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CBC says bureau expansion will address ‘news deserts,’ despite concerns from local media outlets

HeritageBY DAVIS LEGREE

• Last week, the CBC announced it would expand into 11 new markets in an effort to provide more “boots on the ground journalism,” but

Health care is 13 per cent of Canada’s economy, and must be central to nation-building

HealthBY JIMMY YANG

Albanian embassy marks national day

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

Latvian envoy plays host at War Museum 

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

EnvironmentBY LIN AL-AKKAD

‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay

ArcticBY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS

Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

CabinetBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health

Foreign PolicyBY DORIS GRINSPUN

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

Foreign PolicyBY TIMOTHY CHAN

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‘Very few truly understand how it currently works’: procurement watchdog puts defence contracting under microscope

Defence & SecurityBY IREM KOCA

• The Office of the Procurement Ombud is putting together a research study on defence procurement, with early outreach suggesting the new Defence Investment Agency

‘Stark contrast’ between Carney and Trudeau’s approach to Indigenous relations, says ITK president Obed

Indigenous RelationsBY ELEANOR WAND

Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help

HeritageBY JOSH TABISH

If it’s a quid-pro-quo, include the charitable sector, too

Defence & SecurityBY JUNG-SUK (JS) RYU

Depicting ‘Dad’ Carney, ‘angry face’ Poilievre, and Trump’s ‘bizarre’ brand of ‘chaos’: de Adder’s top cartoons of 2025

Foreign PolicyBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Carney needs a much stronger communications strategy with Canadians at this hinge moment

Foreign PolicyBY EDITORIAL

PHAC says creating national vaccination registry would be ‘difficult’ as Canada contends with high measles count, loss of measles-free status

HealthBY TESSIE SANCI

Legault’s resignation leaves ‘a big vacuum’ as Quebec gears up for an election amid two leadership races, say politicos

IntergovernmentalBY ELEANOR WAND

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

Foreign PolicyBY TIM GRAY

AGRICULTURE

Do Conservatives want the best for the West, or not?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Scrap the Indo-Pacific Strategy: a pragmatic path for Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY WENRAN JIANG

Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet minister, Nature Canada pushes for nature strategy after absence of support in budget

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Biotechnology

PMPRB closes all open drug-pricing investigations before implementing new guidelines on Jan. 1

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Debating creating a Canadian CIA? Never say never, but now is not the time

OpinionBY MARTIN GREEN

‘These times are not like any other’: Carney’s Davos speech that ‘electrified the world’ draws bipartisan praise

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Environment

Planetary limits: why Canada’s next nation-building project must be grounded in reality

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, TREVOR HANCOCK, COURTNEY HOWARD

Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy   

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Climate advisers ask feds to put Net-Zero Advisory Body on ‘pause,’ say they can’t fulfill mandate in ‘skeleton state’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

OpinionBY EDWARD JACKSON

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FINANCE

Senators renew push to see their pensions become funded

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Canada now needs a backup plan for our auto industry

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Health organizations have questions, but few answers about feds’ new $5-billion Health Infrastructure Fund

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Women entrepreneurs are a crucial asset for Canada’s economy, they deserve a voice in shaping it

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

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Fisheries and oceans

Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Canada’s plan to boost its economy must include rebuilding wild fisheries

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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FOREIGN POLICY

‘We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition’: Carney tells World Economic Forum

OpinionBY PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

CUSMA review approaching, but mechanism remains murky

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

When a parliamentary committee recently politicized EDI in research, they put Canadian science and patient care at risk

OpinionBY RACHEL REEVE

Canada’s reliance on U.S. health data under spotlight after federal health minister says she ‘cannot trust’ American vaccine policy

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Five affordable ways to improve access to health care in 2026 

OpinionBY MARGOT BURNELL

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Industry and Manufacturing

Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Renewable energy sector adds concerns about wind-tower costs to steel industry crisis talks: ‘there’s a ton of urgency’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Steel tariff missteps threaten Canada’s energy future

OpinionBY VITTORIA BELLISSIMO, FERNANDO MELO

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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infrastructure and transport

Can Build Canada Homes make a dent in the housing crisis?

OpinionBY ALAN BROADBENT

The joys of winter biking aren’t without politics

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Time to strengthen Canada’s infrastructure planning 

OpinionBY JENNIFER ANGEL, PETER WELTMAN

Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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innovation

Bill 13 is Alberta’s law—but all Canadians must pay attention

OpinionBY BUKOLA SALAMI, NNAMDI NDUBUKA, SUME NDUMBE EYOH, MODUPE TUNDE-BYASS

Canada is building AI infrastructure. Now it must build AI companies

OpinionBY DANIEL WIGDOR

Feds ‘on track’ to connect every household to high-speed internet by 2030, as critics point to gaps in rural and Northern Canada

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Canada’s EV experience shows why our strategy needs new tools in an age of uncertainty

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

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intergovernmental

Legault’s legacy: incompetence and division

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The slow, uphill climb to fix the housing mess

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Encore une fois: a constitution for Quebec?

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

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justice

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

We need to go beyond criminal law reform to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY LANA WELLS

Bill C-16 ‘progress,’ but needs tougher language to codify femicide as a standalone crime, advocates say

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Ottawa set to revive online harms legislation in 2026: government source

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

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Labour & employment

Trading values for access: Canada, China, and the cost of looking away

OpinionBY JOHN MCKAY, INDEPENDENT SENATOR JULIE MIVILLE-DECHêNE

Why all governments must follow Ontario in scrapping the ‘Canadian experience’ requirement

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN

Work stoppages are crippling Canada’s economy—it’s time for Parliament to act

OpinionBY JASMIN GUéNETTE, CHRISTINA SANTINI

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Lobbying

Joly top-lobbied minister in November, universities push to attract research talent driven away from U.S.

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Record-breaking November lobbying sees U.S. trade war and federal budget among top concerns

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

House Ethics Committee to review Lobbying Act in 2026 after AI study, says chair Brassard

NewsBY HUNTER CRESSWELL

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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natural resources and energy

Trump’s hit on Venezuela just gave Canada a bruise

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Buried in the MOU: a licence to lie

OpinionBY LEAH TEMPER, SAMANTHA GREEN

Canada’s rising disaster costs call for adaptive design

OpinionBY HOSSEIN BONAKDARI

Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY JON SHELL

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Artificial action: feds offering tepid response to AI abuse

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Where is the real threat to Canadian security coming from?

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER INGRAM, ERROL MENDES, JOSEPH INGRAM

The Elsie effect: women are essential to security

OpinionBY NATHALIE CHUARD

Democracy, like a Christmas gift, is best unwrapped

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Indigenous Relations

Poilievre praises a president who threatens democracies—including ours—on a daily basis

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

A decade of delays on Indigenous rights

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

No, Indigenous people are not coming for your privately owned land

OpinionBY COREY SHEFMAN

Bill to create modern treaty commissioner wins Bloc, NDP, and Green support

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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