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What Donald Trump’s crackdown looks like from the streets of Washington

Since the President deployed military in the U.S. capital this month, the intervention has reached nearly every corner of the city
Washington D.C. residents march through the Columbia Heights neighborhood in protest of President Donald Trump's seizure of local police and anti-immigration policies, on Aug. 22.

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a U.S. appeals court has struck them down?

opinion

Donald Trump is on the brink of becoming a dictator. Can he be stopped?

Andrew Coyne
Andrew Coyne
MIDDLE EAST

Israel will halt aid into northern Gaza soon, announces remains of a hostage were recovered

Shift comes weeks after Israel first announced plans to widen its offensive in the city, where hundreds of thousands are enduring famine
Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug. 28, after a global hunger monitor said that the city and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread.

Prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government killed in Israeli strike

justice

The belief in the right to self-defence – and the legal limits of a reasonable response

The law is in the spotlight once again after an alleged incident in the small town of Lindsay, Ont.
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre called Canada's law on self-defence "vague and subjective" during an announcement on Friday in Brampton, Ont.

Poilievre wants Criminal Code to define ‘reasonable’ self-defence

book bans

Alberta minister calls teachers union ‘manipulative’ as strike or lockout looms amid book ban

Contract negotiations between the province’s bargaining team and teachers’ union have reached a crucial impasse
New Minister of Education and Childcare, Demetrios Nicolaides, swears the oath of office in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 16, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion

As a professor of literature, I have serious concerns about the debates over books happening in Alberta

Kit Dobson
back to work

Three home offices that break all of the productivity rules

Workspaces need not be stark and minimalist, but rather as alive and dynamic as the people who use them
Will Sorrell is photographed in front of his garden office located in his backyard in Victoria, B.C., on August 19, 2025. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail �

Q+A: Bruce Daisley on the return-to-office push

Classic white button-up shirts are an easy choice for work or the weekend

More top stories

Dr. Sam Starko and collaborators performing intertidal biodiversity surveys in Barkley Sound, B.C., in 2021.

A severe marine heat wave nicknamed ‘the Blob’ has finally been explained

cover photo for story about how much teenage boys eat by Dakshana Bascaramurty.
Weekend Reads

Nobody eats more than teenage boys. We asked three of them how they manage

Adolescents are the most expensive Canadians to feed, and each one has a strategy to satisfy that hunger as their bodies develop
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Podcast

Why tariffs haven’t hit consumer prices hard – yetPodcast

Business and Finance

Luke and Lori ‘run a pretty tight ship when it comes to spending,’ says Luke, managing to pay off their mortgage and save for their children’s education.
financial facelift

Can Luke, 56, afford to retire soon while paying for his kids’ education?

Carney appoints former Trans Mountain head to lead major projects office

Dawn Farrell, the CEO of Trans Mountain before transitioning to board chair in 2024, oversaw the completion of the Tran Mountain pipeline.

Ruby Liu’s plan for former Hudson’s Bay stores is ‘doomed to fail,’ lawyer says

Billionaire Ruby Liu speaks with media as she arrives at court in Toronto on Friday, August 29, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
the new economy

The summer funk isn’t over yet for young, jobless Canadians

Strathcona Resources plans to add to MEG stake, vote against Cenovus takeover

Cenovus Energy logos are on display at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The Calgary-based oil company says its refinery throughput for the third quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023 will be weaker than expected.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Opinion and analysis

The markets will burn as Trump fiddles with the Fed

John Rapley
John Rapley

Who watches those who watch our payments? The growing power of credit card giants

Vass Bednar
Vass Bednar

Canada needs a critical minerals strategy that actually works

Bentley Allan
Coils of steel sit in a yard at Stelco's Hamilton Works in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on June 4, 2025. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday denounced US President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50 percent, calling the levies "unjustified and illegal." (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is rewriting America’s source code

Tony Keller
Tony Keller

Canada must be ready to get its elbows up again to stand a chance in the post-Trump era

Kevin Yin
Kevin Yin

Chart to watch

analysis

Bank stocks are hot. Are they too hot to touch?

Canadian bank stocks are great long-term investments that can be held through good times and bad. But the bad times make better buying opportunities
David Berman

Canada’s tariff revenue surges – but nowhere close to Ottawa’s projections

Canada collected $3.6-billion in import tariffs during the second quarter, $2.1-billion more than it did a year ago.

Quebec law firms that sued Big Tobacco to receive nearly $1-billion, a fee ‘unheard of in Canadian legal history’

Justice Geoffrey Morawetz of the Ontario Superior Court in Toronto concluded that the 'astronomical' fee owed to four Quebec law firms is reasonable given the circumstances of the case.

