What would Frederick Banting think of ’insulin tourism’?
Insulin’s legendary co-discoverer was never in it to get rich. Banting donated the patent to try to avoid today’s global tragedies.
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The end of the manhunt: two bodies are found in Northern Manitoba
The RCMP believes the bodies are Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky. They were found in dense brush near the shoreline of the Nelson River.
’We’ve been stranded on this man-made island for the past 100 years’
A thoughtless decision that cut off Shoal Lake 40 First Nation from the outside world a century ago is finally set right with the opening of Freedom Road
The new worry about the next election: your daily news
Sarmishta Subramanian: The risk this fall is not in the rise of a xenophobe or a left-wing populist. It’s in what’s happening to our media.
Can the fugitives survive the Manitoba wilderness? Ask these German tourists.
Two stranded adventurers trekked 120 km to Gillam over 10 days—nearly as long as Schmegelsky and McLeod have been on the run
Trudeau vows Canada First policy for prescription drugs after Trump plan
Politics insider for Aug. 2: New Arctic protected areas, hands off our drugs and Trudeau’s Quebec problem
The plan to save Canada’s rapidly-melting Arctic ice
The Trudeau government has bowed to years of persuasion by Inuit and has declared a marine protected area in the Far North
These stranded B.C. salmon are in good hands
Image of the Week: A rockslide on the Fraser River cut off the fish from their spawning grounds, inspiring an inventive—and Herculean—rescue effort
Fear and loathing in Canadian pharmacies
Politics Insider for Aug. 1: Trump wants Canadian drugs, fundraising updates and the first debate is set
Four ways the Manitoba manhunt fugitives could be evading capture
Did they catch a ride? Can they survive on fish and berries? A look at the bleak scenarios for Schmegelsky and McLeod