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Can Trump make Canada pay for wildfire smoke?

Can Trump make Canada pay for wildfire smoke?

Trade lawyers, climate law scholars and forest ecologists on what the U.S. can — and can’t — do about smoke drifting south

by Sam Forster

Top Stories

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

by Alexandra Keeler

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

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

by Meagan Gillmore

Editor’s Picks

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

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

by Alexandra Keeler

Op-Ed: Canada’s missing social enterprise strategy

Op-Ed: Canada’s missing social enterprise strategy

by Caitlin McKay

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Politics & Policy

Sweden to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in clothing

Sweden to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in clothing

Has AI become too powerful to control?

Has AI become too powerful to control?

U.S. unveils new tariffs on 60 partners as Trump rebuilds trade agenda

U.S. unveils new tariffs on 60 partners as Trump rebuilds trade agenda

Canada cancels joint U.S. border bridge ceremony

Canada cancels joint U.S. border bridge ceremony

Canada joins GCAP fighter jet program as ‘observer’

Canada joins GCAP fighter jet program as ‘observer’

Canada evaluating ‘all options’ after fresh U.S. tariffs threat

Canada evaluating ‘all options’ after fresh U.S. tariffs threat

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COMMENTARY

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

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’

by The Editorial Board

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

by Glen Argan

Editorial: Yes, OAS should be reformed. Here’s why

by The Editorial Board

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

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

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

‘Unprecedented spike’ in new synthetic drugs: UN watchdog

‘Unprecedented spike’ in new synthetic drugs: UN watchdog

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

Is climate finance really development aid?

Is climate finance really development aid?

Norway’s development aid minister on what aid leadership looks like

Norway’s development aid minister on what aid leadership looks like

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PROFESSIONAL

Generative AI’s power sparks fears of dumbing humans down

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

‘Job forever’: Trade schools are all the rage in the AI era

Does AI make the case for a UBI?

HEALTH & AGING

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

Up to 45% of dementia risk can be prevented, delayed: WHO

Up to 45% of dementia risk can be prevented, delayed: WHO

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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