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By and large, Canadians are nice. They are easy-going. They are trusting. They tend to laugh at themselves. They are very polite; they even say “sorry” when someone else bumps into them. They’re not brash. And they certainly don’t go about throwing out ambassadors on a whim. So, I was surprised to hear that a nice Calgarian lady by the name of Leanne Walker has started a peti...

On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities, Nagasaki’s Mayor Shiro Suzuki, in the presence of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, emphatically declared that “humanity and nuclear weapon...

Fair Observer’s Editor-at-Large Ranjani Iyer Mohanty and lifelong hiker Christine Gabriel explore the enduring appeal of hiking, the skills it demands and the environmental changes reshaping trails around the world. Drawing on decades of experience across Canada and abroad, Gabriel reflects on how hiking builds resilience, community and appreciation for nature. She also expla...

Across Europe, the pressure to expel failed asylum seekers, particularly those with a criminal record, is growing domestically as public opinion hardens and far-right parties make gains. But deportations to Afghanistan effectively stopped after 2021, because the Taliban refused to accept the deportees. The Taliban has been pushing for concessions in exchange for permission to...

For over half a century, Richard M. Nixon has been the personification of a bad president and Watergate a byword for political corruption. In 1974, Nixon was forced into an ignominious resignation, forever becoming America’s political bête noire. His administration’s...