Sports
Is Teqball the New Pickleball?
A pro player explains how the gravity-defying Hungarian sport took off in Canada
From Homestead to Hospice
The Gies Family Centre is Waterloo Region’s fresh answer to end-of-life care
Alex Cyr
Alex Cyr is a freelance writer from Prince Edward Island, now living in Toronto. He is a contributing editor at Maclean’s since 2023, and writes regularly for The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life, focusing on health, culture, and fascinating people.
Real Estate
Society
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.
Culture
A Small But Mighty Miniature Show
An Edmonton exhibit showcases everyday objects shrunk to dollhouse proportions
Society
The Power List: Tiff Macklem
He’s damned if he raises interest rates and damned if he doesn’t. Our central banker is the reluctant main character in Canada’s housing drama.
Society
The Power List: Marc Miller
Our top education changemaker is reining in a runaway international-student market—and making sure a Canadian degree is still worth something
Society
The Power List: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
This Olympic-bound basketball star—and our reigning sports power lister—is claiming the title of Canada’s next Great One
Culture
The Ontario photographer who shoots abandoned churches, schools and mansions
His images reveal the things we leave behind
Culture
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo is a tennis giant in the making
At 22 (and six-foot-eight), Diallo is a towering presence at the net, drawing comparisons to another Canadian upstart: Milos Raonic
Health
"It can be extremely dangerous": A microbiologist on the rise of invasive Strep A
This isn’t your average strep throat infection—in some cases, it can cause flesh-eating disease or even meningitis