Justin Trudeau: A pugilist comes to fight
Amid obvious boxing imagery, score #macdebate as a decision for Justin Trudeau—if only because it wasn’t a decisive loss.
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Charlie Gillis
Charlie Gillis is Maclean’s managing editor (national). He’s a winner of gold and silver National Magazine Awards, and his bosses once forgot about him after sending him to cover the climbing season at Mount Everest.
A coup De Grasse for Canada’s homegrown sprinter
The Toronto-area sprinter comes through at the Pan Am Games. And he’s just getting started.
Are train companies railroading Canadian communities?
Towns and cities across Canada are taking on powerful train companies over everything from speed to belligerence
Andre De Grasse: From beginner to winner in just three years
Andre De Grasse took up sprinting only a few years ago. But he heads into the Pan Am Games as one of the world’s fastest men.
The little court case that turned into a tire fire for the RCMP
Inside an Ontario courtroom, a seemingly inconsequential trial is getting bigger as the months roll by. So are its consequences.
Ottawa moves to stop genetic discrimination
Peter MacKay is trying to confront a 21st century issue, but when it comes to laws protecting DNA information, Canada’s still a wild frontier
Will Peter MacKay return? Can he?
Charlie Gillis on the risks and rewards of time spent on the sidelines
A troubling inconsistency at the Merrifield RCMP trial
Charlie Gillis on the latest from the civil trial of Sgt. Peter Merrifield
He’s fired. Who’s next?
From 2015: Sexist buffoonery cost Shawn Simoes his job. But you could lose yours for a lot less. Welcome to the creeping corporate takeover of our private lives.
FHRITP: When Twitter shaming works
Social media helped create FHRITP. If it can kill this monster, so much the better.