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NEWSLETTER

A $343-billion midsummer news bonanza hits Ottawa. But wait, there's more.

Economy

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

Ottawa

How to bury bad news in the middle of a hot summer

Opinion

A pandemic-era economic and fiscal snapshot or patting their own backs?

A copy of the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot 2020 is thumbed through as reporters take part in a media lock-up for the in Ottawa on Jul. 8, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

A copy of the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot 2020 is thumbed through as reporters take part in a media lock-up for the in Ottawa on Jul. 8, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Opinion

A pandemic-era economic and fiscal snapshot or patting their own backs?

Marie-Danielle Smith: Though much of Canadian society has struggled financially during COVID-19, we have assurances that more money is 'in the pockets' of Canadians because of Liberal policies

Latest on Coronavirus

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Health

Coronavirus in Canada: These charts show how our fight to 'flatten the curve' is going

Migrant workers wear masks and practice social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus while trimming red cabbage at Mayfair Farms in Portage la Prairie, M.B., in April 2020 (Shannon VanRaes/Reuters)

Migrant workers wear masks and practice social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus while trimming red cabbage at Mayfair Farms in Portage la Prairie, M.B., in April 2020 (Shannon VanRaes/Reuters)

Opinion

Pick our fruit, get COVID-19

A few of the young kits at Woodbine Beach in Toronto; when passersby began taking selfies with the animals, a local wildlife centre intervened (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

A few of the young kits at Woodbine Beach in Toronto; when passersby began taking selfies with the animals, a local wildlife centre intervened (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Environment

The tale of Toronto's boardwalk foxes

A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on July 2, 2020. Despite its renowned medical center, with the largest agglomeration of hospitals and research laboratories in the world, Houston is on the verge of being overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus exploding in Texas. (Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images)

A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on July 2, 2020. Despite its renowned medical center, with the largest agglomeration of hospitals and research laboratories in the world, Houston is on the verge of being overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus exploding in Texas. (Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images)

Society

Texas governor Greg Abbott, look at this picture

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Systemic Racism

Allegretto con Bravura, handwritten sheet music by Calixa Lavallée. (Courtesy: Library and Archives Canada e011163931)

Allegretto con Bravura, handwritten sheet music by Calixa Lavallée. (Courtesy: Library and Archives Canada e011163931)

Opinion

The hidden racist history of 'O Canada'

New York police on motorcycles wrap a demonstration in fog to prevent the demonstrators at the march-past in front of a building in which President Herbert Hoover is speaking in New York, 1930. (Photo by Imagno/Hulton Archive/Getty)

New York police on motorcycles wrap a demonstration in fog to prevent the demonstrators at the march-past in front of a building in which President Herbert Hoover is speaking in New York, 1930. (Photo by Imagno/Hulton Archive/Getty)

American Moments

How the Anti-Saloon League, responsible for Prohibition, shaped modern racist policing

Hal Johnson (Photograph by Brianna-Roye)

Hal Johnson (Photograph by Brianna-Roye)

Opinion

Hal Johnson: 'Yes, there is systemic racism in Canada'

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(@marksaunderstps/Twitter)

Opinion

'Black police officers who complain about anti-Black racism endure punishment'

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LATEST ON POLITICS

Morneau takes part in a media lock-up for the federal government's economic and fiscal snapshot (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Morneau takes part in a media lock-up for the federal government's economic and fiscal snapshot (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Ottawa

There's no putting a shine on Canada's fiscal picture

Bill Morneau's 'fiscal snapshot' predicts a $343-billion deficit—nearly 16 per cent of the country's annual GDP

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

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

The unemployed and homeless line up for food in New York City during the Great Depression (Bettmann/Getty Images)

The unemployed and homeless line up for food in New York City during the Great Depression (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Economy

Canada needs a plan to rebuild itself. Let the transformation begin.

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Economy

CERB extension delays tough questions for workers hurt by COVID-19

A near empty Yorkdale Mall during lunch hours in Toronto, Ont. on Mar. 13, 2020. (Dominic Chan/CP)

A near empty Yorkdale Mall during lunch hours in Toronto, Ont. on Mar. 13, 2020. (Dominic Chan/CP)

Economy

What will shopping in Canada look like in the aftermath of coronavirus?

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Education

Scarpazza, 26, was working as a paramedic when he decided he wanted to become a doctor (photograph by Sarah Dea)

Scarpazza, 26, was working as a paramedic when he decided he wanted to become a doctor (photograph by Sarah Dea)

Education

How to train for your dream job by being in two places at once

A diligent students works at home. (iStock)

A diligent students works at home. (iStock)

Education

Why learning from home is an unlikely training ground for a post-pandemic world

Chika Oriuwa, valedictorian of graduating class of 2020, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine

Chika Oriuwa, valedictorian of graduating class of 2020, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine

Education

Chika Oriuwa, valedictorian for U of T's medical school, gives her address

A medical student in Tunis wears a face mask in a lecture hall.

A medical student in Tunis wears a face mask in a lecture hall.

Education

What will university look like this fall as a result of the coronavirus?

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(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

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Economic analysis

Coronavirus plunges Canada's economy into the abyss

"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