PEST CONTROL
How Canada’s Cities Got So Repulsively Ratty
Canadians are in an all-out war with rats for dominion over our urban centres. It’s time to take them back.
EDUCATION
Structured Literacy Will Upend Canadian Education
Canadian students have struggled to read and write. That stops this year.
IMMIGRATION
Can Trumpugees Move to Canada?
Immigration lawyer Ryan Rosenberg breaks down what it takes for Americans to head north
MY ARRIVAL
“How I Learned English—From ChatGPT.”
AI isn’t perfect, but it helps me write complex emails and understand Canadian culture
TRANSIT
Want to Ease the Housing Crisis? Build High-Speed Rail.
These trains will slash commute times and make affordable homes more accessible
DRUG DISCOVERY
An Ontario Startup Is Fighting Superbugs With AI
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are overpowering existing treatments. One Hamilton-based lab is using medical AI to fight back.
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Real Estate
Canada’s Best Affordable Places to Live
Ten cities on the rise where you can still buy a house for less than $700,000
IMMIGRATION
These International Students Wanted Citizenship. Canada Killed That Dream.
As Canada tries to staunch an overflow of temporary immigration,
tens of thousands of international students and recent grads may
be forced to leave the country. Here are their stories.
MONEY
The Jackpot Generation
Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time,
as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids.
How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country.
KIDS AND TECH
Schools vs. Screens
This fall, provinces from coast to coast confidently announced that they were banning phones in the classroom. It’s not going well.
Society
An extensively researched ranking of the country’s wealthiest grocers, tech giants, developers, investors and other mega moguls
PHOTO ESSAY
Behind the Northwest Coast’s Ferociously Feminist Masks
A new exhibit spotlights 80 years of carving by Indigenous women from the Northwest Coast
QUEBEC'S BILL 21
Quebec’s Secularism Laws Are About Control, Not Freedom
My teaching career ended because I chose to keep my hijab
GRIEF
My Weekend at Sad Camp
An exclusive California grief retreat helped me wrestle with my mother’s death. The lessons incubated there could change how Canada mourns.
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025
The Indigenous Economy Is About to Take Off
Reconciliation is becoming Canada’s biggest business story—and its greatest economic opportunity
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Environment
Tourism at the End of the World
Canada is one of the world’s hottest destinations for travellers who want to see vanishing places before they’re gone. But is the last-chance tourism trend just accelerating their decline?
BIG IDEA
Want More Babies? Fix Parental Leave.
Canada’s birth rate is dropping, and the cost of living is partly to blame. A more supportive leave plan would make parenthood more affordable.
POLY PARENTHOOD
Who Gets to Be A Parent?
With the rise of polyamory, families with three or more parents are an increasingly common reality. Canadian laws are struggling to catch up.
FOOD
On the Poutine Trail with my Dad
How a road trip in search of Canada’s first poutine revealed a new side to Quebec—and brought a father and son together
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025
Cutting the Carbon Tax Will Cost Canada in the Long Run
Pierre Poilievre wants to scrap Canada’s most effective climate policy. It’s a bad idea.
Health
Need a Family Doctor? Jane Philpott Can Help.
Canada’s former health minister is diving back into politics to get every Ontarian a primary care provider within five years. Now comes the hard part.
REAL ESTATE
Real Estate
Inside an Antiques Collector’s Century-Old New Brunswick Home
Wren Silverii documented her journey from Ottawa to Rothesay for her 63,000 Instagram followers
THE BUILDING
A Spa With a View
A new outdoor expansion at Quebec’s Balnea Spa is an eco-friendly hideout for the winter-getaway crowd
REAL ESTATE MATCHMAKING
Why More Canadians Are Co-Owning Homes With Strangers
Home prices are increasingly unattainable. One Vancouver realtor plays matchmaker to people who want to buy properties together.
