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    An illustration from Harper’s Weekly, November 28, 1885: “An incident of the smallpox epidemic in Montreal,” by Robert Harris (Courtesy of The New York Public Library)

    When the plague won: a history of vaccine hesitancy

    In Montreal in 1885, disease and vaccine resistance mixed with devastating results, not unfamiliar to today

    An outbreak warning from a decade ago

    John Geddes: The 2010 film ‘Outbreak’—featuring Theresa Tam—focused on epidemics in Montreal, showing that little of what’s happening now is novel

    The case against Trudeau: that’s it? (UPDATED)

    The usual charges that Trudeau mishandled Quebec and the economy are overstated

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    Idea alert

    Michael Bliss says tax the richest.