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Andrea Mrozek: Canada doesn't have a "too many babies" problem
Canadian leaders need to acknowledge what the real issue is: our women want to have more babies than they can.
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Matt Gurney: Anson Mount saved Star Trek
The American actor showed up to work and from the very first moment, showed us that he knew what a Starfleet captain was supposed to be.
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Dispatch from the Front Line: Slow news week in America
Biden is out. Trump is the new normal. Canada's gonna need to get serious.
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The Line Podcast: Time to start preparing for Trump 2.0, Canada
Also: Biden's choice. The latest from Ottawa. A cyber fiasco, and a flood in Toronto. Also, Matt wants to remind Albertans that he loves them. But ...
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Josh Dehaas: Two months to live, but a three-month wait to see a doctor
Allison Ducluzeau left Canada to get life-saving care. B.C. won't reimburse her, because they recommended another treatment - palliative care.
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Jen Gerson: Canada's weird relationship to its artists
Why did anyone expect Alice Munro to be a good person?
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Dispatch from the Front Lines: The course of history, and a puff of wind
Well. That should settle things down. Also, our petulant PM, our unimpressive would-be PM, and the betrayal of McGill.
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The Line Podcast: Trudeau steers Freeland under the bus
Also: Mr. Trudeau goes to Washington and makes an irritated announcement. A Canadian literacy icon's posthumous disgrace. And more!
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Matt Gurney: The good, and bad, news about Canadian defence spending
America put men on the moon less than seven years after JFK made his famous pledge. We need one year more than that to spend an extra $18 billion on…
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Phil A. McBride: Another way that Canadian cops (and banks) have surrendered
Apparently, a crime in progress is only worth responding to if a lot — a lot! — of money is lost.
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Laura Pentelbury: An airline strike, 82 stranded kids, and a heroic 500-nugget order
The Line presents the story of how Calgary's Stetson Showband drove thousands of kilometres to make their showtime.
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Dispatch from the Front Lines: The Liberal mutiny that wasn't (yet, anyway)
Also: why the Stampede is awesome. Why the LCBO strike will fizzle. The latest from the encampments. And Canada has a new top soldier.
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