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For want of a better government
The news-cycle being what it is of late, by the time you are reading this column, it is possible that you will have forgotten the moment in April when the COVID-19 situation seemed so dire in Ontario...
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THE COLUMNISTS
For want of a better government
The news-cycle being what it is of late, by the time you are reading this column, it is possible that you will have forgotten the moment in April when the COVID-19 situation seemed so dire in Ontario...
A terrible way to get jabs into arms
The must-have item last fall in my corner of Toronto was a patio heater. Many of my friends and neighbours had either acquired one or were desperately trolling through shopping sites trying to find a...
MACLEAN’S
THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION JUST GAVE $30 MILLION TO MENTAL HEALTH. NOT TO IMPRESS ANYONE, BUT TO INSPIRE EVERYONE.
Thank you, Slaight Family Foundation, for your commitment of $30 million to mental health initiatives in Canada. The extraordinary time we have all been living through has made it compellingly clear...
NATIONAL
Return of the Snowbirds
Almost a year after a devastating crash, Canada’s aerial acrobats are flying back to their spring training ground Tom Dishlevoy swears that when he watches the Snowbirds dart around the Comox Valley,...
When will vaccines change the game?
New modelling says 75 per cent of adults must have a first dose and 20 per cent a second before Canada might start to lift restrictions On April 23, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health...
‘In a way, we triage people all the time’
Edmonton doctor Darren Markland on ventilating people unlikely to survive, intubating friends and cohorting patients by variant Dr. Darren Markland is an intensive care physician and nephrologist who...
INTERNATIONAL
‘A colossal betrayal’
Dr. Sima Samar on the peace process that has left Afghans—especially women—vulnerable in an unstable country There is a storm brewing in central Asia and the centre of the disturbance is Afghanistan....
Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi make Biden’s address a historic moment
For the first time, women occupied both key seats of power during a joint session of the United States Congress Joe Biden’s first presidential speech to Congress was heavy on symbolism. The crowd was...
SOCIETY
Couture in bud
International fairs, botanical wearables and a farm-to-table movement are giving floristry new life Joezel Yumul is wavering between angel wings and monarch butterfly wings. Angel wings made of masses...
THE BEST FOR LAST
House of dreams
In one of our favourite stories this week, a master iglu builder shares the secrets of his craft with Marie-Danielle Smith after raising an outsized version of the iconic structure for a community...
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