Ugly loss leaves Jays on brink of eliminationAfter a 14-2 beating at the hands of the Kansas City Royals, Canada’s team needs to win three straight to reach the World Series
The surprising end of a depressing campaign for womenThere were some unexpected upsides after a campaign in which women were ignored, deployed as political props, and even attacked
The boys in blue, the politicians in redInside the Rogers Centre, there were plenty of Jays fans with eyes on both ballot boxes and the batter’s box
What’s an IVF baby worth?The cost of Quebec’s funding of IVF has turned into a political and medical quagmire. How will Ontario avoid the same fate?
An ode to bandwagons—in sports, and politicsWhether it is in baseball or politics, believing in something bigger than yourself is the great pleasure of the fan
Alex Anthopoulos: The Canadian who rebuilt the Blue JaysWith news this morning that the Jays GM is leaving, here’s our interview from back at the start of playoff ball
Blue Jays win. (Toronto is saved.)Jonathon Gatehouse explains how one smooth swing turned the worst night in the world into the best
Kevin John Stephens, 1987-2015He travelled the world as a dive instructor and a tour guide, always eager to help those he met along the way
The growing backlash against Southern kitschAs America’s politics and mood change, there’s a call to end the cultural myths of the American South
Edmonton vs. Calgary: A hockey rivalry, but also more than thatEdmonton, armed with the NHL’s next prodigy and a plan to transform downtown, is fully wrapping its civic identity in its Oilers. Not so much in Calgary.