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87
2026-08-19 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
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Hedged claims
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corpus average 9%
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Crime & Law
7%
Economy/Business
7%
Health
6%
Education
2%
Entertainment
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+0.15 average ± 0.16 · +0.35 median · 56 scored articles
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2026-09-11 · National Post · Politics
Sheryl Saperia: 25 years on, what would bin Laden see?
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-11 · National Post · Politics
Mark Milke: Why the Islamist challenge to the West is so terrifying
35 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-09-11 · National Post · Politics
‘Total exhaustion’: How a Gander college campus jumped in to help plane passengers on 9/11
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-11 · National Post · Politics
Jay Nyandak: I was a child at 9/11. I survived and so did my mother, thanks to fate
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-10 · National Post · Politics
‘THERE’S BEEN A TRAGEDY’: The untold history of Canada’s 9/11 response
35 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-09 · National Post · Politics
Born on 9/11: Canadians turning 25 mark a day of both happiness and mourning
35 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-19 · National Post
Thomas Caldwell: Defend Canada’s proud history from debasement
🔮 I posed the question to a Jewish friend at lunch recently: “If one removed the history of the Jews, where would you be?” assertive
2026-08-20 · National Post
Jean-Christophe Jasmin: Christian event unfairly blocked by former Quebec minister
🔮 The state may infringe upon these rights only in rare cases and within strict limits established by case law, such as a violent situation. assertive
2026-08-21 · National Post
Michel Maisonneuve: Canada must defend the North to keep it
🔮 How will we react when adversaries transit these “internal” waters? assertive
2026-08-25 · National Post
Mike Fegelman: Iran is losing the war. Canada must help ensure the regime cannot rebuild
🔮 Tehran believed it could attack Israel through proxies and would therefore be immune from attack while simultaneously advancing its atomic program as a nuclear threshold state and threatening Western interests, all while serving to insulate Iran from the consequences of its nefarious actions. assertive
2026-08-25 · National Post
Robin Skies: Canada, let’s keep a cool head in this trade battle
🔮 It is normal to get angry and respond negatively to a perceived injustice, especially when that injustice is perpetrated by someone you would have regarded as a friend. assertive
2026-08-26 · National Post
Robert Brym: Yes, anti-Zionism is antisemitic
🔮 It includes non-legally binding illustrative examples of what might constitute antisemitism, including, “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination.” assertive
2026-08-26 · National Post
Anthony Furey: Canada should seize the moment and embrace AI data centres
🔮 One of the most pressing questions facing the Canadian public right now is one that most people will have never been asked before, which is: are we techno-optimists? assertive
2026-08-27 · National Post
Stephen Nagy: U.S. trade deal dead until Canada stops being the ‘Ugly Ally’
🔮 At his Davos 2026 address, Carney drew a false equivalence between the U.S. and China, suggesting Canada could somehow float above the fray as a neutral middle-power broker. assertive
2026-08-27 · National Post
Opinion: Anti-Zionists minimize antisemitism on Canadian campuses
🔮 Yet, they did not care to explain how professors teaching courses unrelated to the Middle East might think it was a good idea to assign a podcast arguing that Zionism was similar to Nazism, or spend weeks discussing Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel, repeatedly referring to it as a “Zionist political project.” assertive
2026-08-28 · National Post
David Clement: Counter-tariffs will hurt Canadians more than they’ll hurt Trump
🔮 So when this new round of crop of counter-tariffs takes effect on Sept. 8, we can expect that at least some of the costs will be passed on to Canadian consumers. assertive
2026-08-28 · National Post
Matthew Taub: Ottawa threatens sanctions on Israeli settlements without testing them legally
🔮 Wine is not unique, it is simply a useful example because settlement-produced wine has already been tested in Canadian courts Canada has dealt with precisely such wines before, the resulting Canadian litigation concerned how they could be labelled, not whether Canadians were prohibited from buying them. assertive
2026-08-28 · National Post
Moumen Al-Natour: In Gaza, demilitarization and deradicalization must go hand-in-hand
🔮 U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner recently said that Gaza will not be rebuilt until it’s demilitarized. assertive
2026-08-31 · National Post
Jack Jedwab: The seeds of today’s efforts to excuse antisemitism were planted 25 years ago in Durban
🔮 There was a sense that history would be made. assertive
2026-09-03 · National Post
Interior design: A new angle on tile
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. assertive
2026-09-03 · National Post
Yuan Yi Zhu: Carney’s contemptuous jaunt to EU Parliament before Canada’s
