
From the moment we are born, we begin to die. Aging is a universal but uniquely personal experience. It scares us, bullies us, and motivates us to live better. Because we, as a species, are living longer and longer (more than eighty years nowadays in most high-income countries), every one of us has even more time than ever before to grapple with aging and mortality. Despite what advertisements and doctors may tell us, there is no way to simply “turn back the clock,” but we still try to delay the inevitable. We all search for ways to prolong our lives and preserve our bodies—these complex...
January 21, 2026 - 06:30 | B. Brett Finlay | Walrus
Good morning. In his first Davos speech as Prime Minister, Mark Carney highlighted a system that bends to the powerful – more on that below, along with the NDP leadership contenders and Heated Rivalry’s sexy consent. But first:Today’s headlinesTrump says ‘you’ll find out’ when asked about his ambitions to annex GreenlandFormer justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she is starting treatment for breast cancerVancouver social-media company Hootsuite is looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’
January 21, 2026 - 06:28 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has been trying to compel a former senior government staffer to turn over personal emails related to the Greenbelt decision-making.
January 21, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
The Art Gallery of Ontario is reckoning with the resignations of a senior curator and two volunteer members of a collections committee after the group narrowly voted to not acquire a work by Nan Goldin over accusations that the Jewish-American photographer’s views are antisemitic.Ms. Goldin, a celebrated photographer and a long-time activist, used a late 2024 speech at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie to share her “moral outrage at the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.” She levelled criticism at Israel for the tens of thousands of deaths reported since it launched its war on Hamas in 2023,...
January 21, 2026 - 06:00 | Josh O’Kane | The Globe and Mail
Elders in Paulatuk, N.W.T., say more can be done to save their coastal dialect of Inuvialuktun. A language program that's gained momentum recently in Tuktoyaktuk sheds light on a successful strategy — and a reason to hope Sallirmiutun won't disappear.
January 21, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Mayor Scott Gillingham says he wants to see peace return to the streets of Winnipeg's sister city Minneapolis, where the deployment of armed U.S. immigration agents has led to mass demonstrations and allegations of civil rights abuses, including the shooting death of Renee Good on Jan. 7.
January 21, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada

