N.S. mayors concerned for local police services as province pushes larger RCMP role

As Canada turns 158 on Tuesday, a birthday celebrated during tumultuous political and international agitation, Canadians remain proud of their country and their place in it — with considerable intensity for a nation often too modest to boast — but riding on that red-and-white wave are hard questions of what kind of country Canadians want. A new national opinion survey marks Canada Day by delving into how Canadians feel about their country and what boosts their patriotism and what dampens it; about what irks them so much they might leave, their sense of Canadian values, and even tries...