Jamie Tronnes on Just the News
Jamie Tronnes on Just the News
Canada must step up – the G7 summit is a defining moment for leadership: Alan Kessel in National Newswatch

Small-screen endings, beginnings and do-overs Winnipeg Free Press [Video]

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Everything ends. But, as all the Instagram therapists keep repeating, it’s all about how you face the end of jobs, loves, the illusions of safety from racism and zombies, and even of life itself. Here, for your consideration, are some viewing suggestions with differing approaches to radical life changes. Bon courage.

Dying for Sex (all eight episodes streaming now on Disney+)

Longtime friends Molly (Michelle Williams, left) and Nikki (Jenny Slate) are navigating a couple of tricky twists in their relationship in Dying for Sex. (Disney+)

Had enough of sad terminal-cancer stories? The trailer for this very limited series looked so fun, it was offputting. But the jangly mix of devastatingly sad and blackly comic with startling sexual discomfort is amazingly effective. Laugh, cry, wince, shout at the screen and cry again as Molly (Michelle Williams) discovers her cancer is back and has metastasized. Her best friend, Nikki (Jenny Slate), encourages her to check off a sexual bucket list. Her …

A Better Plan: Untangling jurisdictional webs, and reducing municipal regulatory burdens on housing
A Better Plan: Untangling jurisdictional webs, and reducing municipal regulatory burdens on housing
Canada should be a mining superpower, too: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hill Times