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August 29, 2026

Great Reads

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

Dax Melmer/The Globe and Mail

From flower farmers to cheesemakers, meet the business owners and leaders affected by the trade war

Pippa Norman, Alexandra Posadzki and Irene Galea

Five bottom lines tell the tale of a war waged with tariffs

Illustration by Cornelia Li

Surge in student violence brings Canadian teachers to a breaking point

Dave McGinn

Education Reporter

Educators press ministries and school boards to act as resources fall short for increasingly complex classrooms

Kaja Tirrul/The Globe and Mail

This fall, Zorga Qaunaq is North of North, central to TIFF, and everywhere in between

Barry Hertz

On the eve of back-to-back-to-back spotlights, the Inuk star is finally ready to drop the imposter syndrome

Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters

Canada has been carving out a new identity, slowly but surely. What are we becoming?

Stephen Marche

Our bold declaration of sovereignty is just the latest signal that this country, long defined by cautious evolution, is both changing and being changed

Canada’s best sandwiches: Readers share their top picks from coast to coast

Globe Staff

We asked, you told: From turkey kimchi melts to Montreal smoked meat (and everything in between), here are the best sammies across the country

Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

Canoe trippers volunteer to keep ‘wild places wild’ in northeastern Ontario