I’m sitting in an intimate theater with a bunch of teenagers at the opening performance of the play Tagged. As you would expect, the teens are loud as they sing along to the blaring pop music as we wait for ...
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One of the things we cherish about being Canadian is our reputation for being polite. It’s great to raise our families in a country known the world over for having good manners (and it’s super handy to be able to ...
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Who would have thought a year ago that carbon pricing would be splashed across Canada’s front pages? Yet here we are. Energy- and resource-beat reporters are chronicling the at times heated exchanges between the federal government and the provinces as ...
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The House of Commons is “on a break” for the summer, as they say, and Members of Parliament will be “back to work” in the fall. While it’s true that the political news is a trifle thin these days (shirtless ...
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Most economists agree the 21st century economy will not belong to the West. As both Europe and North America struggle with low growth, a refugee crisis, the of populist politics, and higher unemployment rates, the stage is set for the ...
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