Snowboarder Laurie Blouin’s secret weapon: The music of Shania Twain
In Beijing, Blouin will draw on two decades of hard work and hard knocks. That and the lyrics of a certain country song.
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Seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown are battling poverty and racism to put food on the table
How a community program is knocking down barriers and feeding seniors
The world left these Afghan women behind. Now they’re fending for themselves.
Educated in a Canadian-funded school, they became Afghanistan’s best and brightest young women. Today they live in fear, abandoned to the Taliban.
Want to get in on Canadian real estate? Welcome to the down-payment hustle.
Insane house prices and rising inequality are leaving anyone without an account at the bank of mom and dad behind
Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.
Up to half a million Canadians are suffering from debilitating symptoms of long COVID—and falling through the cracks of a depleted health-care system
Kathleen Wynne on her political downfall and the private advice she gave Doug Ford
The former premier of Ontario talks with Paul Wells about her tumultuous legacy, grappling with the province’s anger, and life after politics
Tanya Talaga is telling the stories Canada needs to hear
The journalist and author is transforming how Canada sees its past—and how Indigenous people see their future
Autumn Peltier on youth activism, challenging Trudeau, and a future in politics
The 17-year-old climate activist spoke with Marie-Danielle Smith about working towards change, confronting Trudeau at 12 years old and what she’s focused on now
How Canada earned the world’s respect
The Canadian Army was created from almost nothing. Training, leadership and grit made it indispensable to the effort to win the First World War.
Jagmeet Singh on relentless optimism and what’s next for the NDP
He talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about a disappointing election result, how to create an inclusive Parliament—and when to say ‘chardi kala’