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I know the real Chrystia Freeland. This is who she is.
Her departure from cabinet marks not an end but a turning point. She will never stop working for a better world.
Ontario is backing rehab instead of safe drug injection sites. Those who know the system say both are needed
At the same time as the government is pumping new cash into rehab, it is slashing funding from another pillar of drug recovery: harm reduction.
We’ve been waiting for Kamala Harris for too long
Every generation has its hope to leave the world a better place.
Kamala is ours.
Portugal’s storied fight against drugs has saved countless lives. Will its next chapter have a happy ending?
As Canada rethinks harm reduction, Portugal's novel approach offers valuable insights
Israel is punishing all of Lebanon for Hezbollah’s sins. This is what Canada should do about it
I hope we can all be awakened to the need for peace by thoughts of civilians in Lebanon — like the Hemo children who ask only how they can find a safe place to live another day.
‘We worry our community is lost forever’: This unique part of Turkey was devastated by an earthquake. Why residents say they’ve been abandoned
A year and a half after devastating earthquakes in February 2023, the ruined towns and cities of Hatay, Turkey’s southernmost province, sit frozen in time in the chaotic aftermath.
‘I didn’t care about death. I cared about drugs’: Opioid crisis in Canada’s prisons leaves inmates with life-sentence of despair
As Canada grapples with a severe national drug crisis, experts say the country’s prisons are overwhelmed.
Canada is turning its back on Afghan women facing death and despair
We made a promise to the Afghan people of our dedication to equality and justice; so why has Canada simply watched as gains in women’s rights have unravelled
How Scotland kicked its alcohol problem — and what Ontario could learn from it
Drinkers might delight in Ontario’s booze bonanza, but Scotland’s strategy is saving lives.
What went wrong with drug decriminalization in British Columbia? Those on the streets have a message for Toronto
On the streets of Victoria, addicts and those who care about them have mixed feelings about the return of criminalization, and they have a warning for Toronto.
A kingdom of shocking pain and suffering: How this country is trying to escape a deadly epidemic and its history
Eswatini has the most serious HIV/AIDS problem in the world, and has put serious effort into reducing it. But longstanding beliefs and sexual behaviours, including those of the king himself, stand in the way of progress.
Black South Africans lose hope as they wonder when they will share in the wealth
In shantytowns in and around Soweto, democracy has failed to materially transform residents’ lives, 30 years after Nelson Mandela’s triumph.
This 16-year-old’s building crumbled, killing her neighbours. It’s a tragedy becoming common in Havana
With many buildings condemned or collapsed, residents squat in dangerous structures near grand hotels that host a shrinking number of tourists.
‘I will never teach anything but the truth’: Meet the impassioned defiers of Florida’s ‘anti-woke’ laws
A teacher, a writer and an historian present a small but determined community of resistance toward Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s culture war against “woke” ideology.
What an AI image of a Holocaust survivor can teach us about remembrance
A project racing against time to preserve memories shows potential for artificial intelligence in preserving history.
'We’re losing so many human beings ... it's crazy': Two years of war in Ukraine through the eyes of one soldier
Scholars have come to share the perspective that this war is a pivotal conflict with consequences for the entire globe
'Their hearts are on the front line' — Ukrainians who fled to Canada face agonizing choices
“I thought I could come to Canada and live for myself,” says a survivor of the Mariupol destruction. “But the war has changed me.”
In the face of heartbreaking defeat, Australian Indigenous leaders look to Canada
The overwhelming rejection in a referendum on giving Indigenous groups a constitutional voice has many looking for ways to keep up the fight for recognition and reconcilation
‘The horror is coming back now’: Holocaust survivors feeling shock, trauma of Hamas attacks
Seven Israeli and Canadian Holocaust survivors interviewed said Oct. 7 has made them relive their horror and affected their idea of Israel as a safe haven.
‘I thought I would die there’: UN report details brutal, systemic torture of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces
A United Nations commission has found that war crimes against civilians by Russian forces and federal police were widespread and included deliberate killings, rape, torture and the kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian territory.