Shannon Proudfoot

Shannon Proudfoot is an Ottawa-based writer covering politics and public policy for Maclean's. She loves writing people-focused narratives and bringing academic research into real life. She believes The Golden Girls is the greatest television show ever made.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party reacts with supporters, following the result of the EU referendum, in London

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After Brexit, who could be next to bolt?

The EU’s handling of the immigration file has stoked resentment of the union across the continent

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A promise to Jo Cox: ’This doesn’t end here’

Friends, family, co-workers and strangers vow to pick up British lawmaker’s fight for more civility and grace in politics

Gordie Roberts (left) and Gordie Howe (centre). (Hockey Hall of Fame)

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Gordie Roberts remembers his namesake’s sheer endurance

His brothers named him after Mr. Hockey. Years later, he faced off against—and then played with—the elder Gordie

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The goalie who gave up Gordie Howe’s 1000th goal

John Garrett’s moment on the wrong side of history came in 1977, when the New England Whalers played his Birmingham Bulls

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The biggest class photo in Parliament Hill’s history

It took 10 minutes, but dozens of parliamentarians stood still as they marked 150 years of governing on Parliament Hill

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A CMA doctor on the burdens and ethics of assisted death

A Q&A with Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of medical professionalism at the Canadian Medical Association, about assisted death’s burden on physicians