Unpublished Newswire
Trump said his deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz is 'one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.'
April 7, 2026 - 08:23 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
The sometimes bated breath and fatigue aren't hindering the Calgary-born astronaut from taking in the historic mission from deep inside a NASA control room in Houston.
April 7, 2026 - 08:19 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
April 7, 2026 - 06:38 | | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s sovereignty call-to-arms has largely been expressed through what we buy. Shoppers fiercely scrutinize labels and corporate ownership to determine whether a product is truly “Canadian.” But while we’re paying closer attention to the origin and composition of the products we’re purchasing, we’re not really thinking about how we pay for them. That needs to change.
Key points
In 2025, American-owned Visa and Mastercard controlled 96 percent of Canada’s credit card market
These networks can be weaponized, shutting countries out of global commerce
Canada must build its own digital...
April 7, 2026 - 06:30 | Vass Bednar | Walrus
Son of Nobody—Yann Martel’s fifth book of fiction—features Harlow Donne, a classicist who leaves his daughter, Helen, in Canada and travels to Oxford, disappearing into the Bodleian Library, where he stumbles upon something scholars have long dreamed of: a lost Trojan epic. As the poem’s sole translator, Donne comes to see in its unnamed hero a mirror of his own longing, ambition, and love for his daughter. In the following excerpt, taken from the opening, he describes his discovery of the obscure papyrus fragments.
ONCE THERE WAS a clay pot and it fell and broke. Once there was a man...
April 7, 2026 - 06:29 | Yann Martel | Walrus
Good morning. A court hearing today could decide whether Alberta separatists are allowed to push their cause to a provincial referendum – more on that below, along with Artemis II’s historic lunar flyby and WestJet’s new fuel surcharge. But first:
April 7, 2026 - 06:10 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
