The defeat of NDP leader Rachel Notley in the Alberta provincial election this past week — and the losses of her women colleagues who sat around the table in 2013 — represents a stark shift in the landscape of leadership among first minister posts in Canada.

Confederation, which like Notre Dame seemed strong and secure and enduring, is perhaps more fragile than we know.

The transit consultant advising Doug Ford’s provincial government once described Toronto as a “graveyard of badly conceived subway schemes.”

If the city keeps using “heritage” to say no to new residents, it risks losing a whole generation of heritage advocates who are struggling to live here, writes Shawn Micallef.

There are many more Amys in the child welfare system right now who we do not know about. We often only find out about them once it is too late, Tanya Talaga writes.