🔮 When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King reacted by immediately recalling Parliament, which was not due to sit for another months, and ask for its blessing before declaring war on Germany. assertive
2026-09-03 · National Post
Josh Dehaas: A Carney oil blockade would be playing with fire, even if constitutional
🔮 The Constitution Act of 1867 assigns all matters that governments may regulate exclusively to either the provinces or the feds, and provides a residual power to Parliament to “make laws for the peace, order, and good government of Canada, in relation to all matters not coming within the classes of subjects by this act assigned exclusively to the legislatures of the provinces.” It’s not always easy to assign a matter exclusively to one level of government. mixed
2026-09-04 · National Post
OPINION: Candidates running in Ontario’s municipal elections must keep added costs on new homes low
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. assertive
2026-09-04 · National Post
John Carpay: Hamilton mayor, police violate Charter in crusade against anti-immigration group
🔮 The mayor and police in Hamilton, Ont., have decided that some Canadians have the wrong kind of opinions and should not be allowed to rent public facilities. assertive
2026-09-06 · National Post
Matt Bufton: Can the NFL save society?
🔮 We may not want to talk about our feelings, but we probably have an opinion on whether the Seahawks should have run the ball from the one-yard line in Super Bowl XLIX. assertive
2026-09-06 · National Post
Adam Legge: Albertans should fight for a better deal, but separation is not the way
🔮 Staunch supporters of separation focus on what a sovereign Alberta could gain: more control over its laws, its resources and its future. assertive
2026-09-06 · National Post
Eva Kuper: Universities have a role to play in combating hate
🔮 I hope they will think as well about the kind of person they intend to become. assertive
2026-09-07 · National Post
Barry Appleton: Trump’s demands to change our laws must be rejected
🔮 He still confirms that American negotiators had questions about online streaming rules, and he listed “digital trade alignment” among the things a deal would contain. assertive
2026-09-08 · National Post
Toronto condo developer launches $10M lawsuit against online critics, alleging a ‘malicious campaign’
🔮 Ontario’s Ministry of Labour said in a statement to the Post that it could not provide any details as the investigation is ongoing. mixed
2026-09-08 · National Post
How often should you clean your fridge to keep food bacteria away?
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. mixed
2026-09-08 · National Post
Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know
🔮 Freedom-of-information (FOI) legislation was originally meant as a tool the public could use to ask for specific government records, with a goal of making government more accountable and open. assertive
2026-09-09 · National Post
John Williamson: Israel booth drops out of Saint John Culturefest due to safety concerns
🔮 In June, this group “asked” the organizers of the festival to “reconsider the participation of the Israeli Zionist Group” stating that it would be “wise and responsible” and that failing to do so “risks further harm to community relations and public safety.” assertive
2026-09-09 · National Post
Andrew Bennett: Trump’s consideration of pathway for Canadian Jews fleeing hate shames us all
🔮 After watching the rise in hate crimes targeting our country’s Jewish citizens, U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that he might be open to creating a special immigration program for Jewish-Canadians fleeing antisemitism. assertive
2026-09-09 · National Post
Born on 9/11: Canadians turning 25 mark a day of both happiness and mourning
🔮 Both will turn 25 on Sept. 11. assertive
2026-09-10 · National Post
‘THERE’S BEEN A TRAGEDY’: The untold history of Canada’s 9/11 response
🔮 They convinced Chrétien there would be time for that tomorrow. assertive
2026-09-10 · National Post
Jeffrey Herf: ‘Nakba’ exhibit is a direct assault on historical truths
🔮 Historians such as Efraim Karsh in his book “Palestine Betrayed” and Yoav Gelber in “Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Problem” have demonstrated that many thousands left their homes, some at the urging of Arab leaders, in expectation that the Arab states would soon invade and destroy the new Jewish state. assertive
2026-09-10 · National Post
Catherine Kronas: My experience shows parents can fight back against woke school boards
🔮 During that time, I challenged the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board’s (HWDSB) authority to impose its will on our school council. assertive
2026-09-11 · National Post
Jay Nyandak: I was a child at 9/11. I survived and so did my mother, thanks to fate
🔮 She said she would. assertive
2026-09-11 · National Post
‘Total exhaustion’: How a Gander college campus jumped in to help plane passengers on 9/11
🔮 At 1 p.m., the Town of Gander’s emergency services called Moss, asking if the campus could accommodate incoming planeloads of passengers by providing shelter, first aid and food. assertive
2026-09-11 · National Post
Mark Milke: Why the Islamist challenge to the West is so terrifying
🔮 Anyone old enough to recall 9/11 will remember the horrific images: People jumping from the Trade Center towers to escape the flames; people fleeing lower Manhattan to escape the two towers before and after their collapse; firefighters, police, and a Franciscan friar who perished, carried away by those who survived. assertive
2026-09-11 · National Post
Sheryl Saperia: 25 years on, what would bin Laden see?
