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Five charts to help visualize public service job cuts
Ottawa Citizen: The government is currently targeting a reduction of 15,755 employee positions and 642 executive positions across…
February 3, 2026
How one defection to Mark Carney’s Liberals set off political earthquake at Queen’s Park
Toronto Star: The federal Liberals announced that MPP Doly Begum quit the provincial NDP to run as a…
February 3, 2026
Federal NDP torches Ontario NDP’s Doly Begum for joining Carney’s Liberals
CBC: Interim federal NDP Leader Don Davies is accusing Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum of undermining democracy…
February 3, 2026
Trump scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for ‘not smiling’
New York Times: President Trump laced into the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office on Tuesday,…
February 3, 2026
Ontario NDP MPP resigns to run for federal Liberals in upcoming byelection
Global: Doly Begum, who was first elected as an NDP MPP in 2018, handed in her resignation to…
February 3, 2026
Stephen Harper calls for Liberals, Conservatives to come together in face of Trump, separatist threats
CBC: Speaking at an event Tuesday where his official prime ministerial portrait was unveiled on Parliament Hill, Harper said…
February 3, 2026
Why was Jeffrey Epstein allowed into Canada in 2014?
CBC: CBC News asked Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada whether Epstein had applied for or been granted a…
February 3, 2026
NDP leadership hopefuls say workers shouldn’t be fooled by Poilievre’s blue-collar message
National Post: …a trio of NDP leadership hopefuls — Edmonton MP Heather McPherson, labour union leader Rob Ashton…
February 3, 2026
Ruptures in China’s leadership could be due to paranoia, power plays
New York Times: U.S. intelligence analysts say that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has a remarkable level of fear.…
February 3, 2026
Author Gabriel Sherman on Murdoch’s media empire: ‘A monster he no longer controls’
The Wrap: “He’s, on one level, an incredibly compelling figure, one of the most influential figures of the…
February 3, 2026
China’s opacity brings Pekingology back into vogue
The Economist: “A photograph may be an early signal that something is up and further study is required.”…
February 3, 2026
Taiwan’s political friction is boon for Beijing
Cindy Yu/Times: These new dynamics raise the stakes for Taiwan’s parliamentary deadlock, which seems indulgent at best. It’s…
February 3, 2026
N.I.H. worker who criticized Trump seeks whistle-blower protection
New York Times: The National Institutes of Health employee behind The Bethesda Declaration, a scathing public critique of…
February 3, 2026
How Russian military intelligence recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across Europe
New Yorker: Russia knows that its sabotage campaign, which is a kind of hybrid threat—basically, any state-led attack…
February 3, 2026
Trump had unusual call with F.B.I. agents after election center search
New York Times: The president addressed the agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising and…
February 3, 2026
Trump, in escalation, calls for Republicans to ‘nationalize’ elections
New York Times: President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in…
February 3, 2026
Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into porn generator
Washington Post: As part of this push for relevance, xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy AI…
February 3, 2026
Canada’s MDA courts global talent in defense-driven space boom
Bloomberg: Brampton, Ontario-based satellite developer MDA Space Ltd. is working with the Quebec government to address tax requirements for new…
February 2, 2026
U.S. manufacturing in retreat, Trump’s tariffs not helping
Wall Street Journal: The manufacturing boom President Trump promised would usher in a golden age for America is going in…
February 2, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein asked for Snow White costume weeks before email with former Barclays chief Jes Staley
Financial Times: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before he…
February 2, 2026