LETTERS
Dear MACLEAN’S
I am so proud of Chuck Fipke for fighting hard to protect his small piece of paradise from greedy developers (“Kelowna showdown,” March 2022). Despite being surrounded by massive condos, Mr. Fipke...
BEARINGS
OPENINGS April. Narcisse Snake Dens.
At the Narcisse Snake Dens in Narcisse, Man., what might best be described as Indiana Jones’s worst nightmare unfolds every spring. The dens are home to tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes:...
A case for the Maud squad
Two paintings by a beloved Nova Scotia folk artist have vanished. Can they have gone far? One day in the early 1950s, Van Davis Odell pulled off Highway 1 in Marshalltown, N.S., to make what would...
Gary Trent Jr. on the unexpected scoring streak that won him a place in Raptors history
It was crazy. We had five games in eight days. I knew of the record, but I didn’t know the magnitude. The Heat were No. 1 in the East at the time, and we’re fighting for a playoff spot. We’re trying...
It’s a wonderful meta-life
Silicon Valley aims to keep us just happy enough If our technological overlords get it right, the future will be beautiful. Picture a young man living in a home as lovely as any he can imagine; the...
REAL ESTATE
Convenient location—and a national treasure It wasn’t always called Kim’s Convenience. When the Korean owners purchased the Toronto corner lot in 1987—living in the three-bedroom apartment upstairs...
SEEING GREEN
Energy prices are on the rise: not great news if you’re filling up your car, but a relief to Canada’s oil and gas industry. Even more encouraging news: Canada’s top oil sands CEOs are discussing how...
INTERVIEW
Kirsten Hillman talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about meeting with presidents, combating U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump
Kirsten Hillman was appointed Canada’s ambassador to the United States during a strikingly different time. It was March 2020. Donald Trump was still the U.S. president, and we were only two weeks into...
OPINION
BUILD BACK BLUNDER
How the misguided fuelling of an ‘us’ versus ‘them’ mentality gave us chaos and a hot tub on Parliament Hill It’s true that, for a lot of people, the sight of the hot tub was hard to take. At some...
COVER STORY
THE RINGLEADER
He’s smart, savvy and he’s steering a new brand of Canadian conservatism. How Pierre Poilievre became the champion of the anti-Trudeau mob. The bellowing honks of freedom nearly drowned out Pierre...
FEATURES
Gambling with house MONEY
Buyers desperate to get in on the property boom are opting out of home inspections, opening the door to nasty surprises IN MAY 2021, Molly Fleming and her brother Matthew leaped into southern...
WHAT SARAH POLLEY WANTS YOU TO KNOW
In her new essay collection, the acclaimed actor and director reveals what’s really been going on behind the scenes all these years we’ve been watching her I grew up in Montreal in the ’80s,...
Me & Munsch
Children who inspired the beloved author’s books reflect on what it was like to know him—and how well he seemed to know them In October 2021, Robert Munsch spoke publicly for the first time about his...
IDEAS
ZARQA NAWAZ’S LEAP OF FAITH
She had a hit with Little Mosque on the Prairie. Then, after a decade-long dry spell, she landed a book deal and TV series on the same day. Things were going great for Zarqa Nawaz. Little Mosque on...
RISING UP TO PAY THEIR DUES
The birth of Canada’s first Black labour union gets a deep dive in The Porter, an original drama co-produced by the CBC and BET+. Black railway porters worked long hours for little pay, catering to...
FOLLOWING A HUTCH
A Nova Scotia man is on a mission to determine the origins of his antique cabinet Brian Doucette’s yard was strewn with old tables and wagon wheels for a Saturday morning garage sale in the summer of...
THE CULTURAL SPURN
Workers have little reason to trust the people who claim to speak for them—and seem to despise them What is wrong with the working class? That question has been furiously debated among left-leaning...
THREE TO READ
305 LOST BUILDINGS OF CANADA by Raymond Biesinger and Alex Bozikovic Goose Lane Editions, March 22 Theatres, hotels and industrial plants from St. John’s to Victoria come to life again in this...
THIS NEXT ONE GOES OUT TO . . .
For Martha Wainwright, music has always been the family business. Daughter to Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, sister to Rufus Wainwright and niece to Anna McGarrigle—all prominent singer-...
IF I WERE A RICH KID
We think of generational wealth as stocks and bonds and trust funds. Can it also include pots and pans? Last fall, Kennedy Cooper (@kennedyt-cooper) set alight a vehement debate when they tweeted: “...
PROBLEM PUPPIES
All those dogs Canadians adopted during the pandemic? They’re a little undersocialized now. “I’m not taking him if he’s this anx-ious,” said a potential puppy-sitter we found on Rover, an Airbnb-style...
ABANDONWARE
Video gamers who prize the classic versions of vintage games like Frogger or Pong—complete with original colour schemes, theme music and pixellated graphics—have a problem: modern systems don’t...
THE HAPPY BLUES
The colour blue is associated with nearly every human emotion. These days, it stands for a fresh start. Think of the colour blue. What do you see? The endless azure of a tropical ocean? The crisp blue...
DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW
I have loved and loathed you, but I couldn’t imagine what it would be like for our family to lose you, writes Charlotte Beck Your brother, my husband, called to tell me that your plane had gone down...
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