The Sunday Magazine for July 27, 2025
How world junior sexual assault trial may influence the future of hockey culture
On Thursday, a judge found five former world junior hockey players not guilty of sexual assault after a high-profile trial focused on a 2018 group sexual encounter in London, Ont. The case follows years of reckoning in the sport over instances of sexual violence, bullying and hazing. Common speaks with CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed, and Dan Robson, a senior writer at The Athletic, about what this case reveals about hockey culture, efforts at reform, and where the sport goes from here.
Is private life disappearing before our eyes?
Questions surrounding the line between private and public lives were among the many raised earlier this month when a video of a tech CEO and his company's HR manager embracing at a Coldplay concert went viral. In her book Strangers and Intimates, cultural historian Tiffany Jenkins explores the relatively short history of the notion of a private life. She joins Common to explain how the phenomenon came to be, the value she thinks it holds, and why she fears it may be disappearing as technology continues to erase the line between private and public.
Trade talks, domestic projects define first ministers' meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada and efforts to boost our national economy took centre stage at this past week's first ministers' meeting in Huntsville, Ont. Prime Minister Mark Carney seemed to downplay the chance of reaching a deal with the U.S. by Aug. 1, while some premiers heaped praise on Carney for his efforts to boost internal trade and infrastructure. Common speaks with The Economist's Rob Russo and The Toronto Star's Rob Benzie about the state of trade negotiations, federal-provincial relations, and the political stakes of "national interest projects."
'People have an innate pursuit of freedom': Nathan Law on Hong Kong's prospects for democracy
Nathan Law rose to prominence a decade ago as one of the student leaders of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong known as the Umbrella Movement. He went on to become one of the semi-autonomous Chinese region's youngest legislators... and not long after, one of its most wanted men. Today, he lives in exile with a bounty on his head, but that hasn't stopped him advocating from abroad. Law joins Piya Chattopadhyay to explore his unlikely journey to activism, and what he makes of the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong now, after recent national security laws have further restricted rights.
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