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The Incel Terrorist

Oguzhan Sert was 17 when he walked into a Toronto massage parlour and killed an employee with a sword. The Crown argued the attack wasn’t just murder, but an act of terror against women. The hard part would be proving it.

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Quebec’s New French Revolution

When I moved to Montreal, it was a vibrant, multilingual metropolis. Now François Legault is waging war on English and on the cosmopolitanism that makes it Canada’s greatest city.

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Wab Kinew, Manitoba’s first First Nations premier, wants to start with a clean slate

Kinew, the first First Nations premier in the province’s history, got a second chance at life. Canada’s about to see what he does with it.

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We’re getting married in India, but diplomatic tensions could jeopardize our wedding plans

India currently isn’t issuing visas to Canadians, and my fiancé can’t make it to our wedding without one 

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This student is stuck in the middle of Canada’s gender policy debate

“My teacher was the first adult I came out to. If you come out to your parents and it goes bad, there’s nowhere you can go.”

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The Unsteady Reign of Danielle Smith

Alberta’s premier rode into office declaring war on the federal government—and won by a tiny margin. Can she keep her rebellious rural base happy, without sparking a national crisis?

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Stopping immigration won’t fix Canada’s housing crisis

Housing policy researcher Carolyn Whitzman says Canada needs a national social-housing program—and much better data

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For minister Sean Fraser, immigration and housing are more than just numbers games

Ambitious new immigration targets and a country-wide housing squeeze have Canadians asking: where are we going to put everyone? That’s Fraser’s job to answer.

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Michelle O’Bonsawin: “I’m not a token Indigenous judge”

Canada’s first Indigenous Supreme Court justice isn’t the next Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She just wants to be herself.

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Unifor’s Lana Payne is taking on the fight for workers

Unifor president Lana Payne wants Canadian workers to know—and get paid—what they’re worth

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Louise Arbour is fighting to reform Canada’s military

Arbour has been a Supreme Court justice and the United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Now, she’s staring down her most formidable challenge yet.

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Why YouTubers like me oppose Bill C-11

Canadian creators are at risk of having their content and visibility diminished by the passing of the Online Streaming Act, says YouTuber J.J. McCullough, who recently opposed Bill C-11 in Parliament.

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