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December 27, 2025

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

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2025 was a year of breakthroughs in health and medicine. Here are five

Kristy Kirkup and Alanna Smith

Easing hot flashes, treating rare genetic diseases and a made-in-Canada vaccine among the year’s notable developments

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The invisible necessity of ransomware negotiations

Alexandra Posadzki

Financial and cybercrime reporter

A multi-billion-dollar industry – run by people who aren’t afraid of a good fight – has cropped up to protect companies during cybersecurity attacks

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On the art of eulogizing someone you adore

Ian Brown

Be candid, don’t overpraise and, as I discovered, other family members can be an unreliable source of information

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Dear Gen Z: You’re not watching the world end – you’re about to build a new one

Doug Saunders

Despite older generations’ doomsday prophecies and belated apologies for the state of the world, today’s young people are now on the brink of leading the greatest era of rebuilding and growth this century

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The Globe sports desk’s biggest moments of 2025, beyond the Blue Jays

Toronto’s World Series run stole the sporting show in Canada this year, but it was only the top highlight of a fascinating year in sport

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