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October 3, 2026

Great Reads

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

The Globe and Mail

The elephant in the room

Carrie Tait, Grant Robertson and Nathan VanderKlippe

Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

John Kealey/The Globe and Mail

Behind the rise of Canada’s lengthy ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ tax code

Chris Wilson-Smith

Once the size of a pamphlet, the federal Income Tax Act is now more than 3,000 pages long. What’s the cost of such complexity, and can it be reformed?

Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

In an Ontario steel town, the trade war and local elections spark conversations about change

Patrick White and Photography by Deborah Baic

Despite the recent wave of layoffs, residents of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., see reason for optimism

Carl Court/Getty Images

Can Kemi Badenoch rescue Britain’s Conservatives?

Paul Waldie

Europe Correspondent

The first Black woman to lead a U.K. major political party is hitting her stride, but the Tories have a long way to go

Nina Ricci Lu/The Globe and Mail

How the game of chess became cool

Alex Robert Ross and Photography by Nina Ricci Lu

At swanky bars and trendy coffee shops across the country, the board game is shedding its stuffy image