How do you build an iglu that stands 20 feet tall? Very carefully.
A master iglu builder shares the secrets of his craft after raising an outsized version of the iconic structure for a community celebration in Iqaluit
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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.
These two Newfoundland towns finally have cell service after taking matters into their own hands
Like many rural locales across the country, the two communities hadn’t been a priority for big telecommunications companies. So residents fundraised to get a cell tower built.
Budget 2021: The Liberal path out of the pandemic and back to work
In the Liberals’ optimistic budget, recovery is coming. It will take extensions of key pandemic programs, plus childcare, job training, student grants and business supports.
Shipwrecks and yacht taxes: 10 things you might have missed in the federal budget
The victims of communism memorial and coding programs for kids count among the obscure or overlooked programs in line for new cash
Vaccine passports could facilitate a return to normal, says new report
Canada’s chief science advisor doesn’t recommend a specific approach, but warns that if governments don’t act soon the private sector may steam ahead
The pandemic puts Parliament’s stuffy men’s dress code to the test
To be recognized in Canada’s national legislature, men must wear a jacket and tie. New Zealand’s legislature axed that rule and has not become a den of slobs. Is it time for our own traditions to come under scrutiny?
’Asian Canadians will not be able to fight this alone’: Mary Ng on anti-Asian racism
Canada’s federal minister of small business, export promotion and international trade spoke to Maclean’s about the rise of racism against people of Asian descent during the pandemic
Vaccine passports could be our ticket to normalcy. But Canada isn’t ready.
With the scan of a code you may eventually be able to board a plane, or get into a bar. But vaccine passports are also an ethically fraught, logistical nightmare.
The real stars of this intolerable pandemic are our loving, Zoom-bombing pets
For your dog, these are the glory days. Your cat has seized every opportunity to bend you to his will. You’re merely a supporting player. They’re the main event.
Kallisha Hoyes: The grocery worker on the pandemic’s front lines
Kallisha Hoyes found her job transformed into a suddenly essential, risky role: ’Without us, no one’s eating’