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Canada

Calgary's pandas are getting desperate. They need a flight home.

Opinion

When not to pay a ransom

Opinion

Lessons from Throne Speeches past: Don't believe the hype

Opinion

Back to school—and still not serious about COVID testing

Teachers register students at Portage Trail Community School in Toronto (Nathan Denette/CP)

Teachers register students at Portage Trail Community School in Toronto (Nathan Denette/CP)

Health

What to do as a second wave of COVID looms

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ilan Schwartz on playing sports, the performative aspects of 'deep-cleaning' and whether you should steer clear of exhaling smokers

Latest on Coronavirus

Premier Doug Ford discussing COVID testing to the media at an engagement in Guelph, Ont., September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Stephen C. Host

Premier Doug Ford discussing COVID testing to the media at an engagement in Guelph, Ont., September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Stephen C. Host

Canada

Doug Ford's Sept. 17 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video

Getting tested at a COVID care centre in Kanata, Ont., on Sept. 16 involved a six-hour wait (Shannon Proudfoot)

Getting tested at a COVID care centre in Kanata, Ont., on Sept. 16 involved a six-hour wait (Shannon Proudfoot)

Opinion

My day-long disastrous ordeal of trying to get a COVID test in Ontario

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Health

COVID-19 in Canada: Here's how our battle to prevent a second wave is going

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, stands in front of a selection of his cabinet ministers during a joint press conference with Quebec Premier Francois Legault at the Ontario-Quebec Summit, in Toronto on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, stands in front of a selection of his cabinet ministers during a joint press conference with Quebec Premier Francois Legault at the Ontario-Quebec Summit, in Toronto on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

News

Doug Ford's Sept. 15 Ontario COVID update: Full 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)

Image of the Week

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

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NEWSLETTER

The ethics czar rules on another Liberal conflict of interest of interest

Politics Insider for Sept. 17: Canada's former ambassador in Washington gets a wrist slap, COVID testing capacity is a nightmare in Ottawa and the feds are selling an electric guitar

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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

Children lining up for elementary school in Mississauga, Ont. (Nathan Denette/CP)

Children lining up for elementary school in Mississauga, Ont. (Nathan Denette/CP)

Education

COVID and our schools: News, numbers and advice from across Canada

Students of the Dalhousie University MBA program. (Courtesy of Dalhousie University)

Students of the Dalhousie University MBA program. (Courtesy of Dalhousie University)

MBA

MBA programs in Canada 2021: Atlantic provinces

Students work at the Longueuil campus. (Courtesy of Université de Sherbrooke)

Students work at the Longueuil campus. (Courtesy of Université de Sherbrooke)

MBA

MBA programs in Canada 2021: Quebec

Students at the Rotman School of Management. (Courtesy of the University of Toronto)

Students at the Rotman School of Management. (Courtesy of the University of Toronto)

MBA

MBA programs in Canada 2021: Ontario

MUST READS

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