A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

Armine Yalnizyan (Courtesy of Christopher Katsarov Luna/Atkinson Foundation)

How Armine Yalnizyan became one of Canada’s most important economists

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, 04 February 2022. The Olympic Games in Beijing will continue until Feb. 20, when the medal games and closing ceremony will take place. (Handout image from Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin, unmasked

A local resident shovels snow after A local resident shovels snow after a snowstorm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Toronto Mayor John Tory declared a "major snowstorm condition" and said it would take at least 72 hours clear the city of snow. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)a snowstorm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Toronto Mayor John Tory declared a "major snowstorm condition" and said it would take at least 72 hours clear the city of snow. Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Fine, let’s shovel. But where are we supposed to put the snow?

A Ski-Doo train packed with courage, care and badly needed supplies

Governor General Mary Simon ahead of the Throne Speech on Nov. 23, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick /AFP/CP)

Mary Simon’s land acknowledgement isn’t symbolic: ‘It is our true history’

A car lies submerged in a ditch on a flooded stretch of road after rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province of British Columbia, triggering landslides and floods, shutting highways, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada November 15, 2021. (Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)

A harrowing image of the B.C. floods that caused mudslides and trapped motorists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau arrive for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct.26, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

It’s raining, it’s pouring, the PM names a cabinet

Trudeau walking the beach with his wife Sophie at Tofino, B.C. (Global/Twitter)

Trudeau hits the beach in Tofino. At least he isn’t surfing.

Michael Kovrig embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla, right, after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/CP)

A moment of bliss  for Michael Kovrig, and for all of Canada

23 September 2021, Marlow: Angela Merkel (CDU), German Chancellor, feeds Australian lorises at Marlow Bird Park and gets bitten. (Georg Wendt/Getty Images)

Auf Wiedersehen, Angela Merkel. Goodbye.

The line up extended from the 400 off-ramp around a parking lot into the sports-led. Thousands line up to vote waiting for almost two hours, which will take them long past the time the polls are due to close at the Trio Sportsplex and Event Centre in King City. September 20, 2021. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

This insanely long line should be a wakeup call to Elections Canada

Maxime Bernier, Leader of the Peoples Party of Canada (PPC) speaks at a rally in Toronto on Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Chris Young/CP)

Michael Fraiman