Year Ahead 2021

The past year has proven that you never know what’s coming. But these things, you can probably rule out…

Scott Gilmore: The pandemic isn’t suddenly going away, Trump will still be around and the decline of American democracy will continue. Happy New Year!

Experts think that after months of depriving ourselves of everyday pleasures we once took for granted, our newfound appreciation for the little things might actually last beyond 2020

Amil Niazi: By early May, only 48 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 reported excellent or very good mental health, down 20 per cent from 2018. The loss of acquaintances may play a role in that shift.

Marie-Danielle Smith: ‘You see, in the before times, we were able to extend the benefit of the doubt to a 16-inch-tall animatronic baby.’

The leader who rode youthful optimism to power will now contend with a pack of fresh faces in 2021 as an election likely looms

The first prime minister will no longer be put on a pedestal as the debate turns to what to put up in his place

Michael Coren: We’ve seen evidence of it already. The very act of wearing a mask, for example, is a leap of empathy by thinking in the communal and behaving in the fraternal.

Today’s plug-in blankets are not the overheating, fire-starting throws that gave your grandmother anxiety back in the day

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: During the pandemic, Indigenous people reconnected to their land, embracing bush life and learning to live in community with each other in times of trouble

First Nations are demanding recognition of rights in a chain of potential flashpoints across the country

The pandemic unleashed new forms of digital employee surveillance that are likely here to stay