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What ’the blob’ tells us about ocean warming
Richard Dewey on how ‘the blob’ in the Pacific disrupted weather and offers a terrifying glimpse at the effect of climate change
Nancy Macdonald
Nancy Macdonald writes primarily for Maclean’s national section. The transplanted Winnipegger now calls Vancouver home and spends her off-hours chasing her spirited toddler.
Education
Required reading: Making Indigenous classes mandatory
At Lakehead University and the University of Winnipeg, students must take a course in Indigenous courses to graduate
Books
How the killing of Yitzhak Rabin changed Israel
Dan Ephron, Newsweek’s former Jerusalem bureau chief, delivers the finest impact statement on PM Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination to date with ’Killing a King’
Ottawa
The Indigenous vote was huge. Now, so are the expectations.
With many Indigenous voters newly engaged, Justin Trudeau risks looking hypocritical if he follows in the footsteps of previous Liberal leaders
Canada
Rescuers from Ahousaht tracked single flare to the chaos of the capsize
How a group of fisherman prevented a far worse tragedy when disaster hit Tofino’s whale watching boat, Leviathan II
Ottawa
Liberals win symbolic victories in Western Canada
They’re not the West’s best. But the Liberals scored big Prairie wins, anyway.
Canada
Trudeau tours Western Canada with his final pitch
Bold victory lap or hubristic endgame? Time will tell
Ottawa
Why the Tories’ niqab gambit is flopping in B.C.
Nancy Macdonald reports on a two-way race that is now between the Liberals and the NDP
Ottawa
Can the NDP be first place for First Nations?
With 22 Indigenous candidates, and a fully-costed platform, the NDP is hoping to turn Aboriginal voters away from the Liberals
Ottawa
An ice-cold riding in Manitoba turns into a hot electoral fight
A rising Indigenous leader talking about Manitoba’s toughest issues is taking on the NDP in what should have been among its safest seats