🔮 On this anniversary, I can’t help but wonder what Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind those infamous terrorist attacks, would make of the world today. assertive
2026-09-12 · National Post
Canada’s young entrepreneurs are fleeing south. We need to keep them here
🔮 Boosting investment could help keep Canadian innovators at home, building successful businesses here. assertive
2026-09-12 · National Post
How much protein do we actually need? Here’s another food we should be maxxing instead
🔮 “We kept thinking over the last 10 years that the fad would soon diminish, and it hasn’t,” King said. assertive
2026-09-12 · National Post
Howard Levitt: Olivia Chow owes Toronto’s Jewish community some answer
🔮 We judge politicians by their words, their actions, the causes they champion, the people whose approval they seek, those they are willing to offend and, most importantly, what they do when “doing the right thing” carries political costs. assertive
2026-09-13 · National Post
Rob Breakenridge: Pierre Poilievre ably makes the case for Canada, in America
🔮 They are instead concurrent events that reveal what it looks like when a leader knows he’s losing a trade war — and when another may be finding his feet. assertive
2026-09-13 · National Post
Aviva Klompas: Palestinians deserve the dignity of accountability
🔮 Canada’s decision, Carney said, was predicated on commitments from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to fundamentally reform Palestinian governance, hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas could play no part and demilitarize a future Palestinian state. assertive
2026-09-13 · National Post
Geoff Horsman: How Canada’s federal research grants have normalized deceit
🔮 Canada may well have chosen an ideology. assertive
2026-09-14 · National Post
Rod Phillips: Hosting the Investment Summit matters. What comes next matters more
🔮 This morning, some one hundred of the world’s most consequential investors will meet in Toronto for the first-ever Canada Investment Summit. assertive
2026-09-15 · National Post
Geoffrey Moyse: How UNDRIP is fuelling the ‘land back’ movement in B.C.
🔮 What many may not understand is that UNDRIP has been the “holy grail” of the activist Aboriginal movement in Canada, and particularly in British Columbia, for many years. assertive
2026-09-15 · National Post
On the map: Kerr Village Towns fill ‘missing middle ground’ in South Oakville
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. assertive
2026-09-17 · National Post
James Stranko: Dear Canada, Americans still love you but please stop insulting us
🔮 But consider this week, when the Barenaked Ladies will perform “O Canada” at the Buffalo Bills home opener. assertive
2026-09-17 · National Post
Sylvain Charlebois: While Canada fights Trump, Mexico is preparing to eat our lunch
🔮 If Mexico signs first while Canada remains embroiled in a tariff dispute with Washington, the consequences could extend well beyond automobiles and metals. assertive
2026-09-18 · National Post
Homes: Planning a renovation? Expand your imagination at the 2026 Fall Home Show, Oct. 2 to 4
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. mixed
2026-09-19 · National Post
Bryan Brulotte: Canada is entering a new era of nationalism
🔮 The trade confrontation with the United States, the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto and Europe’s remarkable proposal for a new relationship with Canada may appear to be separate developments. assertive
2026-09-19 · National Post
‘Israel is safe’: The Druze Israeli telling Canadians to come visit
🔮 They may be worried about the security situation … but I know they want to go. assertive
2026-09-20 · National Post
Opinion: A clarion call for Canadians to stand against Jew hatred
🔮 For three years, this country’s Jewish community has been hoping that Canadians will stand up and refuse to accept the continued, virulent and persistent vilification of Jews, thinly disguised as anger at the current Israeli government or anti-Zionism. assertive
2026-09-20 · National Post
Michael Guglielmin: Canada must create more attractive business conditions to compete with the U.S.
