BooksMust-read books for May: saints, soldiers and social mediaBooks to read this month: a new history of Russia’s obsession with war, a modern-day Thoreau pens a social media anti-manifesto, and more
BooksThe Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of Nov. 22Madeleine Thien and Peter Wohlleben continue to sit atop our bestsellers list in fiction and non-fiction
CultureFrom the archives: Horse meat—it’s like eating your dog!Or as fans say, like eating cotton candy
BooksThis is the new ’brain belt’Cities in the economically depressed rust belt of North America are reinventing themselves with new technology
CanadaPolice blotter: one very bad driver, and a prisoner breakA roundup of odd police reports from across the country
OttawaMembers’ statements intriguePeter Goldring thinks the Conservatives were trying to mock him with a members’ statement. A preliminary hearing into the charges...
GeneralSuspect sought in gruesome body parts caseMontreal police say they’re looking for a low-level porn star in connection with the dismembered body case we reported earlier...
MoviesThe documentaries of tortured artistsA slew of new films at Hot Docs focus on pushing the boundaries of the creative process
LifeTiny country, big people: Why the Dutch tower over us allHow a small country became a land of big people in stunningly short order