Need to knowTalking Points: The news you missed on your holidayIt’s back to reality for many Canadians. Our Talking Points will help you sound like you kept up with the news during your holiday.
ArtsCarly Simon on Mick Jagger, Taylor Swift—and being herselfThe 70-year-old singer-songwriter opens up about the kind of life she’s lived
WorldHow Mexico is locking down its other border wallOn its once-porous southern border, Mexico has taken on an unlikely new role: anti-migrant enforcer
ScienceAn inside look at TRIUMF, the world’s biggest cyclotronScientists at the world’s biggest cyclotron, in Vancouver, invited amateurs to ‘lift the curtain’
BooksHow lust for jewels shaped historyThree verbs that define the history of the world: want, take, have
BooksSri Lanka: A post-colonial tragedy in-the-makingRipped apart by civil war, the island nation ’has forgotten any other way to live’
BooksSlade House: Another brick in David Mitchell’s wallMitchell is a detail obsessive, the mark of a storyteller
BooksA lost-at-sea story deserving of all our aweJonathan Franklin’s ’438 Days’ chronicles José Salvador Alvarenga’s trials as he drifted on the Pacific Ocean for more than a year
BusinessDrip, drip, drip: Why Canadians pay fees for everything’Drip pricing’ has us paying more for less—and you can thank the airlines.
ArtsWhat Canadian pop moment?Are Drake, Bieber and Co. on the Billboard charts a tipping point—or a warning?