Biden’s best debate strategy: ignore Trump and speak to voters
The Dem nominee’s strongest moments came when he turned to the cameras and acted as if the incumbent wasn’t there
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
The home of the Klondike gold flush
After a judge forced historic Dawson City to fix its raw-sewage problem, the never-ending quest to build a system that works—and doesn’t bankrupt the place—has even Yukon’s premier saying ’WTF’
Alberta’s shattered fiscal house
As its money-making oil industry shrivels, Alberta is faced with a seismic reordering of its books—and the notion that it’s now an outlier for the wrong reasons
The power players in Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party
From political heavyweights who gave O’Toole key support to also-rans who exceeded expectation, there’s a new cast of Tories to be reckoned with
And the winner is O’Toole! But wait .. isn’t that MacKay?
If Tories are looking for a middle-aged male leader who took law at Dal, followed his dad into politics, served in the Harper cabinet, likes pipelines, struggles with French and recognizes Pride Month, we have wonderful news
Falling in love on the Canada-U.S. border
Lynt Harris was in Surrey, B.C., and Julie Arps was in Ferndale, Wash. They met online while the border was closed, having to find an international loophole just to hold hands and hug.
WE all fall down: the Kielburgers and Liberal ’whataboutism’
Tying other parties to WE won’t work unless opposition politicians or their relatives took money for their appearances. But that’s not discouraging the Grits.
The unsafe country to our south
The Trudeau Liberals were afraid to break an asylum deal with an anti-refugee White House. A Canadian judge did it for them.
Every U.S. state is accumulating new virus cases at a faster clip than Canada. Yep, all 50.
Our interactive map puts the pace of America’s coronavirus outbreak in startling perspective
Peter MacKay: The Tories’ avatar of unity, hope and renewal—but also of unforced errors
He’s the charismatic candidate who’s supposed to be most electable, carrying name recognition and the promise of centrist appeal. But some Conservatives are not without worries.