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Inside the Stratford Festival’s $72-million theatre makeover

The Big Idea

How to fight the climate crisis with electricity

World

My escape from Ukraine to Canada

Newsletter

Poilievre chided over promise to fire Tiff Macklem

(Photograph by Jimmy Fontaine)

(Photograph by Jimmy Fontaine)

Culture

Faouzia could be Gen Z’s next big pop star

The Moroccan-Canadian singer built a huge fan base and netted a Juno nomination—without even releasing an album

The Interview

Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Politics

Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

Politics

Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

(Photography by Erik Tanner)

(Photography by Erik Tanner)

Books

Emily St. John Mandel can’t stop writing about pandemics

Stephen Poloz. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

Stephen Poloz. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

Economy

Stephen Poloz on economic dangers ahead, staying positive and lessons from Star Trek

LATEST ON POLITICS

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould rises during Question Period, March 30, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould rises during Question Period, March 30, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Newsletter

Canada offers abortion to U.S. women if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Politics Insider for May 4: Doug Ford leads the pack; MPs debate lowering the voting age to 16

More on COVID-19

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Dr. Daisy Fung: even long COVID patients working in health care are not believed. (Photograph by Jason Franson)

Health

Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

Health

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

News

What to do as we walk into the pandemic's fifth wave

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Health

The pandemic is breaking parents

Society

Creating a future where no Canadian needs to fear a cancer diagnosis

Creating a future where no Canadian needs to fear a cancer diagnosis

Sponsored

Creating a future where no Canadian needs to fear a cancer diagnosis

Team CIBC members share their stories on how they have been directly affected by cancer and why they won’t stop championing for the cause.

Delaney and his mother. (Courtesy of Zachary Delaney)

Delaney and his mother. (Courtesy of Zachary Delaney)

Before You Go

To my mother: ‘It’s still strange that home, for both of us, is now a different place’

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

World

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

Britt Wray and her seven-month-old son, Atlas. (Portraits by Jake Stangel)

Britt Wray and her seven-month-old son, Atlas. (Portraits by Jake Stangel)

Books

Is it ethical to have kids in the climate crisis?

(Photograph by Allison Seto)

(Photograph by Allison Seto)

Life

The hardest climb

Education

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

Education

Canada’s best Comprehensive universities: Rankings 2022

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Education

Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

Education

Canada's best university nursing programs: 2022 rankings

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Directory Fall 2021

LONGREADS

Yaroslava, left, and her 11-year-old son Nazar escaped from Ukraine as the war broke out. They travelled five days and hundreds of kilometres in search of sanctuary. (Photography by Markian Lozowchuk)

Yaroslava, left, and her 11-year-old son Nazar escaped from Ukraine as the war broke out. They travelled five days and hundreds of kilometres in search of sanctuary. (Photography by Markian Lozowchuk)

World

My escape from Ukraine to Canada

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

World

‘Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?’

Canadian paramedics are in crisis

Canadian paramedics are in crisis

Health

Canadian paramedics are in crisis

The nurse imposter

The nurse imposter

Health

The nurse imposter

The hunt for B.C.’s most notorious fisherman

The hunt for B.C.’s most notorious fisherman

Society

The hunt for B.C.’s most notorious fisherman