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Canada is spending $400M on 35 armoured vehicles. What does that actually buy?

Canada is spending $400M on 35 armoured vehicles. What does that actually buy?

Ottawa refuses to provide cost details around a $400M defence procurement purchase, making evaluation of the deal impossible

by Sam Forster

Top Stories

Lawsuit challenges long-form census as unconstitutional

Lawsuit challenges long-form census as unconstitutional

by Meagan Gillmore

The biology of intergenerational trauma

The biology of intergenerational trauma

by Alexandra Keeler

Editor’s Picks

Op-Ed: The best medical care my dad received was on a cruise ship

Op-Ed: The best medical care my dad received was on a cruise ship

by Angelique Moss

Does Canada need tougher organized crime laws?

Does Canada need tougher organized crime laws?

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Politics & Policy

More than 110,000 Canadians call for ouster of U.S. envoy

More than 110,000 Canadians call for ouster of U.S. envoy

World youth unemployment rate rose last year: UN

World youth unemployment rate rose last year: UN

Build Canada Homes’ vague goals concern experts

Build Canada Homes’ vague goals concern experts

U.S. primaries offer fresh test of Democrats’ leftward surge

U.S. primaries offer fresh test of Democrats’ leftward surge

World Cup co-hosts Canada and U.S. oppose Infantino

World Cup co-hosts Canada and U.S. oppose Infantino

U.S. Democratic Party rattled by left-wing successes

U.S. Democratic Party rattled by left-wing successes

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OUR SUMMER SERIES

Carney government overhauls pesticide laws with little scrutiny

Carney government overhauls pesticide laws with little scrutiny

New ‘omnibus’ elections law does not go far enough: experts

New ‘omnibus’ elections law does not go far enough: experts

Tougher bail, sentencing laws take effect after years of pressure

Tougher bail, sentencing laws take effect after years of pressure

Canada criminalizes coercive control. Can the system deliver?

Canada criminalizes coercive control. Can the system deliver?

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

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

Experts raise privacy concerns after MPs rush through Bill C-22

Experts raise privacy concerns after MPs rush through Bill C-22

CO MMUNITY

Community

‘If you can, move!’ say Rome’s viral dancing seniors

‘If you can, move!’ say Rome’s viral dancing seniors

‘Every hand goes up’: How charities are rethinking their strategy and vision

‘Every hand goes up’: How charities are rethinking their strategy and vision

Drugs & Crime

Drugged driving: Drugs now outpace alcohol in fatal car crashes

Drugged driving: Drugs now outpace alcohol in fatal car crashes

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

Your job may shape your overdose risk: report

Religion

World Humanist Congress comes to Ottawa — after U.S. plans fall through

World Humanist Congress comes to Ottawa — after U.S. plans fall through

Churches that ran residential schools help fund new reconciliation centre

Churches that ran residential schools help fund new reconciliation centre

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

Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism scandal found dead

Training the U.K. ‘surgeons of the future’ using robots

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

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

HEALTH & AGING

Canada authorizes clinical trials of Moderna Ebola vaccine

Canada authorizes clinical trials of Moderna Ebola vaccine

Advocates and premiers urge Ottawa to renew mental health funding

Advocates and premiers urge Ottawa to renew mental health funding

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

Family

Most U.K. teens to opt out of planned social media curfew: poll

Most U.K. teens to opt out of planned social media curfew: poll

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

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

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

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

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

‘Starvation diet’: The United Nations’ race to bankruptcy

‘Starvation diet’: The United Nations’ race to bankruptcy

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’

by The Editorial Board

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

by Glen Argan

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