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Opinion

In the face of coronavirus reality – and his own vanity – Donald Trump blinks

Memo to the rest of Canada: How Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. are getting it right by laying all their cards on the table

Save Grandma or save the economy? It depends

No, Jason Kenney, Donald Trump won’t save Alberta’s oil industry

I’ve fought epidemics around the world. Now it’s Canada that must prepare for the worst

Canada has to prepare for medical workers to die in the line of duty, fighting COVID-19

Editorial Cartoons for April, 2020

Memo to the rest of Canada: How Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. are getting it right by laying all their cards on the table

How did you win the coronavirus war? I stayed home

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Who’s self-destructing quicker: Joe and his no-show v. Trump’s flim-flam

Lawrence Martin

Lawrence Martin

The UCP’s Keystone XL pipeline investment shows where Alberta’s priorities lie

Kelly Cryderman

Kelly Cryderman

No more incremental measures. We need to enact tomorrow’s policies today

Mind the gaps: Why Canada’s pandemic jobs plan isn’t as useful as sending Canadians a cheque

Ken Boessenkool

Our health-care response to COVID-19 has not been perfect - but transparency is our strength

March 31: ‘Seniors are getting hit by a double whammy.’ Readers react to ageism and retirement challenges posed by COVID-19, plus other letters to the editor

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Dogs in the time of coronavirus: Our new family member has changed everything

Bryan Borzykowski

A stronger WHO would make for a stronger world against disease

Francine McKenzie

Canada can flatten its pandemic curve by taking lessons from South Korea

Ottawa is struggling to be a just-in-time government

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We can’t just pick up the pieces after the pandemic subsides – we need to keep them together

Bob Rae and Mel Cappe

B.C.'s government has given itself powers over its food supply chain. That’s a big mistake

Sylvain Charlebois

March 30: ‘Almost everyone respected the two-metre rule, but two men brushed past within a couple of feet.’ How readers are coping with life and COVID-19, plus other letters to the editor

Donald Trump, the risk-taker, is gambling with lives

The economy is falling down a chasm. The answer? Build a bridge

This pandemic will reshape the social landscape – it’s just too soon to say how

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We must not allow pandemics and other crises to permanently thicken the borders around us

Rosemary McCarney

A path back to normalcy: How Canada needs to respond to this pandemic

David Naylor and Tim Evans

March 28 Updated

Coronavirus has shown us we were living in an economic fairy tale

Growing up in Quarantineland: Childhood nightmares in the age of germs prepared me for coronavirus

Margaret Atwood

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What would Dr. Hinshaw do? She would take a break – so she can get back to the important work at hand

Stephen Legault

March 28 Updated

March 28: ‘I’ll trade my respirator for easy access to medical assistance in dying.’ Readers brace for further effects of COVID-19, plus other letters to the editor

We must use every scrap to equip front line workers in the coronavirus battle

Kelly Cryderman

Kelly Cryderman

The next four steps Canada must take to beat the virus

March 27 Updated

The silent victim of the coronavirus pandemic: children

To help flatten the curve, let’s clean our air

Michael Brauer, Christopher Carlsten and Sarah Henderson

What’s helping Germans through this pandemic? A shared boat

Elizabeth Renzetti

Elizabeth Renzetti

Normalcy will return: Canada’s new U.S. ambassador strikes a chord of confidence

Lawrence Martin

Lawrence Martin

The new norm: Why it feels impossible to change our ways, even during the coronavirus pandemic

My own medicine: As a doctor and author of novels on pandemics, I’m ready for the real thing

First wildfires, now coronavirus. Australians have had enough of trauma

Jessica Friedmann

In France, the coronavirus is closing in on us

Coronavirus is the greatest challenge we’ve faced in generations. Altruism is how to overcome it

Charles Montgomery

Run from the hills: In a pandemic, big cities are islands of safety

March 27 Updated

Indigenous communities and COVID-19: The virus may not discriminate, but responses to it do

Gina Starblanket and Dallas Hunt

Physical distancing is our only hope. We must all adhere to it faithfully

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