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Toronto Blue Jays’ George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrate after the final out of Game 7 of baseball’s American League Championship Series on Oct. 20, 2025, in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada‑U.S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ is excelling at America’s pastime

The Blue Jays’ post-season run as Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada gives the team perhaps its best opportunity ever to fulfil its role as Canada’s team.
The Atomic Bomb Dome, a memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, at sunset in August 2020. Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack this summer as American actions risk fuelling an increase in nuclear proliferation in Asia and around the world. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

80 years after atomic bombs devastated Japan, Donald Trump’s actions risk nuclear proliferation

Once protected by its nuclear umbrella, America’s closest allies are now threatened by it and contemplating their own nuclear weapons.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Vancouver, on Nov. 11, 2024. Should Canada implement mandatory military service in the face of American threats? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

How could Canada deter an invasion? Nukes and mandatory military service

Mandatory military service and nuclear weapons may be new ideas for Canadians, but other friendly democracies have been using these strategies for decades.
A demonstrator twirls a ribbon during a ‘Hands Off!’ protest against U.S. President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Public protesters are our socially connected friends and neighbours, not angry loners

Research suggests a person’s social network is as important, if not more important, than simply being angry or frustrated when they decide to take part in a public protest.
People skate with a large Canadian flag on the Rideau Canal to launch celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the National Flag of Canada Day, Feb. 14, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

How to talk with children about Canada‑U.S. tensions

Psychology researchers studying parent-child relationships and child mental health offer five ways parents can address public discourse around a trade war.
Prime Minister Mark Carney gets a hug from Beulah Cooper as he arrives at her house in Gander, N.L., on March 24, 2025. Cooper housed Americans during 9/11 and is featured in the musical Come From Away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canadians are anxious as they ponder how to vote this election. Which leader can ease their fears?

The question on the ballot this election is no longer about Justin Trudeau — it’s about who Canadians trust to lead them through a disruptive and unpredictable time.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at United Nations headquarters in September 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

What Canada can learn from the European Union about dealing with chaos and crises

As Canadians experience their very own ‘Zeitenwende’ — the end of an era — in the wake of Trump’s desire to absorb Canada into the U.S., Canadian leaders should learn from the EU.
The flags of Canada and the United States fly outside a hotel in downtown Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States

Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
An honour guard stands with U.S. and Canadian flags in July 2024 as they wait for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to attend the NATO summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory

How precisely Donald Trump could make good on his threat to annex Canada can be found in the U.S. Constitution. There is both potential and precedent in American history.

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