In an excerpt adapted from his new memoir, the Cree author and activist reflects on his own family's history with residential schools, and the path forward.

The three-time Governor General's Award winner speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about his new novel August into Winter and how times of crisis can both expose the worst in us and provide an opportunity for kindness and humanity.

As another surge of COVID-19 pounds Alberta, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and Red Deer mayor Tara Veer about the human toll and the province's handling of the pandemic.

Beverley McLachlin hung up her robes and started writing fiction after retiring from the Supreme Court. But her second novel Denial doesn’t stray too far from her previous career, picking up on end-of-life matters that she faced on the bench and in her personal life.

Before most Canadians receive third COVID-19 vaccine doses, Dr. Madhukar Pai wants to see Canada send more vaccines to developing countries around the world, where vaccination rates are extremely low, to avoid an even longer, deadlier pandemic.

Five years after NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick 'took a knee' during the U.S. national anthem to protest police brutality against Black Americans, sports writer Dave Zirin explores how the gesture inspired thousands and gave rise of the historic Black Lives Matter movement.

In the latest instalment of our ongoing language segment Word Processing, The Atlantic's Marina Koren takes us on a ride through the origins and future of the word 'astronaut', as four people take a flight billed as a breakthrough for civilians in space.

On the eve of election day, columnists Niigaan Sinclair, Susan Delacourt and Jason Markusoff reflect on the campaign and what this election may reveal about Canada at this moment in time.

As the Taliban forms government in Afghanistan, journalist and author Ahmed Rashid explains who the leaders are, how they might govern and what role the rest of the world will play in the days and weeks ahead.

Author Jeff VanderMeer's new novel, Hummingbird Salamander, is a dark tale of environmental chaos set in an eerily familiar world, pandemic included. Despite the grim backdrop, VanderMeer holds out hope for our world. He tells Piya how activism drives his art and the inspiration he finds in his backyard.

Paul Nesbitt-Larking, a political psychologist at London, Ontario's Western University, says this federal election – more than any other in memory – will be fought and won on psychological terrain.

Arlo Parks was poised for a big career breakout one year ago, before the pandemic hit. But instead of a year playing music festivals, the 20-year-old British singer-songwriter found herself locked down, living at home in London with her parents. She speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about the album that resulted – "Collapsed in Sunbeams" – which has become a pandemic soundtrack for fans around the world.