The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than 60 countries to penalize them for importing products that use forced labour. Andrew Chang explains how these ‘stealth tariffs’ may be a new way for the United States to merge a contested economic agenda with moral policy.
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Jeff Carroll, a scientist who carries the mutant gene for Huntington’s disease, is now part of a global initiative to advance treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.
When Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited “unsustainable” costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth was among career college students. Opposition critics say that points to a problem of the government’s own making, and the solution did not have to penalize students at universities and publicly funded colleges.
How the resolution hearing unfoldedCourt in Owen Sound, Ont., on Friday heard guilty pleas from three British men charged in connection with the death of
Major League Baseball’s collective agreement will expire at the end of the season. As labour negotiations begin, the league’s owners have proposed a salary cap and a payroll floor, something the players’ union has vowed to fight. Here’s where things stand in the league and what it could mean for the Blue Jays.
John Blanche, the British artist and illustrator whose works formed the bedrock of the Warhammer tabletop gaming universes, has died. But you don’t need to be an avid gamer to feel the influence of the grim, dark worlds he helped build.
Republicans have launched a series of attacks and personal insults against Texas Democratic Senate contender James Talarico, hoping these tactics might prove effective against the Texas politician they see as a real threat in the Senate race in the mid-term elections, analysts say.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how some provinces get good grades for running electric school buses; dig into the climate impact of liquefied natural gas; and uncover why reusable packaging at supermarkets took off in France, but not Canada.
As questions around the logistics of separation loom ahead of the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether or not to kickstart the legal process of exiting Canada, the question of citizenship remains a murky one.
As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart â whose journey has been highly successful on ice and deeply controversial off it.
Summer movie season is normally a battle of Hollywood heavyweights â but this year, two of the hottest tickets at the box office come from young YouTubers who brought their built-in audiences with them to the big screen. Industry watchers say their success could influence what projects get made in the future.
Grouse Mountain’s Adam Rootman tells The National about the moment his team broke the world record for ‘largest flag unfurled on a mountaintop’ on the ski hill in North Vancouver, B.C., as neighbouring Vancouver prepares for the FIFA World Cup.