🔮 American consumers and manufacturers will feel some pressure as inputs and prices rise, while Canada’s smaller, export-dependent economy takes the harder hit. assertive
2026-09-20 · National Post
Conrad Eder: Does the government prioritize hiring competent workers?
🔮 Neither will be evaluated merely by ability, education and experience. assertive
2026-09-20 · National Post
Opinion: Canada must confront the Kremlin’s agents at home
🔮 The new long-term Canada-Ukraine partnership will expand co-operation on the joint production of drones, counter-drone technologies and priority munitions. assertive
2026-09-20 · National Post
The etiquette of location sharing: Who gets to keep tabs on you? And when do you turn it off?
🔮 It used to be that one could make bad choices largely in private, but in today’s world of location sharing, there are few secrets. assertive
2026-09-22 · National Post
Marty York: Carney has only doubled down on Trudeau’s Israel failures
🔮 In fact, Carney has publicly reiterated what previous Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau pledged: that he would arrange for the arrest of the Israeli leader if the latter set foot in Canada. assertive
2026-09-22 · National Post
Peter MacKay: Mark Carney must ignore Trump’s baiting and get back to the table
🔮 Beyond name calling, memes and renaming lakes, further fall out may ensue based on the enthusiasm of Prime Minister Carney for becoming best friends with benefits of the European Union. assertive
2026-09-22 · National Post
‘These are your neighbours’: Jim Balsillie gives $4.5M to food banks
🔮 At $4 a loaf, $3 million could buy bread for 15,000 households every week for 50 weeks. assertive
2026-09-24 · National Post
Josh Dehaas: B.C. realtor defends his free speech against intrusive regulatory body
🔮 In the letter, the BCFSA called Chivers’ comments “polarizing,” “inflammatory” and “discriminatory,” and cautioned that his words could bring the real estate industry into disrepute. mixed
2026-09-24 · National Post
Joseph Quesnel: High-speed rail should not come at the expense of property rights
🔮 Under the framework, which was enshrined in law with the passage of the High-Speed Rail Act earlier this year, Alto could potentially expropriate private property along the proposed route without first trying to purchase it from owners. assertive
2026-09-25 · National Post
Iddo Moed: The hero of Belleville represents what Canada should stand for
🔮 For the Belleville synagogue, it remains to be seen if Israel and anti-Zionism, the most common excuse for such events, will emerge as cause or attempted justification. assertive
2026-09-25 · National Post
Avideh Motmaen-Far: Ottawa must not ignore the crimes perpetrated against the Iranian people
🔮 This weekend, Canada will present its national statement at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. assertive
2026-09-26 · National Post
Jeremy Geddert: Conservative leadership elections aren’t conservative enough
🔮 Unlike the American House majority, Liberal MPs could not deflect responsibility for a bad executive to voters. assertive
2026-09-26 · National Post
David Clement: Importing the EU’s migration problems would be near impossible
🔮 Even Pierre Poilievre bundled the prospect of the visa-free travel and labour mobility with Europe’s migration issues suggesting that Brussels could have a say over Canadian immigration policy. assertive
2026-09-26 · National Post
After Canada stopped using solitary confinement, it made an exception for these prisoners
🔮 The rules say solitary confinement should only be used “in exceptional cases as a last resort” and should be “prohibited in the case of prisoners with mental or physical disabilities when their conditions would be exacerbated by such measures. assertive
2026-09-27 · National Post
Kevin Paquette: The Parti Québécois forced a necessary immigration debate
🔮 From the very start of the Quebec election campaign, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made it clear that immigration would once again be one of the defining issues. assertive
2026-09-27 · National Post
It’s not OK to use your speakerphone in public, says almost everyone. ‘It’s not all about you’
🔮 “What we find is that when our staff reminds customers about the courtesy element, people will comply. assertive
2026-09-28 · National Post
Geoffrey Moyse: Eby is responsible for B.C.’s problems, not Trump
🔮 Cynical as it may be, it is a shrewd political pivot by a failing premier to hide all the enormous problems created by his government behind an anti-Trump election campaign. assertive
2026-09-29 · National Post
