Unpublished Newswire
In the next few weeks, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will make one of the most important decisions of its short life, with enormous consequences for Canada’s relations with the United States and our national defence. That decision is whether to stick with the proposed purchase of eighty-eight F-35 fighter jets.
To grasp what’s at stake, it helps to see how Canada’s military has long conceived of its role. For eighty years, it has understood itself in a particular way. On the surface, it talks about weapons and capabilities. But underneath that jargon lies a guiding doctrine:...
September 17, 2025 - 06:30 | Peter Jones | Walrus
“T he Best Books of Fall” is a project that inspires both glee and gravitas in The Walrus staff. First come the catalogues of titles, the arrival of galleys, the silent tucking into pages and chapters. And then there is the deliberation, the choosing of our favoured ten. “What is a ‘best book’?” we ask ourselves each time we sit down to compile our list. This year, it is a book we found ourselves waiting to return to, a world we wanted to stay immersed in, a voice we longed to keep listening to, an idea we needed to keep turning over. These are the ten books we thought about between the...
September 17, 2025 - 06:29 | The Walrus Staff | Walrus
Data obtained by Global News shows a growing number of Ontario school boards have reported financial difficulties in recent years.
September 17, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
Data obtained by Global News shows a growing number of Ontario school boards have reported financial difficulties in recent years.
September 17, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
John Fraser, who has twice served as the interim leader of the party, said Crombie experienced 'one of the most difficult times you can go through as a political leader.'
September 17, 2025 - 06:00 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
The small B.C. town of Smithers is the latest Canadian community to table extraordinary measures to deal with the chaos and disorder triggered by the fentanyl crisis.Last week, the northern mountain town of 5,400 announced that it will be hiring a team of private security guards to patrol a homeless encampment and the wider downtown from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays.
September 17, 2025 - 06:00 | Nancy Macdonald | The Globe and Mail
