Coronavirus is already taking a toll on Canada’s front-line health-care workers
The unsung heroes of the battle against COVID-19 work gruelling hours while placing themselves in danger. Then they’re forced to isolation and—in some cases—shunned.
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Marie-Danielle Smith
Marie-Danielle Smith is an Ottawa-based writer for Maclean’s, hunting whimsy and wonkery on Parliament Hill. She has filed from faraway cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels and Winnipeg. She peddles pun-ditry.
In the battle over Hong Kong, the surveillance state knows no boundaries
There is a proxy war happening in Vancouver over Hong Kong and activists say that not only are they being watched, but pro-Beijing provocateurs are trying to intimidate them
You can buy a $98 Daryl Hannah-themed hot chocolate in Vancouver
Time was, the drink seemed decadent all on its own. A West Coast festival has changed that.
In denial about the Doomsday Clock? You’re not alone.
There’s something deeply untrustworthy about a clock that always reads past 11:30 p.m.
A backyard pigeon ban that goes to the heart of good government
A North Vancouver bylaw affects only one property known to harbour pet pigeons—and it’s next door to the councillor who wanted the rule
Inside the corrosive new generational blame game
The generational divide is society’s new battleground, pitting boomers against millennials and everyone in between. Who’s really to blame?
Scott Reid’s confession, and the dream of honesty in politics
Marie-Danielle Smith: The Tory MP is sorry he lied to me—and to Parliament. Let’s not waste his moment of truth.
Maclean’s online yuletide fireplace rankings
Yep, we reviewed the web’s inventory of faux hearths. Just for you.
The safest—and maybe most honest—places to live in Canada
From Petawawa, Peterborough and LaSalle, Ont., to Rothesay and Quispamsis, N.B., here are the places with the least amount of crime in the country
If Baby Yoda can’t save the universe then no one can
Marie-Danielle Smith: Disney has achieved peak cute with an infant—okay, 50-year-old—member of the beloved Jedi master’s species