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595 episodes transcribedFor the holidays, The Decibel is sharing their favourite stories of the year, with the producers taking you behind-the-scenes on how the episodes were...
Food and family are often front and centre during the holidays. These two ingredients also help make up our identities and cultures.So today, The Deci...
Earlier this year, The Globe’s sports editor Jamie Ross got a peculiar package in the mail – a wallet, with a request from a man nearing the end of hi...
The Globe’s Carrie Tait recently went to visit a bowling alley in the small town of Kimberley, British Columbia. It’s tucked in the basement of the to...
A giant squid discovered in Newfoundland in 1873 turned what until then was a mythological creature into the scientifically named Architeuthis dux, or...
Nearly every day, The Globe published an editorial cartoon. Around 8,000 of those cartoons were drawn by Brian Gable. After 35 years of drawing cartoo...
Earlier this week, a man from Mississauga, Kenneth Law, was charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder. Police allege he helped people end their l...
One in five Canadians suffer from chronic pain. According to one estimate, in 2019 the direct and indirect costs of chronic pain totalled $40-billion....
There are over a half million public-sector workers on strike in Quebec this week. This comes after an offer from François Legault’s government, which...
Canada’s oil and gas industry has been facing immense pressure to reduce emissions. Last week, the federal government announced a cap and trade system...
A recent report from the Canadian Cancer Society underlines a troubling trend: cervical cancer is on the rise and seeing its most significant increase...
As storms become more frequent and more severe, insurance claims for damage to homes are piling up. Disaster claims in Canada have more than quadruple...
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, there have been concerns about Ukrainian children, and the efforts by Russia to s...
Managing personal finances while navigating 2023′s economic landscape is stressful, especially for young people. Is now the time for a down payment fo...
After a very public and heated battle with the federal government, Google has come to an agreement to support Canadian news to the tune of $100 millio...
Where is the most livable city in Canada? The Globe and Mail ranked more than 400 cities across the country to find out. Using data to capture qualiti...
On Tuesday, a walkout and rally at York University’s campus in Toronto saw 200 faculty and staff protesting the administration’s decision to suspend t...
Binance is the world’s largest crypto trading platform and its founder is the most recent crypto leader to be charged criminally in the U.S. That man...
Last week, a far-right party and its controversial leader in the Netherlands won a surprising election victory. This comes on the heels of several oth...
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers revealed what BMO’s chief economist calls the “new villain” of inflation: rent. While inflation is final...
