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  1. 11 hours ago

    Excellent case for finding a single, permanent site for the Olympics, rather than spending countless billions on a mobile extravaganza every 2 years … Fewer and fewer cities want to host the Olympics. That should tell the IOC something.

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  2. Aug 6

    "If it's challenged in any way ... I'm gone": Former Canadian chief justice says she's staying on Hong Kong court to help preserve city's 'last bastion of democracy'

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  3. Aug 5

    Sigh. Just when it looked like had turned corner with his Wimbledon run, he crashes out to low-ranked players in 2 straight tournaments. Mystifying. doing little better post-Wimbledon. Red-Hot Brooksby Bounces Felix In Washington

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  4. Aug 4

    "This strikes at its reputation": Court topples Canadian ruling that one of world's most expensive drugs is excessively priced

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  5. Aug 3

    ICYMI ... My feature on America's equivalent of the residential schools ... Why residential schools in U.S. have remained part of the country's buried past

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  6. Aug 3

    Giving cover to autocracy, or defending judicial independence? Canada's ex-chief justice renews job on top Hong Kong court despite Beijing's tightening grip

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  7. Aug 3

    Australia's a third smaller than Canada but vastly outperforms us at Olympics. Crucially, it actually exceeds expectations. No Olympic gold for Canada's beach volleyball players: Surprise exit for world champs

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  8. Jul 9

    'Concerns from another era': Funeral homes can't ban employee tattoos and piercings

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  9. Jul 8

    "Ramping up things": Chinese diplomat, party newspaper post cartoon of Trudeau on indigenous skulls, escalating campaign critics call whataboutism.

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  10. Jul 8

    Health Canada deflects complaints about ads for 'abortion-pill reversal' as issue grows for both sides of abortion divide.

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  11. Jul 8

    ICYMI ... My piece on how greening the economy can create labour anxiety .... Union fears big job losses from going green, after Ottawa pledges $420 million to Algoma's electric retrofit

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  12. Jul 6

    Indeed … At Wimbledon, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov Stir a Nation

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  13. Jul 5

    This is huge for FAA, a great talent who often didn't come through in the clutch. Beat a much higher-ranked player, performed under amazing pressure and didn't buckle when match went to 5 sets. Felix Comes Of Age, Resists Zverev Comeback At Wimbledon

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  14. Jun 30

    Have to now ask: was 's 2019 breakout a flash in the pan that's over? Or is she still suffering after-effects of injury, COVID infection etc.? Should know when hard-court stretch starts. Cornet reprises Andreescu upset at Wimbledon via

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  15. Jun 30

    Federal ATIP system, always good for a (bitter) laugh. Health Canada, asking M'day if I wanted to proceed with a request 6 YEARS LATER: "Your request and application fee were received by our office on June 18, 2015, however, we are unable to proceed with your request as stated."

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  16. Jun 25

    Agency head on hot seat over lab scientists' firing has history with China ties and controversies, via

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  17. Jun 23

    "That would be a scandal": Fired Winnipeg lab scientist listed as co-inventor on two Chinese government patents

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  18. Jun 21

    'Tip of a much larger iceberg': Report reveals more evidence of forced-labour goods imported to Canada, while U.S. bans same products.

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  19. Jun 21

    What a crazy story. And there's a Werner Herzog doc about it! (Because he almost got on the same plane.) Must find that ... She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away

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  20. Jun 17

    It's chilling how quickly the freedoms Hong Kong enjoyed for so long are evaporating under China's heavy thumb ... Apple Daily accused of using journalism to endanger national security

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