Society

The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying Virgin Galactic tourists to space

Virgin Galactic’s "future astronauts" will be in the hands of an elite Canadian test pilot

The roadblock to full pandemic recovery: ’Pockets’ of unvaccinated Canadians

Vaxx Populi: Reaching tracts of unjabbed rural residents is one of the last key steps toward a pre-COVID normal. But are they willing to get their shots?

Extending scholarship to oral traditions through podcasting

How a group of creative Canadian academics is changing the face—or is that sound?—of scholarship

How an RCAF airman’s watch solved a 50-year mystery

The discovery of F.O. William Joseph Kyle’s watch led Veterans Affairs Canada—and his family—to where his plane went down during the Second World War

A physician to his mom: ’The stress of life under the virus fell disproportionately onto you’

I used to take your hands for granted, Arjun V.K. Sharma writes, but they guided me through the pandemic

’Sealioning’ is the word that sums up why Twitter discussion is so unbearable

This neologism on Merriam-Webster’s list of words to watch aptly describes the frustration of conversing online

The rise of Japandi design and the quest to create a calm place in a turbulent world

A blend of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics has created an increasingly popular style that’s ’simple and calm and restful’

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

The premier fumbled Alberta’s pandemic response so badly that his job is now in jeopardy

All the good politicians are in Montreal

Paul Wells: I used to wonder where all the politicians with heart and wit went. Turns out they’re in Montreal, trying to turn a parking lot into a place where people actually live.