We are now in the ’Hundred Days’ we hope will end the pandemic
Canadians have gone through something akin to war, and the end is in sight. But history tells us the last months can be the cruelest.
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Patricia Treble
Patricia Treble is the royal specialist at Maclean’s. In addition to her interest in all things monarchical—from the Queen’s constitutional role to Kate’s flyaway hems—she writes on everything from TV, books and celebrity culture to history and sports trends.
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Vaxx Populi: Recent polling has shown 85 per cent of Canadians have either received a first vaccine dose or want to receive one. And that’s up from 76 per cent in February.
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How Alberta’s COVID-19 crisis became ’absolutely frightening’
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