Nick Taylor-Vaisey

Inside Canada’s impossibly high-stakes rush to lock down tens of millions of doses of the most sought-after product on Earth

The converted fishing trawler had some wild jobs: seizing drugs abandoned on the ocean floor and salvaging shipwrecks. As it heads to the scrap yard, trailblazing sailors recall its storied past.

Russia, China and the United States are racing to build big ships meant to slice through ice in an Arctic region rich in natural resources and new shipping lanes. Canada’s backyard is at stake.

The minister for diversity and inclusion and youth hopes the Liberals can document their lessons learned for the benefit of future governments, but she’s not willing to say much about the failed student service grant

Politics Insider for Dec. 17: A Canadian will join a mission to orbit the moon, Carla Qualtrough admits the government’s mistakes and Santa Claus is declared an essential worker

Politics Insider for Dec. 16: The feds secure more vaccine as Ontario hospitals brace for the worst, Erin O’Toole fights the culture wars and what is Canada planning to do in outer space?

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough talks about Canada’s pandemic programs, the mistakes that were made and why some Canadians will have to pay back CERB

Politics Insider for Dec. 15: The first Canadian receives her first inoculation, the Speaker of the House reflects on a frantic year and where in the world will Trump escape prosecution?

The Speaker of the House reflects on a frantic year that saw him handle an unprecedented transformation of how Parliament works

Politics Insider for Dec. 11: The PM and the premiers meet (virtually) to talk health transfers, the PBO says billions in stimulus could be mistimed and Doug Ford’s lead keeps growing