Unpublished Newswire
Good morning, this is Marcus Gee. I travelled to rural Alberta to learn what I could about a chapter of my family’s history. What emerged was a story of dispossession and exploitation, but also of resilience and survival. More on that below, plus a piano prodigy and an unlikely leader on climate. But first:Today’s headlinesFormer FBI director James Comey is indicted by a grand jury on two chargesPostal workers announce immediate strike after Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door deliveryInterim parliamentary budget officer warns that Ottawa’s finances are unsustainable without...
September 26, 2025 - 06:38 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
In 1970, a New York publishing company put out a debut novel by an editor and former teacher from Ohio. The press, then known as Holt, Rinehart and Winston, had taken a chance on the book, which had been rejected by numerous other houses. The initial print run was somewhere between 1,200 and 1,500 units—modest expectations that looked justified when, in the first year, sales barely cleared 2,000. This despite getting positive reviews in the New York Times and The New Yorker and being assigned to freshman classes at the City College of New York. The attention wasn’t enough. Four years...
September 26, 2025 - 06:30 | Tajja Isen | Walrus
When Claudia Ottaviano-Maheux’s parents set out to pick a school for her in 1964, the choice seemed obvious. Her father had lived in Paris before emigrating, and the family spoke only French and Italian in their Montreal home. They were also Catholic. “It seemed only natural for me to enrol in French Catholic school,” she says.
But at the registrar’s office, they were rejected. The reason: “Vous êtes des immigrants. Il faut aller à l’école anglaise.” (“You are immigrants. You must go to English school.”)
Ottaviano-Maheux struggled. “At one point, I peed my pants because I was so shy and...
September 26, 2025 - 06:29 | Toula Drimonis | Walrus
More than a quarter of Canadians believe “Jews are often to blame for any acts of prejudice they face,” according to a new national poll that the researcher says is indicative of post-October 7 victim-blaming on social media.
Leger found that 28 per cent of Canadians agree (nine per cent strongly and 19 per cent somewhat) with the statement that Jews are often to blame. The poll, which was conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies, found that just under three-quarters (72 per cent) of Canadians disagreed (37 per cent strongly and 35 per cent somewhat).
“I would first say...
September 26, 2025 - 06:00 | Ari David Blaff | National Post
Ontario's education minister is facing scrutiny of his expenses, after his office declined to release details of the money he has spent on restaurant meals.
September 26, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
'I've learned to carry my grief in a way that it's masked better,' Jennifer Neville-Lake said, adding, 'I don't hesitate, I don't have those pauses where I'm lost in the memories.'
September 26, 2025 - 06:00 | Caryn Lieberman | Global News - Canada
