In history’s long arc, Canada is but a glimmer of a nation. And whereas there was a time when the accident of our favourable geography led us to believe that our existence would be eternal, regardless ...

The large-scale escalation of violence in the Middle East, triggered by the unlawful aggression against Iran by the United States and Israel and followed by Iran’s retaliation against several Gulf ...

We depended on our neighbours for survival in times of war, famine, drought, or other periods of strife and scarcity. We ...

In The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire, author Stephen R. Bown explains that the point blankets were “immediately popular” when HBC started selling them in the late eighteenth ...

One method used to extend deterrence is so-called “dual-key” arrangements, in which US nuclear weapons are physically stationed with allied forces, but no single country can use them on its own. Both ...

So, we held onto each other for dear life, like nothing would ever change, until we couldn’t hold on any longer, and we moved ...

I n his now-famous speech in Davos last month, Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that middle powers must band together or ...

There is no way to overestimate the monumental significance of organ donation in the lives of those who need transplants.

A career diplomat whose service also included Iraq and Egypt, and who retired in 2018 after completing his term as Canada’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Horak brings a vantage that takes on new ...

W ith five weeks to go before members of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) choose their new leader, and therefore new premier, the stakes are high.

Every year, new studies show continual erosion in the public trust in institutions and society in Canada. Democracy feels ...