World’The test was survival’: Afghan President Ghani on his first 18 monthsEfforts to fix Afghanistan have been a colossal disappointment. 2016 will be its make-or-break year.
EconomyCan anything save New Brunswick?The province’s economy is in free fall, it has more deaths than births and an ugly language war to rival Quebec’s
WorldTrumputin: Disturbing parallels between Trump and PutinDonald Trump doesn’t just admire Vladimir Putin, he emulates him. What this tells us about the Donald’s rise and how he’d rule.
HealthZika: The new global health terrorMosquitoes carrying the Zika virus are expected to infect up to four million people across the Americas. And there’s no cure—nor an end in sight.
BusinessHave we hit ’peak stuff?’ Ikea says there’s röom to grow.Have consumers hit their limit for buying furniture, as one Ikea executive recently claimed? Don’t bet on it. Ikea sure isn’t.
CanadaLa Loche: A small town’s grief. A nation’s shame.How La Loche happened and what it says about Canada’s shocking neglect of First Nations in the North
SocietyA new, and dangerous, kind of distracted driverThey hog lanes, ignore emergency vehicles, and treat their cars like multi-tasking way stations. That culture of entitlement makes drivers a new kind of menace.
PoliticsThe angry, radical rightWhy a growing number of extremists are lashing out publicly at Muslim immigrants—and Justin Trudeau
WashingtonDonald Trump for Dummies: Why America can’t get enoughHis political rise has been remarkable, and implausible—and Donald Trump might just yet win
Economic analysisLife at $20 a barrel: What the oil crash means for CanadaAs the price of crude plunges, and drags the loonie with it, the pain stretches far beyond the Alberta oil patch. What’s next for Canada’s economy?