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October 17, 2026

Great Reads

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

LEAH HENNEL/The Globe and Mail

The Alberta voters who want leverage – but not independence

Joe Friesen

Separatist organizers are trying to persuade fence-sitters that they can use their vote to send a message to the rest of the federation

Illustration by D. McFadzean

Is Carney’s ‘mega deduction’ the beginning or end of his corporate tax ambitions?

Mark Rendell and James Bradshaw

Ahead of the federal budget, the government is under pressure to make Canada a more competitive place for business investment – but the task is a tricky political undertaking

Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

Once solidly Republican, Iowa is becoming a swing state again

Adrian Morrow and Photography by Fred Lum

The long-time GOP stronghold is hurting under high prices for diesel and fertilizer

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: THE GLOBE AND MAIL. SOURCE PHOTO OF Peter Magyar: The Associated Press

Hungary is once again at a crossroads

Anna Porter

It’s been 70 years since the start of the revolution, and thanks to Peter Magyar, the country is celebrating a renewal of hope

Sarah Palmer/The Globe and Mail

Safaris in northern Kenya are a lesson in conservation (with plenty of epic animal sightings)

Writing and photography by Sarah Palmer

The Loisaba and Lewa conservancies are reintroducing endangered black and white rhino populations – and allowing visitors to take part in the efforts

Lou Dahl Studio/Supplied

Clara Hughes is done being hot and bothered