Canada’s economy contracts sharply in second quarter as tariffs hit exports

Transport trucks carry cargo containers to be loaded on the Hapag-Lloyd container ship Frankfurt Express at the DP World Centerm terminal at port, in Vancouver, on Sunday, August 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A summer job at a newspaper taught TIFF’s Cameron Bailey the art of working on deadline

Cameron Bailey

Life and Arts

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Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the cityVideo1:10

Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead in LvivVideo1:12

'Vicious compliance': Alberta Premier Smith questions Edmonton school board's banned books listVideo1:48

Israel declares Gaza City a combat zone, launches 'initial stages' of planned offensiveVideo1:12

Cuteness overload: Tennessee zoo welcomes 'huff-quacking' red pandasVideo0:49

Japan uses AI-generated eruption of Mount Fuji to prepare Tokyo for worst-case scenarioVideo0:43

Adorable snow leopard cub takes her first steps outside enclosure at UK zooVideo1:00

Father of child killed in Minneapolis church shooting shares emotional pleaVideo1:04

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Opinion

As a professor of literature, I have serious concerns about the debates over books happening in Alberta

Kit Dobson

Two firefighters detained by ICE while responding to Washington wildfire

Toronto band the Beaches riding a fresh wave of popularity on a mix of pop hooks, spirit and authenticity

What Donald Trump’s crackdown looks like from the streets of Washington

Toronto to allow larger apartment buildings around some transit stations

Opinion

The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners

John Turley-Ewart

Q+A: Bruce Daisley on the return-to-office push

Can Luke, 56, afford to retire soon while paying for his kids’ education?

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opinion

Timing is everything as Carney visits Europe – again

Campbell Clark
Prime Minister Mark Carney boards a government plane to head home from Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday.
opinion

Don’t hate ChatGPT-5. Your chatbot is not your friend

Ignacio Cofone
OpenAI launched the latest version of ChatGPT in August.

Ontario securities regulator files to force former Bridging Finance executives into bankruptcy

David and Natasha Sharpe at the Bridging Finance Toronto offices in 2019. The husband and wife were found guilty of investment fraud last year.
book review

Everything is unstable in Helen Oyeyemi’s A New New Me – even the story itself

Steven Beattie
Helen Oyeyemi (U.K./Nigeria) was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to London when she was four. HANDOUT IFOA

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Canada

Construction cranes tower above the Senakw Indigenous-led housing development being built, in Vancouver, on Friday, July 4, 2025. The project being built on the traditional lands of the Squamish Nation will have more than 6,000 rental units and 1,200 homes in a total of 11 towers when complete. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. developer Westbank sells stake in Squamish Nation housing project

Concerns raised about search and rescue in Canada as Norwegian hiker mourned

obituary

Canadian motorcycle racer Michelle Duff risked death in pursuit of speed

World

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offering condolences to the families of soldiers who participated in overseas military operations, in Pyongyang, after meeting with families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia on August 29.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un promises ‘beautiful life’ for families of troops killed in Russia

Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead in Lviv

Chicago mayor says police won’t aid Trump’s threatened federal deployment

Politics

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Most of Trump’s tariffs declared illegal by U.S. federal appeals court

Trump will cut over 500 jobs at Voice of America and its parent agency despite legal challenges

Politics Insider: Canada’s economy suffers as tariffs hit exports

Sports

Manchester United's head coach Ruben Amorim during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Manchester United edge Burnley with stoppage-time penalty

Coco Gauff steadies serve, surges into U.S. Open fourth round with Naomi Osaka

Osorio’s late strike secures draw for Toronto FC, knocks Montreal out of playoff race

Style Advisor

Images from the 2025 M.A.D. Festival in Montreal.

What Montreal’s summer fashion festival says about its status as Canada’s fashion capital

These 10 fall fashion trends have staying power. Here’s what to look for

Simons is a rare success story during tough times for department stores

Health & Fitness

To prepare for the cold-weather months, Montreal endurance athlete Emmanuelle-Salambo Deguara tracks her shifting nutrition needs, hydration and energy use with apps and wearables. “For the same run in the winter, I’m going to spend more energy than in the summer,” she says.

Nutrition needs are different in cooler months – here’s how tech can help

Ontario to expand RSV vaccine availability for seniors 75 and older this fall

Performance-enhancing substances can be harmful to adolescents, survey of pediatricians says

Real Estate

Done Deal, 3401 1 St., N.W., Calgary Asking price: $795,000 (June 2025) Selling price: $790,000 (June 2025)
done deal

Listing delay pays off for sellers of Calgary semi-detached

done deal

Updated Victorian by Trinity Bellwoods sells to lone bidder for near asking

Toronto’s condo market swoon creates opening for builders ready to embrace purpose-built rental

Drive

A cyclist riding south over sharrows (painted bike symbol) on Spadina Ave., is photographed on July 30 2020.
road sage

To lane-popping cyclists, what’s the point of your dangerous manoeuvres? Do you not know what’s at stake?

Andrew Clark
car review

There’s no practical reason not to choose the cheaper hybrid version of the Hyundai Santa Fe, other than towing

Why can’t the U.S. build five-minute EV chargers like they will have in China?

Environment and Climate Change
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How a Quebec town fought to keep its ER open and welcomed foreign workers

Martine Riopel, cancer survivor and client of the Rivière Rouge emergency services and her lawyer Carl-Éric Therrien speak with the reporter and a former employee of the Rivière Rouge hospital on the 7th of May 2025. Story header: citizens of Rivière Rouge banded together to ensure that the governement did not shut down the emergency services at the Hospital in the small town of Rivière Rouge, Quebec.

Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019, records show

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