Opinion

My mother is not in this photo album, but her absence speaks volumes

Motherhood is joy, but also grief. Cancer taught me how to live with both

A force of nature: How a small fern pulled me into a long tradition of writers smitten with the natural world

The ties that dine: The way we cook today means that memory is no longer on the menu

Into the fire: In the Northwest Territories, we canoed through climate change

Europe’s urban advantage leaves Canada in the shade

AI comes down to Earth

In Canada, a common bond would be sensible 

‘They may be giving themselves a leg up in the polls but they’re causing serious long-term damage.’ Divisive politics, plus other letters to the editor for May 11

A Mother’s Day plea: Be mindful of those around you

The foreign-interference scandal shows that it’s time to clean up Canada’s party nomination races

Quebec’s new history museum proposes an ethnocentric vision of the province’s past

It’s distressing to hear accounts of domestic violence – but we must listen

The era of cheap money is spent

‘Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau … all seem to have one unfortunate thing in common.’ World leaders, plus other letters to the editor for May 10

The economy we have taken for granted is not coming back

Hamas is in trouble with Palestinians in Gaza

So, what happened to Canada’s gun control emergency?

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme is a global lesson in policy stupidity

To get buy-in for Canada’s World Cup games, Canadians must be able to buy at all

Canada is getting a foreign-agent registry (at last)

‘Ecology and economy must be held together in harmony for the long haul.’ Energy’s evolution, plus other letters to the editor for May 9

Who would ever want to be president of the CBC?

A score-settling book by Brian Mulroney is being kept under wraps

We are in a new space race – this time, with China

Of course the keffiyeh is political. But it still shouldn’t be banned from Ontario’s legislature

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, common sense and the courts

‘There has been a near-total absence of both accountability and interest in averting the next such disaster.’ COVID’s unlearned lessons, plus other letters to the editor for May 8

Poilievre to business: stop sucking up to Liberals and start sucking up to me

The crisis in health care staffing is no secret - so don’t try to hide the gruesome data

The uneasy intersection of oil and climate

‘I believe a medieval era has resurfaced.’ Sex education in Saskatchewan, plus other letters to the editor for May 7

Regular renewal of Canada’s national security policy will be worth the effort

The Charter’s override function must be off-limits when it comes to criminal justice

Ontario’s keffiyeh ban dares to define the scarf’s meaning for everyone