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Author: Paul Welch
Publication Date: January 28, 2026 - 10:57
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For the home: Move over hygge, 'teolai' is the key to a cosy winter
January 28, 2026
In Denmark, they have hygge. In Sweden, it’s lagom. In Japan, wabi-sabi. It seems every country has their own phrase for cosy and in Ireland, that word is teolaí, a term that translates as “warmth”. But does the world really need another cosiness trend? And will Ottawa residents even like it? The answer is yes — on […]
Unpublished Newswire
February 19, 2026 - 06:40 | | The Globe and Mail
Until mid-afternoon on February 10, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was a place known for mining and bears, for its geopark and dinosaur fossils and mountain vistas.
But most Canadians had likely never even heard of this town, with its approximately 2,700 residents. Set in the foothills of the Hart Ranges, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, Tumbler Ridge is close enough to the famed mountain parks of Alberta and BC to share a bit of their epic scenery but far enough to go mostly unnoticed by the outside world.
Everything is different now, and in the worst way. Eighteen-year-old...
February 19, 2026 - 06:30 | Christina Frangou | Walrus
This August will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. If they hold onto their totalitarian rule for that long, they could go on to surpass their initial reign, which lasted from 1996 until the United States–led invasion in 2001. This time around, in the absence of armed intervention, it’s become increasingly clear that the international community’s measures to push them out are failing.
Over the past half-decade, the Taliban have brought one form of shock and pain after another to the Afghan people: girls being denied most types of higher education, the...
February 19, 2026 - 06:29 | Soraya Amiri | Walrus
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