Amanda Shendruk

How five media outlets harnessed digital tools, data—and even video games—to make sense of the horrific Orlando shooting

Confused by all the proposals on the table? We break down the current system and four popular alternatives.

As Fort McMurray residents begin to return, a look at what the fire looks like now—and superimposed over other Canadian and international cities

See if you can spot more subtle differences

Maclean’s is using the latest data to track the growth of the Fort McMurray fire and to see what it looks like when superimposed on maps of other cities

In any given year, Alberta experiences between 1,000 and 1,700 forest fires. Consider the scope of the current devastation

Each week MP Kevin Lamoureux sets up office in McDonald’s — to aid constituents in a pickle, to listen if they have a beef

Amanda Shendruk whittles down a mind-boggling electoral process to just the basics

Even the phrase ’balanced budget’ appears more in the budget than ’deficit’—the document’s reality. Charting out the words the Liberals thought mattered more

Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s most recent fiscal update painted an ever-gloomier picture—one of slowing growth, and bigger deficits