Hockey Night in Canada Needs More Than Nostalgia
The PWHL offers CBC a new Saturday-night chapter. The bigger challenge is keeping hockey open to people who have not become paying fans.
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Canada Wants a Space Economy. Who Carries the Risk?
A streamlined approval system could help Canadian space companies grow. But the proposed rules also raise harder questions about insurance, liability and public exposure.
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How Canada Actually Comes Apart
A border can run through a town, a library - or a country's most important relationships. What would an actual separation mean for treaties, pensions, trade and everyday life?
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Who Is Behind Alberta's Independence Campaign?
The organizers, political connections and money questions behind Alberta's separatist movement — and why those relationships matter.
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Who Benefits From Breaking Up Canada?
An American think tank has proposed exploiting Canada's divisions. Alberta separatists have met U.S. officials, and Washington has rewritten its hemispheric strategy. Here's what the evidence shows about the interests at work — and what it doesn't.
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Quebec Voted for Change. Canada Still Needs a Team.
Canada defended French-language protection in U.S. trade talks. Quebec’s election now raises a harder question: would going it alone give its people more strength—or less?
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Foreign Interference Needs One Canadian Standard
Reporting that U.S. political operatives worked with Alberta separatists raises a broader test for Canada. The rules should turn on conduct, transparency and coercion — not the flag involved or the Canadian faction that benefits.
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Arctic Sovereignty Needs Roads, Ports, Power — and Plumbing
Canada’s northern projects promise stronger defence and better access for residents. Delivering both means testing the routes, costs, community consent and operating plans behind the announcements.
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Canada’s AI Ambition Needs a Working Stack
Canada has the research, useful industrial expertise and a promising infrastructure base. Turning those assets into stronger companies and better public services means connecting the whole AI stack, while being honest about what we control and what we still buy abroad.
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Who Gets to Be Canada’s Team?
Team Canada is easy to recognize. “Canada’s Team” is harder. What makes a professional club feel like it belongs to the whole country — even if only for a while?
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What Canadians Get Wrong About Americans
Canadians watch the U.S. closely, but proximity can blur as much as it reveals. Understanding America more precisely is part of a more confident Canada.
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Canada Built Hollywood North. Now It Needs More Than Hollywood.
Canada built a world-class film production industry. The next step is owning more of the stories, rights, financing and global success.
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The UN Says Maps Shape Perception. Canada Has a View From Up Here.
The UN wants fairer world maps. Nasty Canuck has a simpler question: what happens when Canada stops living along the top edge and puts itself in the middle for once?
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Gander Proved the Friendship. Chrétien Told the Truth.
Twenty-five years after Gander opened its doors on 9/11, Jean Chrétien offered a reminder about Canada–U.S. friendship: generosity is not weakness, and real friends tell each other the truth.
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Democracy Belongs to the People Who Show Up
Alberta’s separation debate exposes a larger democratic truth: having an opinion is not the same as exercising political power. If Canadians want a say in how they are governed, they have to show up.
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