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The Line Podcast: Trace amounts of residual GOP courage isn't going to save us
A Trump tantrum. A terrible shooting. And a vision of a Calgary and a Canada where things had gone a different path.
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Jen Gerson: This would have been Calgary's Olympics
The 2018 Olympics plebiscite was an early warning of something that wasn’t being addressed and hasn’t been since.
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Matt Gurney: The art of the yawn
Oh dear, the president is mad about a bridge. How unfortunate.
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Scott Stinson: It is officially time to worry about the Canadian women's hockey team
The defending Olympic champions didn't just get beaten at Milan-Cortina 2026 by the Americans. They were embarrassed
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On The Line: Was the separation movement good for Quebec?
Jen Gerson speaks with Stéphane Dion — noted federalist, former Liberal Party leader, academic, and diplomat.
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Rob Breakenridge: You're not helping, David Eby
Politicians from outside Alberta are right to take the threat of separatism seriously, but overblown rhetoric isn't the way to do it
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Ken Boessenkool: Stephen Harper's true legacy is a united conservative party
His time as PM is not what he should be most proud of — and I suspect he thinks so, too.
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Dispatch from the Front Line: Keeping the Country Whole
Harperpalooza took over Ottawa this week, as leaders from across the political spectrum used a portrait unveiling to remind everyone of what Prime…
The Line Podcast: Federalists, unite! Quickly!
The latest from Alberta, Harper, 20 years later, and why crypto and AI are useful in moderation, but not as identities.
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Peter Menzies: Canadian pride will swell during the Olympics, but then the Games will end
The cultural institutions we've created to protect us from American imperialism have failed
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Scott Stinson: The IOC really doesn't like politics at the Olympics. Good luck with that in Milan
From Greenland to ICE to Ukraine, there is no lack of topics that might intrude on the sports bubble
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Stéphane Dion: The secession process is dangerous
As the former federal minister who sponsored the Clarity Act, Alberta's path to independence is fraught with risk.
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