Ottawa could learn from Mexico about how to negotiate with Trump
Mexico swallowed the insults and kept its market access. Canada performed its outrage and drew a punishing U.S. tariff wall
Canada still trades like 13 separate countries
The premiers are celebrating a modest splash of progress on alcohol, but let’s be honest: they’re leaving the massive provincial dam standing firmly in place, keeping a truly free national market locked out
Alberta is betting billions on an unpredictable AI future
by Doug Firby
The province is making a multibillion-dollar wager that demand for massive AI data centres will keep growing
The next oil shock could hit even harder
Oil reserves have plummeted to historic lows following recent Middle East supply shocks, leaving global crude markets dangerously exposed to new crises
Alberta
PoliticsThe poll is in: Albertans don’t want two-tier health care
Eighty-six per cent still see universal care based on need, not ability to pay, as a core Canadian value
Business
Weaponizing potash against the U.S. could backfire
Saskatchewan would bear much of the damage if Ottawa decides to use potash as a weapon against the United States
Health
LatestStop letting your past dictate your future
by Faith Wood
What happened may not be your fault, but it doesn’t have to control what you do next
Careers
Why qualifications aren’t enough to get you hired
What 500 interviews taught me about communication
How to read body language without getting it wrong
Stop blaming CEOs for AI job cuts
Life
LatestBeing better than someone worse doesn’t make you good
We can always find someone who behaves worse than we do. That doesn’t make our own conduct moral
A&E, Books
LatestOnce upon a time, singing cowboys were a real thing
by Pat Murphy
Gene Autry and Roy Rogers helped turn low-budget westerns into a Hollywood money machine
Education
LatestAre Jewish Noahide laws a threat to Christians?
Conspiracy theories claim Christians could face execution under ancient Noahide laws. The evidence tells a different story
Sports
LatestEven war cannot extinguish football’s power to give people hope
Football cannot end wars or erase suffering. But it can remind people that they are not alone and that tomorrow is still worth believing in
Eye on
CalgaryGovernment housing policies are killing the Canadian dream
by David Leis
Canada’s housing crisis wasn’t inevitable. It was built one government decision at a time
Politics
NationalCanada can’t claim a North it can’t defend
We need military bases, ports and transportation corridors if we want to exercise real sovereignty over the North
Science, Technology
LatestYou’re letting life pass you by one scroll at a time
One day you’ll realize your phone saw more of your life than you did
Travel
LatestStrange but true: Karl Marx’s grave is more expensive to see than Adam Smith’s
You pay £10 to see Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetary, but Adam Smith’s grave is free. The irony is hard to ignore
All
LatestCanada’s Arctic sovereignty claims ring hollow
Canada has the law on its side, but lacks the ships, ports and infrastructure needed to exercise real authority in the North
Drive
LatestWhy the 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 Is a used-car bargain
by Buying Used
Strong performance, upscale comfort and a much lower used price make the 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 one of today’s best used luxury SUV buys
World
LatestThe road to disaster is often paved by experts
by Pat Murphy
Economist Walt Rostow believed he could engineer history. History had other plans
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