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2021 Election Platform Guide

Canada

Ending solitary confinement in Canada's prisons, take 2

Ottawa

Poll: Stephen Harper would change this election

News

Montreal might have Canada's most beautiful manhole covers

Harper arrives at his office in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2015 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Harper arrives at his office in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2015 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Ottawa

Poll: Stephen Harper would change this election

Paul Wells: If Harper returned to once again lead the Conservatives, it would cut the Liberal advantage by two-thirds, and a rout starts to look more like a race

Latest on Coronavirus

Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Arts

A post-pandemic Architecture Biennale

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Society

One mother's human-rights victory over hardline COVID restrictions

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

News

How to encourage vaccine-hesitant people to get their COVID shots

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

News

Changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant requires actually listening to them

News

COVID-19 in Canada: How our battle to stop the pandemic is going

COVID-19 in Canada: How our battle to stop the pandemic is going

Health

COVID-19 in Canada: How our battle to stop the pandemic is going

Palestinians and Israeli forces clash in 2016 (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians and Israeli forces clash in 2016 (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

World

The world's stateless peoples are more vulnerable than ever

Empty vials of Moderna COVID-19 in a sharp container before a vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ontario on Friday July 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

Empty vials of Moderna COVID-19 in a sharp container before a vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ontario on Friday July 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

News

Will Canadians need COVID booster shots?

A young Guelphite stops to investigate a fairy door in Marksam Park’s ‘Friendly Folk Forest’ (Photograph by Brendan George Ko)

A young Guelphite stops to investigate a fairy door in Marksam Park’s ‘Friendly Folk Forest’ (Photograph by Brendan George Ko)

Environment

Have Guelph's delightful ‘fairy doors’ become a forest plague?

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(Photo illustration by Una Janicijevic and Drew Maynard)

(Photo illustration by Una Janicijevic and Drew Maynard)

Opinion

The real 'black mark' when it comes to Canada's military

The Editorial: There's a pervasive culture of sexual misconduct in the military. After countless reports and recommendations, Harjit Sajjan should really have a handle on what needs fixing. And yet...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

Economy

Why isn’t more clothing made in Canada?

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

MBA

How business schools are dealing with the rise in cryptocurrency

Macaloney launched his own distillery in Victoria in 2016 and was soon winning top awards—but then the Scotch Whiskey Association filed suit (Photograph by Libby Oliver)

Macaloney launched his own distillery in Victoria in 2016 and was soon winning top awards—but then the Scotch Whiskey Association filed suit (Photograph by Libby Oliver)

Business

'Big Scotch' is going after this Canadian distiller for naming his whisky after himself

Kamloops, B.C. Three bedrooms, with a three-bed basement suite Sold for $390,000 in June 2018 Listed January 2021 for $499,900 Sold March 11, 2021 for $560,750 (Photograph by Kathleen Fisher)

Kamloops, B.C. Three bedrooms, with a three-bed basement suite Sold for $390,000 in June 2018 Listed January 2021 for $499,900 Sold March 11, 2021 for $560,750 (Photograph by Kathleen Fisher)

Real Estate

Nowhere to buy

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

Sponsored

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

MUST READS

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

News

Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Society

2020 was the year that changed everything

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Life

Don't give up on hope. The world needs it.

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