Cornwall’s garlic festival goes on despite anti-migrant sentiment
The influx of asylum-seekers pits hostile residents and vendors against organizers fighting for tolerance
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Meagan Campbell
Meagan Campbell is based at the Ottawa bureau, where she writes about politics and the people behind it. In the past, she’s worked with The Atlantic Monthly, The Spectator (U.K.) and CBC Radio. She’ll always be from Charlottetown.
Why Ottawa has its hands on your sunblock
Sunscreen in Canada is regulated like a drug, and critics say it’s a policy overdue for a change.
Why now is better than never for migrants in Montreal
Many of the Haitians fleeing the U.S. don’t expect to win refugee status, but they will find a temporary safe haven in a welcoming city
How Indigenous people in Canada are reclaiming lacrosse
A game played by professionals and athletes at elite universities is making a grassroots comeback among those who invented it
The little monks of Little Sands
Eager for immigration, P.E.I. changed its education laws allowing children to train as Buddhist monks
The science and logistics of battling B.C.’s wildfires
With hundreds of fires and thousands of people to fight them, the crisis in B.C. demands cutting-edge methods and choreographic planning
B.C. wildfires: The race to save farm animals from the flames
People are risking life and limb to safeguard livestock, which are an economic engine in central B.C.
How Alberta First Nations played host to a global sporting event
The World Indigenous Games—an idea long in coming—took place on the home territory of the man who first imagined them
Are hybrid super-ticks breeding in Canada?
The Lone Star tick, which can make you allergic to red meat, is getting lots of ink. But a greater threat could be procreating right here in Canada.
Canada’s beaver problem
Beaver populations are making a post-fur trade resurgence, causing lots of trouble and a few cases of panic