Posts by Marie-Danielle Smith

Independent Member of Parliament (and author) Jody Wilson-Raybould in her Confederation Building office in Ottawa on Aug. 4, 2021. (Photograph by Blair Gable; Hair and makeup by Marianne Moore/One Fine Beauty)

Jody Wilson-Raybould on Ottawa’s power problem

The former justice minister talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about her memoir, why she left Parliament—and how more free thinkers can change things

Shirley Brooks-Jones, 2021 (Photograph by Maddie McGarvey; Mural photograph: Courtesy of the town of Gander )

Canada

After being stranded on 9/11, Shirley Brooks-Jones gave back

Brooks-Jones started a fund for students in a small town in Newfoundland after a local Lions Club looked out for her—leading to lifelong friendships and Broadway

Digital generated image of abstract futuristic buildings with vertical gardens and speed train in between. (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Culture

‘Solarpunk’: The word of the month

The term to add to your vocabulary this month is all about a utopian future

Getting dressed. (Illustration by Marie-Danielle Smith)

Life

Memos from the before time: How to get dressed, have small talk and enjoy happy hour

We’re all pandemic zombies who have forgotten how to interact. Here are some handy survival tips.

Murray Sinclair (Photograph by Skye Spence)

Canada

Murray Sinclair on reconciliation, anger, unmarked graves—and a headline for this story

The retired senator and Indigenous jurist talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about colonial systems, the legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald and the role of the new governor general

(Courtesy of the Tweed and Area Heritage Centre)

Business

A once-bustling Greyhound rest stop sits empty. It’s a relic of a bygone era.

The Log Cabin Restaurant, an empty way station where you could stretch your legs and feed the caged bears, symbolizes the end of the bus line age in Canada

Canada

The war inside the Canadian Armed Forces

In the wake of multiple exits by senior leaders after untested allegations of misconduct, fixing its badly broken justice system is now the most important mission facing the beleaguered military

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Health

One mother’s human-rights victory over hardline COVID restrictions

Her son has an intellectual disability and needed to see, hear and touch his parents. But rigid interpretation of public health measures kept them apart.

O’Toole’s attempts to rebrand the ‘big blue tent’ have had pushback from the party’s base (Darren Calabrese/CP)

Canada

The Conservative Party is at odds with itself. Can O’Toole pull it together?

While the inner circle has faith in Erin O’Toole, regional and ideological schisms pose a growing threat

Listowel, ON (Photograph by Jalani Morgan)

Canada

A battle of wits broke out in this Ontario town. Welcome to the sign wars.

The quirky town that inspired Canadian TV show ’Letterkenny’ went all-in on witty public one-liners, bringing laughs and joy to residents during lockdown

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