#Death and distrust in Alberta

#Death and distrust in Alberta

“#Death and distrust in Alberta” Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal went on a hunting trip and never came back. The killing of the two Métis-Cree men deepens Indigenous peoples’ sense that their lives are less valued. Sansom (left) and Cardinal in the selfie sent to Sansom’s wife hours before the pair were killed (Photograph by…

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#Trump may still be winning

#Trump may still be winning

“#Trump may still be winning” Scott Gilmore: The fatal flaw in election models is that they assume a free and fair election Both the New York Times and the polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight currently calculate that the odds Donald Trump will be re-elected President of the United States are 3 in 10. These and other election…

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#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?

#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?

“#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?” Politics Insider for Sept. 1: Johnson & Johnson and Novavax are the latest pharma companies to promise doses to Canada, a rent relief program hangs in limbo and here’s how Erin O’Toole won the Tory crown Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to…

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#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts

#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts

“#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts” Conservative leadership candidates won in unexpected places and fell flat in others. And when Leslyn Lewis dropped off the ballot, the upstart candidate’s voters played a decisive role in crowning O’Toole Most party leadership conventions follow one of two paths. The most boring contests end with a frontrunner…

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#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

“#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch” Paul Wells: How badly do things have to go for a government-appointed panel to shut down because it got no usable data and no help from the minister? I’ve got my journalistic obsessions, Lord knows. But the notion that Bill Blair, the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness,…

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