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.

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How we ranked Canada’s most dangerous places

The national crime rate has crept up, and some communities have a much bigger problem than others

Coal Harbour action, Vancouver, Canada.

Yachts versus rowers: In Vancouver this is class warfare

Another piece of the city’s soul is at stake, say rowers, in a proposal to expand the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club

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Vancouver’s koi have looked into the face of death. It has beady eyes.

The marauding river otter has returned, touching off an oh-so-Vancouver frenzy of joy, profiteering and cultural conflict

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