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Ottawa

Trudeau, Joly and Canada's (un)diplomatic corps

Politics

Will Canada help save Ukraine?

World

Why is Canada playing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics?

Society

Autumn Peltier on youth activism, challenging Trudeau, and a future in politics

Signs and ribbons hang on a fence outside an elementary school protesting Quebec Bill 21 on Dec. 9, 2021 in Chelsea, Que (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Signs and ribbons hang on a fence outside an elementary school protesting Quebec Bill 21 on Dec. 9, 2021 in Chelsea, Que (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Ottawa

And now, the inevitable Bill 21 fight

Paul Wells: An important and spontaneous debate has broken out in Ottawa that the party leaders had been desperately trying to avoid

News

People walk with their luggage to travel to the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

People walk with their luggage to travel to the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Newsletter

Public Health didn't keep track of travellers in quarantine hotels

A security man stands guard outside a ward being prepared for the omicron coronavirus in Ahmedabad, India, on Dec. 6, 2021. (Ajit Solanki/AP)

A security man stands guard outside a ward being prepared for the omicron coronavirus in Ahmedabad, India, on Dec. 6, 2021. (Ajit Solanki/AP)

News

Omicron variant will likely be worse than Delta, according to early research

O'Toole rises during question period in the House of Commons on Dec. 2, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

O'Toole rises during question period in the House of Commons on Dec. 2, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Ottawa

Erin O'Toole's numbers fall back to pre-election levels: 338Canada

Families watch planes on the tarmac at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Nov. 29, 2021. WHO urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concern over the new Omicron variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Families watch planes on the tarmac at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Nov. 29, 2021. WHO urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concern over the new Omicron variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Vaxx Populi

Omicron: Here's what we know so far about the latest variant of concern

LATEST ON POLITICS

Trudeau and the newly sworn in ministers in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021 (Courtesy of Alex Tétreault/PMO)

Trudeau and the newly sworn in ministers in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021 (Courtesy of Alex Tétreault/PMO)

Politics

The future of the Liberal Party—without Justin Trudeau

Paul Wells: The biggest question in Canadian politics in 2022 is whether Trudeau will still be PM when the year is done. The Grits may be forced to consider life after him—and what they even stand for without him.

More on COVID-19

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

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

News

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Society

(Photo illustration by Justin Poulson)

(Photo illustration by Justin Poulson)

Environment

You'll see more carbon labels in the grocery store next year. Here's what they mean.

Carbon labels tell consumers the environmental impact of oat milk, dish soap and more. Do they work?

The employee wellness gap: Why health benefits aren't measuring up

The employee wellness gap: Why health benefits aren't measuring up

Sponsored

The employee wellness gap: Why health benefits aren't measuring up

Flaherty, as the boxes of donated food and essentials piled up in her home. (Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

Flaherty, as the boxes of donated food and essentials piled up in her home. (Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

Health

How an Iqaluit mom's TikTok videos turned her home into a de facto food bank

(Courtesy of Tim Fraser/Meals on Wheels)

(Courtesy of Tim Fraser/Meals on Wheels)

Society

Demand for Meals on Wheels—and the drivers who make it possible—is soaring

How grocery gift cards could transform holiday giving

How grocery gift cards could transform holiday giving

Society

How grocery gift cards could transform holiday giving

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

Menka in her parents’ once-bustling Brampton, Ont., home, which many called a safe and happy place. (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov Luna)

Menka in her parents’ once-bustling Brampton, Ont., home, which many called a safe and happy place. (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov Luna)

Canada

First it took his mom. Then his dad. Then, finally, him. The story of a family stolen by COVID-19.

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Politics

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

News

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

Lisa, Norbert and their kids (left) and Joanna and her family (right) at their respective dining room tables. (Photographs by Sylvie Li and Taylor Roades)

Lisa, Norbert and their kids (left) and Joanna and her family (right) at their respective dining room tables. (Photographs by Sylvie Li and Taylor Roades)

Society

We gave them our leftover frozen embryos. Now, we're a family.

Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 charges against him after the collision that claimed 16 lives (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 charges against him after the collision that claimed 16 lives (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

Society

Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu