Behind every headline is a longer story. Context pieces at Between the Lines unpack the history, background, and systems that drive today’s news — so you can see the bigger picture before the next cycle moves on.
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An Already International World Beneath Modern Borders
Long before borders reached the top of the map — and before Greenland began making headlines — the Arctic was already an international world, shaped by Indigenous peoples, movement, and shared responsibility.
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When the Anchor Drifts
Canada has spent decades building its economy and security around American predictability. That assumption is now under strain. This essay explores what it means to live next door to a politically unsettled United States — in a world with no reliable referee — and the risks Canadians should be watching as 2026 unfolds.
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Canada Can Feed the World. So Why Are So Many Canadians Struggling to Eat?
Canada feeds nations around the world — yet food insecurity at home has reached record highs, especially across the Prairies. This longform report traces how we arrived here: from rising household costs and missing-middle processors to stalled provincial supports and an export-first system that leaves families exposed. A kitchen-table look at a national problem, grounded…
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Why Tidewater Access Defines Canada’s Next Century
Canada’s access to tidewater — our ability to reach the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic on our own terms — shapes far more than trade. It influences our sovereignty, our climate commitments, and our economic resilience in a world where shipping routes, critical minerals, and Arctic corridors are becoming geopolitical battlegrounds. This longform explainer breaks down…
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After the Age of Acceleration: Turning Technological Abundance Into Renewal
For nearly a century, we’ve lived in humanity’s long summer — an age of exponential growth and instant innovation. But every season has its limits. As technology reaches its natural boundaries and societies grow weary of constant acceleration, a new challenge emerges: learning to renew rather than to consume. After the Age of Acceleration reflects…