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March 28, 2026

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

Sam Lott/The Associated Press

How Canada came to be part of Artemis II’s historic mission to the moon

Ivan Semeniuk

Science Reporter

The aim of the voyage is to usher in an era of lunar exploration and development – and getting Jeremy Hansen on the crew was years in the making

Illustration by Daria Lada

For these busy parents and professionals, AI agents are the personal assistants of their dreams

Joe Castaldo

OpenClaw is capable of everything from hunting down baby gear to prioritizing meetings, offering a look at where artificial intelligence might go next

The Globe and Mail

The web of war: Major conflicts are stoking fears of wider unrest

Mark MacKinnon

Senior International Correspondent

Are we sitting on a powder keg? From Ukraine to Iran, there’s a growing concern that warfare is spreading

Photo illustration: The Globe and Mail. Source photo: Getty Images

Here’s what it would take for a province to lawfully separate from Canada

Stéphane Dion

Canada may be an outlier in allowing for provinces to secede, but there’s no right to leave unilaterally

Illustration by Chris Chipak

Tanya Tagaq isn’t here to make pretty things

Michelle Cyca

On her sixth album, Saputjiji, the Inuk artist sings (and yes, sometimes screams) about the ‘farcical clown show’ of capitalism and its environmental harms

Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press