THE BUILDING
A Look Inside the School of the Future
École de l’Étincelle in Saguenay, Quebec takes architectural inspiration from innovative schools in Denmark, Japan and Finland
Society
“I’d racked up credit bills, student loans and a line of credit. How a life on wheels helped me get back on track.”
EDUCATION
COLLEGE GUIDE
The Ultimate Guide to Canadian Colleges
Canada is facing a shortage of skilled workers. This guide includes everything a student needs to know to train for an in-demand career.
COLLEGE GUIDE
My Journey from Sheridan College to Pixar’s Inside Out 2
"My advice to students: keep grinding away and that will lead to success. If I can get here, anyone can."
COLLEGE GUIDE
How College Changed My Life
Three recent grads share how they found work they love by going to college
FROM OUR PARTNERS
From Adversity to Opportunity: A Conversation with Bobbie Racette and Sasha Krstic
“I thought, ‘If I’m struggling this much, there are almost certainly other people out there like me who are also struggling, and I want to change that.’”
Building Canada’s AI-Ready Workforce
Google Canada’s Economic Impact report by Public First suggests Canadians are ready to embrace AI–here’s how they’re supporting the cause.
Choosing a Smoke-Free Life
The will to quit: sharing one personal quitting journey to inspire others with similar goals.
CANADA'S GROWING PAINS
How Charlottetown Became an Immigration Boom Town
For more than half a decade, Charlottetown has sustained the highest immigration rates in Canada. The influx has saved P.E.I. from demographic oblivion—and made it a case study in the perils of ultra-rapid growth.
Longforms
The Great Airbnb Crackdown
Last year, a massive blaze consumed several illegal Airbnb units in Montreal and killed seven people. The tragedy shone a harsh light on the Wild West of Airbnb in Canadian cities—and the battle to regulate it has just begun.
Longforms
The Incel Terrorist
Oguzhan Sert was 17 when he walked into a Toronto massage parlour and killed an employee with a sword. The Crown argued the attack wasn’t just murder, but an act of terror against women. The hard part would be proving it.
Politics
Quebec’s New French Revolution
When I moved to Montreal, it was a vibrant, multilingual metropolis. Now François Legault is waging war on English and on the cosmopolitanism that makes it Canada’s greatest city.
Society
A Killer Among Them
In the spring of 2022, four women went missing within the same few blocks in downtown Winnipeg. This spring, the man accused of their murders will go on trial. So will the city they all called home.
Longforms
The Rise of the One-and-Done Family
Many Canadian couples are having just one kid. Why a declining birth rate spells trouble for the country’s future.
Society
How one Canadian tech millionaire built a tiny-home community
Marcel LeBrun made millions as a software tycoon, then funnelled his fortune into 12 Neighbours, a planned community of 99 affordable tiny homes in Fredericton. For the city’s unhoused, it’s a chance to turn their luck around.
Longforms
The DNA Detective
RCMP officer Dean Lerat, a member of Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, found many of his long-lost relatives using a DNA-testing kit. Now he helps others connect with their own families, fragmented by colonialism. The results tell the story of a whole nation.
Longforms
The False Prophet of Edmonton
In a suburban industrial park, John de Ruiter built up a spiritual movement, mashing up Christian theology and New Age mysticism. Today, eight former followers claim he brainwashed them into sex. The case against him will test the boundaries of consent.
Society
Revenge of the Renter
Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it’s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war
Longforms
The Rise and Fall of a Chinese-Canadian Pop Star
Kris Wu, an ordinary kid from Vancouver, transformed into one of China’s biggest celebrities, with chart-topping albums, movie roles and lucrative brand partnerships. Then a series of social media accusations brought him down.
Politics
The Unsteady Reign of Danielle Smith
Alberta’s premier rode into office declaring war on the federal government—and won by a tiny margin. Can she keep her rebellious rural base happy, without sparking a national crisis?
Real Estate
The Battle for a Prince Edward Island Beach
A Toronto millionaire wanted to build a beachfront mega-cottage on a remote stretch of Prince Edward Island’s pristine north shore. Then the locals got wind of it.