Tamsin McMahon
The Globe and Mail
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Most flights carrying COVID-19-positive passengers to Canadian airports were domestic
Between Jan 1 and May 5, there were 1,873 flights that arrived or departed from airports across Canada where at least one passenger later tested positive for COVID-19 → Read More
Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option
Despite financial security, many people are struggling. Helping them cope will require many small changes, and tackling some long-held stigmas → Read More
Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option
Despite financial security, many people are struggling. Helping them cope will require many small changes, and tackling some long-held stigmas → Read More
Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option
Despite financial security, many people are struggling. Helping them cope will require many small changes, and tackling some long-held stigmas → Read More
Concerns grow over staffing crisis in Ontario home care system
The government’s plans to fund thousands of new positions in long-term care facilities threaten to create a crisis → Read More
California Candelabra Tree becomes symbol of hope and resilience after surviving wildfires
It is thought to be at least 200 years old – young when it comes to redwoods, which can live as long as 2,500 years. (Their Latin name, Sequoia sempervirens, essentially means ‘everlasting tree’) → Read More
Trump’s reelection hopes uncertain as results in key states too close to call
U.S. prepares for a drawn-out battle for the presidency as several states have outstanding election numbers → Read More
How U.S. Latinos galvanized against Trump hope to swing two critical states to the Democrats
In Pennsylvania and Arizona, which Trump won in 2016, immigrant communities hurt by his xenophobic policies hope this U.S. election will be different. But divergent interests and historically low voter turnout make it unclear how they’ll influcence the outcome for Biden → Read More
November’s presidential election could hinge on moderate suburban voters
Donald Trump narrowly won the suburbs in 2016. But many of those same voters delivered him a swift rebuke in the midterms two years later, helping Democrats regain a majority in the House of Representatives → Read More
U.S. election 2020: Harris, Pence avoid blunders in vice-presidential debate that plays to their supporters
Vice-President and California Senator clashed over the pandemic, police brutality, and foreign affairs in what some believe is a preview of a potential presidential match-up four years from now → Read More
With Trump in hospital, both presidential campaigns scramble to adjust strategies
Joe Biden will continue attending in-person events, despite sharing a debate stage with Mr. Trump last week. Mr. Biden will also publicly release the results of all future COVID-19 tests → Read More
2020 U.S. election debate: Key takeaways from an evening full of chaos, with little substance
The first debate between Trump and Biden produced little in the way of policy discussion while offering plenty of dark moments full of insults, interruption and personal attacks → Read More
California’s ‘new normal’ of heat waves and wildfires grinds down exhausted residents
Wildfires were not supposed to be something that happened where I lived, in the suburban sprawl of strip malls, tract homes and freeways that make up much of Silicon Valley → Read More
Facebook will ban new political ads in week leading up to U.S. elections
Existing ads would be allowed to remain on the platform, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday, in a significant shift for the social-media giant → Read More
Californians are buckling under forest fires, COVID-19
In recent days, California’s COVID-19 epidemic has collided head-on with the state’s long-standing climate crisis, which has sparked an aggressive start to the annual wildfire season → Read More
Democrats and GOP struggle to adapt as COVID-19 upends the traditional political campaign
Fundraising dinners have been replaced by Zoom calls. Rallies have become text-message appeals. And the U.S. Postal Service has become ground zero for a heated dispute over mail-in ballots → Read More
Trump vs. Biden: Two candidates, two competing visions of America
The Democratic National Convention cast Joe Biden less as a candidate promising big ideas than as someone who can restore a sense of decency to the U.S. → Read More
Five key takeaways from the Democratic National Convention’s third night
Kamala Harris accepts her historic nomination as the first Black and South Asian female vice-presidential candidate in a night celebrating women → Read More
New video footage shows sheriff’s deputy forcefully shoving Raptors president Masai Ujiri at NBA Finals
The videos by Mr. Ujiri's lawyers as part of an ongoing lawsuit between him and the deputy → Read More
VP choice just the first step on a long road to acceptance for Joe Biden
The Biden campaign will have to present Kamala Harris as more than a symbolic choice for vice-president, allowing the former prosecutor to take the lead on issues such as criminal justice reform → Read More