Conservatives say ’Free the beer’ but not the milkThe federal party’s interprovincial trade critic urges a ’nuanced approach’ as the Supreme Court hears a key case on economic barriers within Canada
Roy Moore preaches to his choirOn the campaign trail in Alabama, Steve Bannon’s anti-establishment Republican forces believed in God—and Moore, their God-fearing candidate
A century after the Halifax explosion, grim reminders can still be found in treesThe entire core of one tree trunk was a column of metal shards. ’It dawned on me, ‘wow, man, this is from the Halifax Explosion,’ ’ says one arborist.
How 1920s British spy agency files reveal a proto-Cold War rife with intrigueAn expert on Russia discovered that bureaucrats and spies secretly gathered to watch Soviet movies
Ursula K. Le Guin, the sci-fi giant, takes on dystopia and social injusticeLe Guin: ’Can America go on living on spin and illusion, hot air and hogwash, and still be my country? I don’t know’
The problem with ’The Shape of Water’ and other ’woke’ filmsGuillermo Del Toro’s movie embodies what’s wrong with a certain school of self-satisfied, performatively socially conscious filmmaking
The earth’s rotation is slowing, and that points to a big year for earthquakesThe Earth started a period of slow rotation around 2013, and if the research is right, we’re about to experience a greater number of earthquakes over the next few years
Roy Moore’s challenger, Doug Jones, attempts the impossibleJones hopes to be the first Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter-century. His hopes may rest on African-American voter turnout.
Trudeau tries to thread the China needlePaul Wells : The Liberals held public consultations on free trade with China. Will the message they got inform the latest mission to Beijing?
A smart road map to lower carbon emissions? Look to Texas, of all placesOpinion: When it comes to balancing economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, the stars are oddly bright deep in the heart of Texas