Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: January 21, 2026 - 06:28
Stay informed
Morning Update: Canada’s middle-power conundrum
January 21, 2026
Good morning. In his first Davos speech as Prime Minister, Mark Carney highlighted a system that bends to the powerful – more on that below, along with the NDP leadership contenders and Heated Rivalry’s sexy consent. But first:
Today’s headlines- Trump says ‘you’ll find out’ when asked about his ambitions to annex Greenland
- Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she is starting treatment for breast cancer
- Vancouver social-media company Hootsuite is looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’
Unpublished Newswire
In the beginning, there were pigs. Domestic breeds, such as Duroc, Landrace and Yorkshire have been staples of the Prairie Provinces for more than a century, and while plenty escaped their resident farms over the years, few survived their first Saskatchewan winter.
Then came European wild boar, a species imported gleefully throughout the 1980s to diversify Canada’s livestock sector. For meat, and for “shoot farms,” boars materialized in most Canadian provinces, but especially in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. When these escaped their resident farms, the result was a slow-moving...
February 20, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
“I’m the most hated man in town,” Ray McKelvie told me. The town in question was Clinton, British Columbia, approximately 350 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, on Highway 97. Later, I asked another Clinton resident whether McKelvie’s claim was true. She thought for a moment. “Well, there’s Joe, who lives in the trailer park,” she said. “We don’t like him much either. But it’s about even.”
McKelvie and I were sitting in the North Road Trading Post, the antique store McKelvie ran in a converted gas station at the north end of town. The garage and lot were dotted with rusty vehicles, some...
February 20, 2026 - 06:30 | Steve Burgess | Walrus
Good morning. A Globe and Mail survey has found that Canadians aren’t feeling the love, but some of the results might surprise you. More on that below, along with heartbreak in women’s hockey at the Olympics and proposed protections for those who fall victim to fraud. But first:
February 20, 2026 - 06:16 | Graham Isador | The Globe and Mail
Comments
Be the first to comment