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opinionTo increase trade and investment, fix Canada’s troubled foreign serviceKevin YinJuly 17, 2024

canadaWhich Canadian festival is cancelling its 2024 edition? Take our news quizMarch 9, 2024A woman walks by the Just for Laughs festival at the Quartier du Spectacle, Friday, July 16, 2021 in Montreal.

politicsPolitics Briefing: Trudeau won’t confirm if Canada will restore funding to UN relief agency in GazaMarch 7, 2024Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

canadaMorning Update: Michael Spavor reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with Ottawa for Chinese imprisonmentMarch 7, 2024FILE - In this file image made from a March 2, 2017, video, Michael Spavor, director of Paektu Cultural Exchange, talks during a Skype interview in Yanji, China. The Canadian government has reached a settlement with Spavor, who, along with fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig, was detained in China for nearly three years on national security charges. A lawyer for Spavor, confirmed Wednesday, March 6, 20204, a settlement had been concluded. (AP Photo/File)

canadaMorning Update: Watchdog rebukes diplomatic intelligence-collection program for lack of safeguards and oversightDecember 21, 2023Michael Spavor, centre left, and Michael Kovrig, centre left, receive a standing ovation in the House of Commons prior to U.S. President Joe Biden's address of Parliament, in Ottawa, Friday, March 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

canadaEvening Update: Hamas releases 24 hostages as truce with Israel takes hold in GazaNovember 24, 2023The face of the newly released hostage, Peri Chana, 79, is projected onto the wall outside The Museum of Modern Art known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square' on November 24, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

canadaMorning Update: Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years after its completionNovember 24, 2023FILE PHOTO: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

opinionMichael Spavor’s accusations are playing into Beijing’s handsPeter HumphreyNovember 24, 2023

canadaTake The Globe’s news quiz for the week ending Nov. 24November 24, 2023Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland responds to a question from the Opposition after she delivered the 2023 Fall Economic Statement in the House of Commons, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

politicsPolitics Briefing: Explosion of vehicle at Rainbow Bridge border crossing puts Canadian, U.S. governments on alertNovember 22, 2023Police blockade roads after an incident at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario

opinionMore than anything, Michael Spavor was the victim of a coercive BeijingGuy Saint-JacquesNovember 22, 2023

canadaMorning Update: Ottawa faces calls to strengthen oversight of Global Affairs unit that collects intelligenceNovember 21, 2023FILE PHOTO: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

the decibel: a daily news podcast from the globe and mailA new twist in the two Michaels sagaPodcastNovember 21, 2023Podcast logo for The Decibel, the daily show from The Globe and Mail.

canadaMorning Update: China decries Canada’s ‘hypocrisy’ after Spavor blames Kovrig for their detentionNovember 20, 2023Michael Kovrig, a Canadian formerly detained in China, is calling on governments to have co-ordinated sanctions and travel bans on states who arrest foreigners for political reasons, through an effort Canada is co-leading to stop countries from feeling emboldened. Michael Spavor, centre left, and Kovrig, centre left, receive a standing ovation in the House of Commons prior to U.S. President Joe Biden's address of Parliament, in Ottawa, Friday, March 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

canadaGreat Reads: The two Michaels, Ukrainian seniors refuse to leave home, and the millionaire behind a B.C. ghost town November 18, 2023Photo Illustration by the Globe and Mail/THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/AFP PHOTO / CRISISGROUP/JULIE DAVID DE LOSS

worldHead of Vancouver-based immigration firm reportedly arrested in China for illegal currency tradingAugust 18, 2023Linda Mei He is the Chairwoman and President of Wailian Group.

worldAmid hostage diplomacy spike, British look to Canada’s ‘two Michaels’ case for lessonsApril 5, 2023Canadians Michael Kovrig, right, and Michael Spavor, left, react as they are seated before an address from U.S. President Joe Biden in the Canadian House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Canada, Mach 24, 2023. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

canadaTwo Michaels attend Biden speech, receive ovationMarch 24, 2023Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor stand as they are recognized before President Joe Biden speaks to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada, Friday, Mach 24, 2023. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

canadaFederal unit flags apparent Chinese information campaign to sow doubt on return of Kovrig and Spavor June 21, 2022

politicsUnresolved issues with China hang over the two Michaels, Foreign Affairs Minister saysDecember 9, 2021

opinionForeign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly shows precious little understanding of her departmentJohn IbbitsonDecember 7, 2021John Ibbitson

politics briefing newsletterPolitics Briefing: Dominic Barton to step down as Canada’s ambassador to ChinaDecember 6, 2021

politicsPM urged to seek out expert on China to replace Dominic Barton as Canadian ambassador December 6, 2021

advisor mutual fundsTwo fund managers look beyond the headlines for direction on ChinaOctober 26, 2021

politicsPoll shows hardening position on China among CanadiansOctober 11, 2021

opinionThe two Michaels were just new characters in a Sino-Canadian drama whose decades-long plot is as twisted as everFen Osler Hampson and Mike BlanchfieldOctober 8, 2021

canadaMichael Spavor breaks his silence after detention in China: ‘I’m overjoyed’October 1, 2021

opinionFrom one hostage to another: Advice to Michael Kovrig and Michael SpavorJohn McCarthySeptember 30, 2021

morning update newsletterMorning Update: Federal cabinet will rule soon on whether to ban Huawei from 5GSeptember 29, 2021

the decibelThe two Michaels: Where do Canada-China relations go from here?PodcastSeptember 28, 2021

worldWhich Canadians are left in Chinese prisons? As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are free, 115 more remain behindSeptember 27, 2021

canadaEvening Update: Annamie Paul steps down as leader of the Green Party of CanadaSeptember 27, 2021

worldChina claims Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig freed for health reasonsSeptember 27, 2021

morning update newsletterMorning Update: Homecoming of two Michaels a welcome relief for Canada, but rift with China runs deep after their detentionSeptember 27, 2021

worldMeng Wanzhou lands in China with fanfare after release from Canadian custodySeptember 25, 2021

politics briefing newsletterPolitics Briefing: Canadian officials decline comment on resolution of Meng case, impact on two MichaelsSeptember 24, 2021

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