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Given US president Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs and musings about Canadian sovereignty, it’s tempting to argue that Canada should respond in kind by tightening the taps on critical exports. Oil and hydroelectricity are often mentioned as pressure points. But there’s another resource, less talked about yet just as strategically vital: potash. Potash isn’t just a commodity. It’s a pillar of the planet’s food system. Along with nitrogen and phosphates, the potassium it provides is critical for fertilizer. Without fertilizer, global crop yields would collapse—by as much as half...

Good morning. After a Toronto woman was found dead in a ravine, police delays prompted her friends to start their own investigation. More on that below, along with a (very) long ballot in Pierre Poilievre’s Alberta by-election, and new research on honeybee health. But first: Today’s headlinesGazans describe scenes of chaos and violence as Israel allows airdrops of aidThe EU’s trade deal with the U.S. isn’t a blueprint for Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney says A new report highlights the connection between sex trafficking and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls