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QUICK TAKE: Eby puts Trump on the October 24 ballot, and Trump isn’t running
Note· No. 5413

QUICK TAKE: Eby puts Trump on the October 24 ballot, and Trump isn’t running

David Eby called an election in British Columbia on Tuesday, September 22, and asked voters to say no to Donald Trump.

OPINION: Carney courts India and Manila; he is buying insurance, not a spare America
Opinion· No. 5411

OPINION: Carney courts India and Manila; he is buying insurance, not a spare America

Mark Carney set a deadline in New York on September 22, 2026. Trade negotiations with India should wrap up by the G20 summit on…

INVESTIGATION: Boegman watches for foreign influence on Alberta’s vote, with two names on the registry
Investigation· No. 5410

INVESTIGATION: Boegman watches for foreign influence on Alberta’s vote, with two names on the registry

The federal foreign influence registry listed just two names publicly on September 23, according to Global News, less than a month before Alberta’s referendum…

COMMENTARY: In Zaporizhzhia, Russian drones hit the ambulances the next strike will need
Commentary· No. 5399

COMMENTARY: In Zaporizhzhia, Russian drones hit the ambulances the next strike will need

An ambulance goes. That is its whole job. It waits, engine off, and when the city hears the explosion, it heads toward the noise…

EDITORIAL: Taiwan is not a negotiating chip, so unfreeze the $14 billion before Xi gets his verb
Editorial· No. 5397

EDITORIAL: Taiwan is not a negotiating chip, so unfreeze the $14 billion before Xi gets his verb

There is still a blank page. On Thursday evening, after Donald Trump met Xi Jinping at the White House, Washington had released no official…

ANALYSIS: The Kremlin’s party holds 349 seats, and its first job is taxes
Analysis· No. 5393

ANALYSIS: The Kremlin’s party holds 349 seats, and its first job is taxes

One party, one number, and a chamber almost full. Despite the millions of votes independent analysts consider suspect, the Central Election Commission signed off…

OPINION: The Kremlin says yes to a meeting and no to a pause, and Kyiv pays the difference
Opinion· No. 5392

OPINION: The Kremlin says yes to a meeting and no to a pause, and Kyiv pays the difference

A meeting with no pause isn’t a negotiation. It’s a calendar you fill in while the other side keeps striking.

EDITORIAL: Tehran threatens the countries that host American bases, and we stand with them
Editorial· No. 5384

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,…

INVESTIGATION: The Board of Peace rules out UNRWA in public and consults it in private
Investigation· No. 5382

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.

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