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Let's get on with the business of family and community life.

You're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem, it's often said.

More than 12 years after the death of Amanda Todd, we're still playing catch-up to a realm of torment and abuse that is only expanding.

Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail.

In October 2015, Trudeau led the Liberals to a strong majority government (184 of 338 seats), the second-best performance in the party's history.

Six months ago, at the end of Iran’s presidential election, I speculated that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in Iran may be a lot closer to its end than its beginning: If you can plausibly say "This cannot go on forever," you are also saying "Some day this will come to an end.” Read More

A few days into the new year, it feels like the world is bracing for impact. A notable strategy for building resilience, ironically, is gratitude. Read More

Of all the year-end superlatives – best movie villains, worst trends, Time's person of the year, my favourite is the word of the year. Dictionaries are among the cheekiest institutions of our time, rivalling even the U.S. National Parks Service. Both speak truth to power, and generate top-notch social media content, such as a recent safety reminder featuring a diorama of a gingerbread man snapping a selfie while his buddy is tossed aloft by gingerbread buffalo, his terror etched in icing. Read More

Gabriel Kney was only 22 when he arrived in Canada in 1951, already having seen enough war and destruction to last a lifetime. Read More

Domestic and international politics heading into 2025 will largely be dominated by potentially transformative elections, economic volatility and profound uncertainty about the future prospects for global peace and prosperity. Read More

There are many potential landmines to navigate at the holidays, from the trinity of excess (overspending, overscheduling and overindulging) to the ticking time bombs planted when conversations with relatives turn political. Read More

They’re still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, but what are the odds the man whose fighters brought down the regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria? Read More