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Set for release Jan. 27, Lament for a Literature is the new book from Richard Stursberg, in which he laments the decline of Canadian literature, for which he blames multiple factors. In this excerpt, he addresses the impact of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, arguing they took over a badly weakened cultural sector from the Harper Conservatives and threw money at it without addressing the difficult structural issues affecting it, only making things worse. The government, he said, did not understand “that as Canadian media eroded and Canadians embraced the new foreign digital platforms, they...
January 24, 2026 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
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January 24, 2026 - 06:00 | Ketsia Beboua | Walrus
Following his successful (?) trade trip to China, PM Mark Carney announced that he "expects" Chinese investment will be forthcoming to Ontario's automotive sector. My definition of "expects" as he expressed it is that there will possibly, or tentatively, be investment money coming. Read More
January 24, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
In late 2023, preparing for a hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada, lawyer Jeremy Opolsky wondered how much time he would have before the judges launched their fusillade of questions.The general answer, he knew, was not much time at all – and, indeed, in the courtroom on a corporate bankruptcy case, Mr. Opolsky had spoken for 72 seconds when Justice Suzanne Côté interjected with a query.
January 24, 2026 - 05:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
A historic Second World War site in Bowmanville, Ont., is now safe from demolition, but the cost and responsibility of restoring it is now on the shoulders of the non-profit organization that’s fought to save it for months.
January 24, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Melbourne and Toronto are similar in many ways. Both began their modern lives as distant outposts of the British Empire and grew into vibrant, prosperous cities. Both have been enriched by waves of immigration from first Europe, then Asia. Both boast thriving downtowns with thickets of glass towers. Both are national hubs for finance and the arts. And both are home to roughly a fifth of the national population, when their hinterlands are factored in.
January 24, 2026 - 04:35 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
