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The real tragedy of Mavis Otuteye’s death: it didn’t have to happen

The Ghanaian woman found dead of exposure in a Minnesota field could’ve legally entered Canada—at a normal crossing

In Emerson, Man., asylum-seekers find love and fear

The local reeve calls them ‘criminals.’ But other Canadians just want to help those who’ve risked their lives fleeing Donald Trump’s America

The new underground railroad to Canada

More and more refugees are making a dangerous trek north to escape a harsh new U.S. regime—risking life and limb

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I am resigning to spend more time with my kleenex

David Emerson decides it’s time to stop and smell the, er, well…

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It’s 8:15 am: Do you know where your ITQ is?

Drinking a super-sized sugar-free Red Bull and preparing for another committee triple-header, of course.