Peter Shawn Taylor

In Calgary and Edmonton, city councillors’ incomes are linked to their performance, so that everything is automatic, not political

Why bilingualism needn’t be a qualification to be PM, even as hopefuls for the Conservative leadership work on their French

Trump is a rule-breaking, oversharing, booty-calling, sarcastic Twitterer thumbing his nose at stuffy traditionalism

Telling the story of Russia through one of the most famous ballets in the world

A long-time court reporter on how she fell out of love with Canada’s justice system

Climate change rules and new competition are creating big problems for Canada’s cement industry

Tuba virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik is putting a little bit of omph into his effort to push the oft-dismissed instrument to the front of the stage

Book review: Frank McLynn’s bio of the legendary, brutal conquerer reveals the Mongol’s mantras

A journalist criss-crosses Greece to trace the Western world’s most serious financial collapse

A new book reveals the quarrels between the great scientist and his friend, Erwin Schrödinger, over quantum theory in physics