Statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee removed in Charlottesville, Va.
A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years ago has been hoisted off its stone pedestal.
What Canada needs to do now to capitalize on low COVID-19 levels and keep them that way
COVID-19 levels haven’t been this low in Canada in a long time, but the actions we take now to maintain control mean the difference between living with the virus or hiding from it in the weeks and months ahead.
'It's not if, but when': B.C. fires expose Canada's lack of emergency preparedness, experts say

The fire that destroyed most of a northern B.C. village has renewed calls to bolster Canada's ability to respond to emergencies fuelled by climate change.
Priest slams 'pitiful' lack of Catholic fundraising for residential school survivors

A Catholic priest is speaking out against his own church, saying he's ashamed it used a legal "loophole" to escape its $25-million promise to residential school survivors.
The price of your morning cup of coffee could be set for a jolt

A once-in-a-century drought in Brazil has walloped the world's largest coffee crop, leading to the highest prices in years for a market that was already dealing with climate change and COVID-related volatility.
Why Canada's low-paid, precariously employed essential workers need a better deal

Labour advocates say essential workers have borne the brunt of the pandemic, and that they’re owed a future with higher wages and better worker protections.
How Canada is failing its Black filmmakers

The upcoming historical drama The Porter is the largest Black-led TV series ever created in Canada. Despite this success, other events offer a more sobering look at how far there is to go in supporting Black filmmakers and their stories.
The fall of Panjwaii casts a long shadow over Canada's Afghan war veterans
The Taliban did something last weekend they've been unable to do for nearly two decades. They captured a key district on the edge of Kandahar City — a region many Canadian soldiers gave their lives to defend. The event was greeted with a mixture of dismay, sadness and resignation by the ordinary troops who fought there.
As allies accuse Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed of atrocities in Tigray, Canada stands back
Canada has held back from sanctioning, or heavily criticizing, the Ethiopian government of Abiy Ahmed, condemned by the UN, United States and European Union for war crimes and atrocities in the Tigray region.
How Ottawa seized a golden opportunity to help defeat the Nazis in the Second World War

Operation Fish might be the most important Second World War mission you've never heard of — and that was precisely the point.