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The Globe and Mail
Great Reads

 
 

Welcome to Great Reads, where we share a selection of provocative, inspiring, and delightful stories worth your time this weekend.
 
Illustration by MarsBars
 
 
As vaccination rates began to erode years ago, experts inside Canada’s public health agency worried the country was susceptible to a major outbreak
 
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Policy columnist and feature writer
 
Companies seeking government funding or fast-tracking must make their case to the blunt former investment banker, who has little interest in partisanship or policy debates
 
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Liz Worth
 
For me, secondhand shopping is a collective tending of each other’s memories
 
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Egle Procuta
 
If you’re looking to feel like royalty for the evening, the Austrian capital holds more than 450 balls between November and February
 
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Illustration by The Globe and Mail; CHAD HIPOLITO/THE GLOBE AND MAIL, ANDREJ IVANOV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL, WILL HEATH/NBC VIA GETTY IMAGES , GRANT HARDER/THE GLOBE AND MAIL, JON LAYTNER/THE GLOBE AND MAIL , JASPER SAVAGE, DAVE KOTSIBIE/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA, TED BELTON
 
With a well-timed T-shirt on SNL, Mike Myers brought Canadian nationalism to the zeitgeist – just one of many artists who championed Canada in 2025
 
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Ashley Landis/The Associated Press