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    (Illustration by Ben Shmulevitch)

    A brilliant scientist was mysteriously fired from a Winnipeg virus lab. No one knows why.

    She was escorted away by the RCMP more than two years ago, sparking international controversy. What really happened to Xiangguo Qiu?

    The truck protest in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2022 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

    The curse of the convoy

    Justin Ling: Some Conservatives have been eager to support the truck convoy movement, while also ignoring the obvious ugly elements at work—and it’s going to cost them

    Ford tours the Specialized Care Centre, run by The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre on Jan. 4, 2022 (Tijana Martin/CP)

    Our current health-care disaster could have been averted

    Justin Ling: All the promises we heard over two years about strengthening the health-care system turned to sand. Now health care workers and Canadians are paying the price.

    Volunteers speak with a family during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont. on Dec. 4, 2021 (Lars Hagberg/CP)

    Caught flat-footed, Canada once again fumbles its pandemic response

    Justin Ling: For the past 24 hours governments scrambled to come up with travel measures to address Omicron. Meanwhile, the wait for boosters and tests continues.

    Putin is shown during his talks with Biden via videoconference in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2021 (CP/Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

    Will Canada help save Ukraine?

    Justin Ling: While America tries to rally support and spell out real consequences for a Russian invasion, Ottawa’s attention seems to be elsewhere

    A grocery store worker clean a work space and plexiglass divider in downtown Vancouver on April 29, 2020 (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

    The plexiglass barrier problem

    Justin Ling: Vaccines, masks and ventilation are working. So why do governments keep doubling-down on the measures that don’t effectively stop COVID?

    Trudeau poses for a photo as he greets commuters at a Montreal Metro station on Sept. 21, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

    How close did the Liberals come to losing?

    Justin Ling: Focus groups of Liberal supporters after the Sept. 20 vote show there was dissatisfaction with what was being offered by the party

    Legault waves to his caucus at the beginning of a pre-session caucus meeting on Sept. 8, 2021 in Quebec City (Jacques Boissinot/CP)

    Federal election 2021: Quebecers remain unimpressed

    Justin Ling: Quebec voters didn’t listen to their very popular premier, who vaguely backed Erin O’Toole. In the end, no party got the breakthrough they wanted.

    Montreal police ready to intervene at a protest against the return of the eight o'clock curfew in Montreal on April 18, 2021 (Mario Beauregard/CP)

    Federal election 2021: The case for anger

    Justin Ling: There are so many good reasons to be mad at our politicians who have abandoned their posts over the last year rather than defend the Charter and civil liberties

    Trudeau handles a piece of steel at a campaign stop in Cambridge, Ont., on Aug. 29, 2021 (Nathan Denette/CP)

    Federal election 2021: The men on the campaign trail

    Justin Ling: One thing this election has made clear: For all the gains towards gender equality this country has made—boy, do we ever have a way to go

    Singh verbally sparring with Trudeau during Thursday's debate. (Justin Tang/CP)

    Federal leaders debate: Jagmeet Singh misses his moment

    Justin Ling: The NDP leader was too busy roasting the incumbent to sell himself as a PM-in-waiting

    Trudeau makes a campaign stop at a university COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 8, 2021 (Nathan Denette/CP)

    Why did pharmacare stop being a core Liberal promise?

    Justin Ling: In 2019, Trudeau vowed to launch national universal pharmacare. This time around that pledge, along with plans for affordable drug pricing, has faded.

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