Donald Trump

The man in the fluorescent green baseball cap nervously eyes the video camera, then politely declines to be interviewed.

It's a lesson oddsmakers have long since learned the hard way: never assume the imminent political demise of one Donald Trump.

The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contracted COVID-19 — again — should serve as a reminder that the virus isn’t done with us, even if a growing percentage of the population has decided they’re done with it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Canadians should be paying particularly close attention to the Jan. 6 committee hearings taking place in Washington, D.C., writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail on Thursday, May 25, 2022, the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in small-town Texas.

Now, the question is whether his bet on the social media company will pay off for him — and what it will mean for the rest of us, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

In the past, the price of failing to address climate change seemed theoretical, decades down the line. Today, we’ve already begun paying for it.

Scholars are calling for greater engagement with Indigenous communities in the search for life on other planets.

From the U.S. West to Mongolia, fences are going up rapidly as border barriers and livestock farming increase. Now, a growing number of studies are showing the impact of these fences, from impeding wildlife migrations to increasing the genetic isolation of threatened species.

Russia’s digital brigades have been busy at work here in Canada as well. The recent trucker convoy that occupied Ottawa for the better part of a month was aided and abetted by foreign forces, and that seems to have Russian fingerprints on it. RT, a major conduit for Russian propaganda and A self-described “info weapon,” ran upwards of 1,200 stories on the occupation, writes Max Fawcett.

A rivalry with Russia. A proxy battleground. Nuclear brinksmanship. For many generations of Americans, it’s just like old times.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing, and investigators for the first time said they have enough evidence to suggest then-President Donald Trump committed crimes.

With the right message and the right leadership, the occupation of Ottawa can end, writes columnist Max Fawcett. And when it’s over, we need to take full stock of who was really behind it — and what they wanted to achieve.

If you think there’s something extremely fishy about the GoFundMe “Freedom” campaign, you’re onto something, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.