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May 30, 2026

Great Reads

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

Keito Newman/The Globe and Mail

In the vital trucking sector, weak oversight is leaving Canada’s workers unprotected and unsafe

Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Mahima Singh and Photography and video by Keito Newman

A Globe investigation finds regulatory loopholes are letting predatory companies run roughshod over vulnerable drivers

Renaud Philippe/The Globe and Mail

A Canadian shipbuilder’s ascent from outcast to key player in Arctic defence

Pippa Norman

Innovation reporter

Once overlooked by Ottawa in its national strategy, Davie now occupies a critical nexus between three allies that have pledged to shore up their icebreaking capabilities

Dan Froese/The Globe and Mail

Volunteer firefighters feel the heat on the front lines of the climate crisis

Jacqueline Newsome

Nova Scotia’s unpaid guardians respond to floods and fires, but as disasters increase, their departments lack adequate funding, training and equipment

SYLVIE MAZEROLLE/The Globe and Mail

Facing seafood shortages and price hikes, East Coast chefs eye other fish in the sea

Dakshana Bascaramurty

Food culture reporter

With declines in popular seafood fisheries, Maritime restaurants are creatively rising to the occasion

DUANE COLE/The Globe and Mail

André Sills takes on his biggest Stratford Festival season yet: Othello and Oberon

Aisling Murphy

This year, his 12th at Stratford, Sills will play two meaty roles in completely different shows