Meet the great-great-great-great-granddaughters of Confederation
From a teen with a Céline Dion connection to a skiing daredevil, Meagan Campbell meets the descendants of Canada’s founders
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The foul cynicism of Christy Clark’s speech from the throne
Why the doomed B.C. Liberals’ Throne Speech—gruesomely stitched together from the platforms of the party’s rivals—was insidious and dangerous
Advancing women’s equality could mean a windfall for all Canadians
Addressing Canada’s largest gender gaps could be worth $150 billion to Canada’s GDP by 2026. Here’s how it could happen.
The story of Danica Rain’s pioneering gender-confirmation surgery
In 2016 CityNews journalist Cynthia Mulligan documented Rain’s journey to Thailand for the surgery, the first time it was covered in that country by OHIP
Why our spoons will soon play music and we’ll eat bugs with our hands
The new science of ’gastrophysics’ studies how and why we eat, and is already starting to overhaul the way we dine
What ever happened to Vox Pop Labs’ $600,000 Canada 150 survey?
The company behind MyDemocracy.ca and Vote Compass was supposed to launch a massive survey ahead of Canada Day. That’s not going to happen.
What Trudeau says his government has achieved in 2017 so far, annotated
From the politics of marijuana, to moving beyond talk on First Nations, big policy challenges remain
Canadian content at Bill Cosby’s trial: Why it mattered
From Roots to Canadian drug laws, references to this country reminded onlookers that the complainant was not American. Did Andrea Constand’s nationality insulate her from the forces that kept other accusers silent?
A ’different level’ of military sniper
A former sniper and world record holder explains why Canadian snipers continue to excel on the battlefield
Canada is seen as a global human rights beacon—but not so much, at home
As Canada works to protect human rights in the world, we have to acknowledge the failures at home, even as we fete Canada 150