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May 23, 2026

Great Reads

Welcome to Great Reads, where we share a selection of provocative, inspiring, and delightful stories worth your time this weekend.

Alison Boulier/The Globe and Mail

With no answers unearthed at Tk̓emlúps grave sites, doubt and denialism take root

Patrick White and Willow Fiddler

Five years after a grim announcement in B.C., there are few answers to the tragedy buried near a former residential school

M. Scott Brauer/The Globe and Mail

Prediction markets are coming to Canada – and young investors are already betting on them

Meera Raman

Regulators face a tough balancing act as Canadians covet the controversial trades that have taken the U.S. by storm

Illustration by Joe Morse

Ill-gotten gains: How the gym has allowed the far right to build an iron grip on young men

Sam Eagan

The growth of the ‘Active Club’ movement reveals white nationalists’ ability to appeal to disillusioned young men using the language of physical fitness

Illustration by Lorenzo Sainati

In Cannes, a new cultural world order emerges

Barry Hertz

At the Olympics of film, industry players are laying the groundwork to disrupt American supremacy

Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail

Canadians take the fight to U.S. soil in the battle for barbecue glory

Nathan VanderKlippe

International correspondent

The Memphis in May competition draws luminaries from the rarefied universe of smoke

COLE BURSTON/AFP/Getty Images

The World Cup is expensive, but it’s our turn to p