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U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
created the diplomatic equivalent to a sonic boom recently by stating that if Canada doesn’t go ahead with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets, that will mean the United States would have to buy more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, and fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S.
Hoekstra warned that if Canada doesn’t buy the F-35s, there would...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
It was the thirtieth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec referendum this past October, and it brought to my mind that autumn thirty years ago, when I was far from home—in Sarajevo, with the United Nations. I was serving on the international team trying to hold together a fragile ceasefire that preceded the Dayton Accords, the agreement that ended the Bosnian war.
One night, I found myself in Pale, the wartime political centre of the Bosnian Serb leadership. I was ushered into the office of the Serb interior minister, who, having clocked that I was Canadian, immediately wanted my views on the...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Stephen Thompson | Walrus
In December 2023, a group of researchers from Freie Universität Berlin conducted what has become one of the most significant experiments on the construction of reality in the digital age.
The project, led by Marcus Heidemann, consisted of the creation and controlled dissemination of a complex narrative across different strata of German society. The experiment involved the publication of a fictitious philosophical book, Die digitale Dämmerzustand (The Digital Twilight State), attributed to a non-existent Japanese academic, Hiroshi Tanaka. The book, which analyzed the mechanisms of...
January 28, 2026 - 06:29 | Jianwei Xun | Walrus
If it felt like the earth moved beneath your feet late Tuesday night, it did, if you were in Southern Ontario.Earthquakes Canada recorded a magnitude 3.7 quake north of Toronto just before 11 p.m. Eastern Time.
January 28, 2026 - 06:27 | Rob Westgate | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. The stunning ouster of a long-time Xi Jinping ally shows the cracks in the Chinese military establishment – more on that below, along with Mark Carney’s Davos double-down and a new way to map our universe. But first:Today’s headlinesIndia no longer views Canada as a “younger brother” of the U.S. under Carney, an envoy saysMinnesota protesters vow to keep up the fight against Trump’s immigration crackdownA former B.C. chief electoral officer is tapped to head the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry
January 28, 2026 - 06:11 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Earthquakes Canada recorded a magnitude 3.7 quake north of Toronto just before 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
January 28, 2026 - 06:08 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
