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QUICK TAKE: Twenty dollars in a cap, and a second chance signed by Fréchette
Read the sentence twice: under C$20. That’s the number Louis-Charles Thouin picked himself. In a written statement, reported by La Presse on September 17,…

FACT CHECK: Marceau’s 28th place and Girard’s Alberta study don’t measure Quebec
One ranking crossed the room, then the airwaves: twenty-eighth. It isn’t a lie. It isn’t a calculation either. Not one that anybody has published,…

EXPLAINER: Duhaime’s letter to 46,221 young people, or what parties know about your age
It drops into the mailbox, and it knows your age. Your first name. Your last name. Your address. Inside, a letter signed by a…

FIELD REPORT: In Mirabel, Alto’s high-speed rail revives 1969, and its study stays hidden
The first structure of the high-speed train in Mirabel is a wall. Not built yet. Not even drawn. Only imagined, by a woman driving…

EDITORIAL: Tehran threatens the countries that host American bases, and we stand with them
There will be a letter. There will be names of states. There will be a word, disposal. There will be an article of law,…

SPECIAL REPORT: Six missiles toward Taif, and the Mecca pact summons generals, not its clause
Here is what will come out of Riyadh. It can be written already. Words about coordination. Words about solidarity. Words about structures. Words about…

INVESTIGATION: The Board of Peace rules out UNRWA in public and consults it in private
The Board of Peace says UNRWA no longer has a place in Gaza. It meets with the agency anyway. Several times.

SPECIAL REPORT: Washington’s sanction shuts four Iraqi airports, and the Najaf pilgrim pays first
A departures board. Two in the morning. A line that disappears. On September 25, at 2 a.m., Najaf International Airport suspends all flights to…

OPINION: Money before Hormuz is the mistake Riyadh and Abu Dhabi refuse
The countries taking the blows want the pressure to continue. The ones far away want to sign fast.