November 26, 2012

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National

‘A national embarassment'

Heartburn pills that cause heart attacks, antidepressants that lead to suicide: Why does Canada trail the U.S. and EU in protecting its citizens from dangerous meds? By ANNE KINGSTON15 min

Society

He’s the favourite. No, she is.

In his new book, Against Fairness, Stephen Asma argues that favouring family, even one child more than another, is natural. Even Jesus and Buddha each had a ‘best’ friend. By Brian Bethune9 min

Interview

On the U.S. elections, America’s looming cliff’ and the after-effects of Ben Affleck’s Argo

GARY DOER, the former premier of Manitoba, has been Canada’s ambassador to the United States since 2009. He has been at the forefront of pushing Ottawa’s agenda in Washington, including the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring bitumen from the oil sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Special Interest Feature

M FINANCIAL

As recently as the second week of October, global bond funds - which are generally less risky assets - took in $8.2 billion, while riskier equity funds lost $1.23 billion. In the aftermath of the 2008 meltdown, investors are clearly uncertain about the markets.