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Family history is critical to health. A new study shows how to collect it better

Family history is critical to health. A new study shows how to collect it better

A recent study shows there is a simple way to improve doctors’ understanding of their patients’ risk profiles

by Alexandra Keeler

Top Stories

Summer byelections a test of federal parties’ strengths

Summer byelections a test of federal parties’ strengths

by Meagan Gillmore

Churches that ran residential schools help fund new reconciliation centre

Churches that ran residential schools help fund new reconciliation centre

by John Longhurst

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Trading up: Why young Canadians are choosing the trades over university

Trading up: Why young Canadians are choosing the trades over university

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Advocates and premiers urge Ottawa to renew mental health funding

Advocates and premiers urge Ottawa to renew mental health funding

by Meagan Gillmore

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Politics & Policy

15 years in prison for father of U.S. teenage school shooter

15 years in prison for father of U.S. teenage school shooter

Former top U.S. COVID expert Fauci declines to answer hostile Senate questioning

Former top U.S. COVID expert Fauci declines to answer hostile Senate questioning

Canada criminalizes coercive control. Can the system deliver?

Canada criminalizes coercive control. Can the system deliver?

Can Trump make Canada pay for wildfire smoke?

Can Trump make Canada pay for wildfire smoke?

France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow

France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow

Zelensky hails ‘good’ Trump talks on Patriot air defences

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COMMENTARY

Op-Ed: Canada’s missing social enterprise strategy

Op-Ed: Canada’s missing social enterprise strategy

by Caitlin McKay

Editorial: Why Canada can’t escape America’s central bank

by The Editorial Board

Editorial: What Carney’s Senate reset gets right

by The Editorial Board

Op-Ed: At $6.71 a day, the Canada Disability Benefit falls short

by Krista Carr

Op-Ed: Canada’s manufactured war between young and old

by John Stapleton

Editorial: Carney must reverse his ‘gravy pledge’

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Op-Ed: Alberta’s choice — grievance or generosity

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CO MMUNITY

Community

‘The Dink’ sees comedy in U.S. pickleball craze

‘The Dink’ sees comedy in U.S. pickleball craze

Canada’s culture of generosity dries up

Canada’s culture of generosity dries up

Drugs & Crime

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

Cracking open a can of cannabis — America’s new pastime

Cracking open a can of cannabis — America’s new pastime

Religion

The ‘precarity mindset’: Why fewer Canadians are giving to charities

The ‘precarity mindset’: Why fewer Canadians are giving to charities

New hate law takes effect amid warnings it is ‘vague and worrisome’

New hate law takes effect amid warnings it is ‘vague and worrisome’

Development Aid

HIV progress in ‘real danger’ as global funding plummets

HIV progress in ‘real danger’ as global funding plummets

UNAIDS chief calls for ‘radical change’ in Africa amid aid cuts

UNAIDS chief calls for ‘radical change’ in Africa amid aid cuts

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PROFESSIONAL

How Canadian media lost its way: A conversation with a former CBC journalist

Quebec had to allow more private health care. Here’s what happened

Generative AI’s power sparks fears of dumbing humans down

Air Canada taps new CEO to replace chief who couldn’t speak French

HEALTH & AGING

New U.K. PM declines to give stance on assisted dying

New U.K. PM declines to give stance on assisted dying

U.S. panel says to loosen restrictions on popular peptide despite safety concerns

U.S. panel says to loosen restrictions on popular peptide despite safety concerns

New report sheds light on why older women view aging negatively

New report sheds light on why older women view aging negatively

Family

Greece to ban children from scooters after accidents

Greece to ban children from scooters after accidents

EU to limit children’s access to social media — gradually

EU to limit children’s access to social media — gradually

U.K. schools, mentors team up to rescue ‘lost boys’ with soccer

U.K. schools, mentors team up to rescue ‘lost boys’ with soccer

Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate’s lips

Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate’s lips

HEALTH-CARE REFORM

Universal health care, done better

Universal health care, done better

Rethinking our ‘third rail’: The role of private care in the world’s top health system

Rethinking our ‘third rail’: The role of private care in the world’s top health system

Solving Canada’s doctor deficit

Solving Canada’s doctor deficit

The case for Canadian pharmacare

The case for Canadian pharmacare

Universal health care in name only

Universal health care in name only

Single payer or hybrid? In pursuit of better health care

Single payer or hybrid? In pursuit of better health care

DEVELOPMENT AID REFORM

‘Moving in a herd’: Global shift in development aid underway

‘Moving in a herd’: Global shift in development aid underway

Canada’s ‘shadow aid’ policy

Canada’s ‘shadow aid’ policy

Who is slashing development aid?

Who is slashing development aid?

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