PoliticsStephen Harper and the niqab gambitHow Stephen Harper is betting the politics of fear can help him win the next campaign
PoliticsFor the Parti Québécois, bad habit dies hardWhy the PQ has re-embraced its troublesome, vote-losing ’values charter’
SocietyHometown Hockey: The natural coachCoach Jon Goyens has a unique grasp of the game. No wonder future stars like Jonathan Drouin keep in touch.
CanadaWhen blackface isn’t blackfaceOpinion: Martin Patriquin on the controversy over Theatre Rideau Vert’s portrayal of P.K. Subban
CanadaCleaning house after CharbonneauThe final report from the Charbonneau commission won’t be the end of the war on corruption in Quebec
OttawaLeft-wing lock: Will the NDP and Liberals split the progressive vote?Supporters of the left are worried the parties could once again cannibalize the vote
CanadaUgly nationalism? Not in Quebec. A poet’s anti-immigrant rant, a speedy backlash and a sign of real change in Quebec
CanadaQuebec’s daycare flip-flopPhilippe Couillard raises the rates — and some hackles. Quebec bureau chief Martin Patriquin measures the fallout.
CanadaMartin Couture-Rouleau: A homegrown madmanBranded a terrorist driven by Islamic State, the man who struck a soldier with his car in Quebec was really a lone wolf with nothing to lose
MoviesOf pedals and metals: In search of bike maestro Giuseppe Marinoni It wasn’t easy to make a cinematic ode to a reclusive and eccentric bicycle maker from Montreal