of Toronto)

Building and classroom safety measures in the Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building at the UofT Mississauga Campus (Nick Iwanyshyn/University of Toronto)

Education

Can Canada's universities survive COVID?

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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

(Photograph by Jennifer Roberts)

(Photograph by Jennifer Roberts)

Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is remapping childhood—and the effects may linger

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

"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