TD executive sues after being fired for adding Christian symbol to her email signature
🔮 “As a senior employee in a leadership position, the Plaintiff was expected to model compliance with TD’s policies, not to defy them. mixed
2026-09-30 · National Post
Ontario hospitals owed private banks $70 million last year — and one wasn’t sure it could even keep operating
🔮 CEO Andrew Williams said the institution continues “to focus on minimizing debt servicing costs wherever possible” while focusing on patient care. assertive
2026-09-30 · National Post
Interior design: Levelling up
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. assertive
2026-10-01 · National Post
Opinion: Canada Post should be given a mandate to protect our digital sovereignty
🔮 Canada has faced moments before when the country’s economic security could not safely be left entirely to market forces or foreign capital. assertive
2026-10-01 · National Post
John Goddard: Mississauga ISIS supporters tried to slaughter entire family who knew too much
🔮 His body, even in his twenties, was taking on the pudgy shapelessness that would become characteristic as he grew older. assertive
2026-10-02 · National Post
Lord Ashcroft: Conservatives have work to do to unseat Carney
🔮 Yes, Mark Carney and Donald Trump have more in common than either of them would thank you for pointing out. assertive
2026-10-03 · National Post
Chris Sankey: Trump isn’t responsible for the well being of British Columbians
🔮 In that same news conference, Premier Eby announced a $15-million commitment to attract medical professionals from the United States, meaning the cost of the election will keep rising if the NDP is returned to power on high spending promises. assertive
2026-10-04 · National Post
Peter Jon Mitchell: Declining married families across Canada means children will become rarities
🔮 The sharpest decline occurred between 2016 and 2021, which may have been pandemic driven. assertive
2026-10-04 · National Post
Cynthia Yacowar: Anti-Israel rallies on October 7 may be legal. They are also morally intolerable
🔮 The university subsequently announced that the event could not proceed as planned, citing “significant safety and operational concerns” — not illegality. assertive
2026-10-05 · National Post
Kevin Paquette: The PQ wants a referendum? Quebec barely functions as a province
🔮 Today, Quebecers will be called to the polls to elect their next government. assertive
2026-10-05 · National Post
The human brain is always multitasking. That doesn’t mean we’re good at it
🔮 Riesenhuber, along with Patrick Cox, an assistant professor of psychology at Lehigh University, led a study published this year in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience that tested whether practice could make a new task automatic. assertive
2026-10-07 · National Post
For Israelis, sexual atrocities of October 7 carry a long shadow
🔮 The new research will examine the longer-term impact of trauma and the needs that remain unmet. assertive
2026-10-08 · National Post
Alan Kessel: Anand couldn’t bring herself to say ‘Israel’ or ‘terror’ in statement about Flydubai attack
🔮 If the investigation establishes that the passengers were targeted because they were Israeli or Jewish, their identity will not be some incidental detail. assertive
2026-10-08 · National Post
Rob Huebert: New Greenland security deal offers hope for a reasonable defence agreement with the U.S.
🔮 The first is the new restriction barring states or investors which are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or NATO partners or European Union members from controlling, significantly influencing or accessing non-public information unless the parties are that the “activities of such states or investors would not constitute a threat to national security or public order.” assertive
2026-10-12 · National Post
Kate Marland: Tearing down B.C. Human Rights Tribunal should be only the start
🔮 But if early polls are to be trusted, it seems like Lorne Doerkson’s hastily assembled coalition of the willing is poised to potentially rise like a phoenix from the ashes and form government. assertive
2026-10-14 · National Post
Opinion: Canada Labour Code changes are not an attack on workers’ rights
🔮 Recommended Videos Not only does Bill C-39 stand on a solid constitutional footing, we believe it could in fact — under certain circumstances — go further to protect the national interest. assertive
2026-10-16 · National Post
OPINION: Why a sustainable and predictable housing market should be our goal
🔮 Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. assertive
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