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Will Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen sell his 2026 Olympic gear? ‘I don’t know yet’

MILAN — Last month, Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen posted an advertisement on Facebook, announcing he was selling some of his memorabilia from the 2022 Beijing Games. His made clear his goal: “Support my journey to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics by buying this Lululemon kit from the previous Winter Olympics.” Read More
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Jamil Jivani: What I learned on my trip to Washington, D.C.

The GM plant in Oshawa often feels like a mythical place. Long-time residents in the region tell stories of a time when it was a hub of prosperity for tens of thousands of families. They say, when shifts would end, there were so many GM employees that some roads would become one-way streets so workers could drive home in an orderly fashion. Read More
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Colby Cosh: Why can Quebec ask for judicial reform, but not Alberta?

The editorial board of your National Post published a piece on Thursday applauding Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposal for the federal government (and its Albertan prime minister) to voluntarily devolve more power over federal judicial appointments. Her open letter to the PM also asks for a relaxation of bilingualism requirements for western judges; with a Prairie seat on the Supreme Court coming open later this year, this has become an obvious issue, guaranteeing that only a handful of otherwise qualified candidates can even be considered for the job. Read More
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Barbara Kay: It’s ‘Dead Wrong’ for Canada to call residential schools genocidal

In his widely-praised Davos speech, Mark Carney paid homage to a renowned 1978 essay by Czech dissident Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless.” In it, Havel tells the parable of a greengrocer who refuses to place a “Workers of the World unite!” poster in his window, symbolizing his personal dissent from a totalitarian regime’s extortion of rote public mantras nobody believes as a tool for mind control. Read More
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Michael Taube: We will never see a politician like Stephen Harper again

This week marked the twentieth anniversary of the swearing-in of former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper. He’s been feted in Ottawa for a few days, and deservedly so. There was a fireside chat with Jean Chretien, a former Liberal prime minister and longtime friend — much to some Canadians’ surprise, although it actually wasn’t a secret — and the unveiling of his impressive official portrait by artist Phil Richards, and a gala event. Read More
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Opinion: Canada must not turn its back on Afghan refugees escaping persecution

As the world marked the arrival of a new year, billions welcomed it with wishes of health, safety and renewal. Yet for thousands of Hazara refugees from Afghanistan who are stranded in Pakistan, the turn of the calendar brought not hope, but deepening fear — fear that the protection Canada was offering them may be quietly slipping away. Read More
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