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Her majesty's astronaut

Paul Wells on the history of picking the governor general, and the message Justin Trudeau wants to send in choosing Julie Payette
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Her majesty's astronaut

Economic analysis

Why the Bank of Canada hiked interest rates

Econ-o-metric: Today may go down in history as the day Canada shook off its hangover from the financial crisis

Bank of Canada Governor Poloz speaks during a news conference in Ottawa

Economic analysis

What higher interest rates mean for real estate, debt and the economy

Canadians have come to expect ever cheaper debt. An interest rate hike this week would mark the reversal of that trend.

A construction worker shingles the roof of a new home in a development in Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2015. Experts say measures introduced by the Ontario government to cool the red-hot housing market are likely to leave a lot of the buyers on the sidelines as they await to see the impact of the changes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Opinion

Rona Ambrose’s advice for Canadian women considering politics

Conservative Party of Canada’s former interim leader on why she ran for office—and why more Canadian women should run, too

Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose is receives applause during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Health

Should doctors be paid a premium for assisting deaths?

Physicians can make more doing paperwork than performing this legal, but emotionally demanding, service. For many, it’s just not worth it.

(Matthieu Spohn/Getty Images)

Money

Why didn’t markets see the Bank of Canada interest rate hike coming?

It would be good for everyone if Stephen Poloz and market participants could find a way to understand each other

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz attends an Empire Club of Canada luncheon in Toronto, December 8, 2015. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)

Economy

Interest rate hike: Why Stephen Poloz still sounds anxious

Household debt, weak investment and uncertainty about inflation makes everything about the economy feel temporary. Including Wednesday’s rate bump.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz speaks about the Financial System Review during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday,June 9, 2016. (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Opinion

What the ceasefire in Syria really means

The Syrian ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., Russia and Jordan, reveals the shifting positions of the countries involved in the conflict

A herd of sheep is seen near the border between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Quneitra, Syria July 10, 2017. (Alaa al-Faqir/Reuters)

Canada

So long McLobster—why the infamous sandwich is gone

Even though the past few years have seen a surge in the supply of lobster, rising demand has driven up prices. Will that continue?

Elderly lobster fisherman

World

Does the Trump presidency effectively end here?

With the release of Trump Jr.’s emails, the president’s floundering administration has suffered a political wound that can’t be healed

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - FEBRUARY 28: Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech during a ceremony for the official opening of the Trump International Tower and Hotel on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. The tower is the Trump Organization's first new international property since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Politics

Jagmeet Singh’s Quebec problem

In a province where suspicion of religion in politics is a progressive impulse, the NDP leadership hopeful is facing an uphill battle

Ontario deputy NDP leader Jagmeet Singh launches his bid for the federal NDP leadership in Brampton, Ont., on Monday, May 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Washington

Trump’s America, as interpreted by Sean Hannity

The Fox News host is Trump’s biggest media champion. Scott Feschuk imagines how far he might go to defend the White House.

Hannity

Politics

In private, Donald Trump rages as Russia scandal deepens

Trump’s ire has been directed at the media, not his son, according to people who have spoken to him in recent days

(Carlos Barria?Reuters)

Opinion

It’s time to hit the reset button on Canada’s MMIWG inquiry

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is losing the faith of those who need it the most

Sheila North Wilson, right, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, speaks to media as Derek Nepinak, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, listens in after RCMP announced at a press conference in Winnipeg, Friday, March 18, 2016. Wilson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help a remote First Nation left in crisis after a fire destroyed the community's only grocery store and band office. (John Woods/CP)

Canada

B.C. wildfires: The race to save farm animals from the flames

People are risking life and limb to safeguard livestock, which are an economic engine in central B.C.

Horses that survived a wildfire stand outside a neighbouring home to feed after numerous homes were destroyed by fire on the Ashcroft First Nation, near Ashcroft, B.C., late Sunday July 9, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

Canada

B.C. creates $100 million fund as number of wildfires hits 230

An estimated 24,000 hectares have already burned, and hot, dry weather is likely to worsen the fire threat in the coming days

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Washington

Donald Trump Jr.’s inner monologue on the morning of July 11

Scott Feschuk imagines the moment Trump Jr. decided to totally steal the New York Times’s thunder by releasing his own emails

Donald Trump Jr. at his father's estate in Bedford, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2017. The president's once-wayward eldest son has embraced his new role in business and politics on his terms. (George Etheredge/The New York Times/Redux)

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