Trump fires Comey: There is no road map from hereThe FBI director was the best hope Trump’s ties to Russia would be investigated. American democracy has been dealt a body blow.
Should Facebook tell you more about political ads?A new group from the U.K. is pushing for transparency in online political advertising. Why it matters to Canada, too
Trump fires Comey, and the search for a new FBI director beginsAlso on the Daily Trump Tracker: New data shows what pushed Trump to his election win in November, while the President agrees to arm Syrian Kurds
In defence of youth councilsSpending on youth councils benefits everyone, argues the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada’s National Youth Council
How reporting on a murder trial stirred memories of my brother’s deathWhat I learned from the justice system as a sibling of a murder victim—and then, years later, reporting on the high-profile murder case
Dove’s soap bottles sell plastic female ’empowerment’. Don’t buy it.The soap-maker gives an unintended lesson in how female ’empowerment’ is exploited for profit and political currency
The ’benevolent liberal racism’ behind Desmond Cole’s Star exitPity Canadian journalism, Andray Domise writes, at a time ’where the limits to its overwhelming whiteness are coming into sharp focus’
In B.C. election 2017, the Green Party could be kingmakersOn the eve of the election, Andrew Weaver has gotten his party into B.C.’s political conversation. The NDP should be worried.
Three things we learned from Sally Yates’s testimonyAnd what it says about how Donald Trump handled the scandal regarding Michael Flynn and Russia
Is it time to sack the humble sandbag?Our go-to solution to flooding hasn’t changed for centuries. There must be a better way.