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August 15, 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

Inside the early battle against the ferocious Bald Range wildfire

Jesse Winter and Andrea Woo

As flames raced toward Summerland, B.C., this command centre had to make the tough calls

Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail

Physicists want to catch neutrinos in the sea. Step 1: Make sure their machinery won’t drown

Ivan Semeniuk and Photos and video by Jimmy Jeong

P-ONE could shed new light on a very strange particle – but first, it had to pass a swimming test on Vancouver’s Granville Island

ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press

Inside the agency advancing Carney’s major projects agenda

Jeffrey Jones and Stephanie Levitz

Almost a year into its mandate, Major Projects Office is assessing big-money pitches for accelerated regulatory treatment while facing questions about transparency and speed

WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images

The world set Afghanistan up to fail – and now, it has forgotten its people

Serge Labbé

Five years ago, after decades of good-faith efforts and billions of dollars spent, the West abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban. How did everything go so wrong?

Johnny C.Y. Lam/The Globe and Mail

The many childhoods of Mark Critch come to an end

J. Kelly Nestruck

Television critic

With his CBC series wrapping after five seasons, the veteran Newfoundland comedian is finally saying goodbye to his childhood