Society

Before You Go: Madelaine Sumner watches her 90-year-old grandfather build a bird feeder for a hospital garden. It’s one of many acts that prove he doesn’t live up to his nickname.

Sarmishta Subramanian: The solution to inequality is making public systems the best they can be. Why is the Ford government doing the complete opposite?

In the age of Instagram, 3D ultrasounds fit seamlessly among adorable pregnancy and birth announcements—most of the time

The 30-year-old Québécois director has made eight films in 10 years. He may have outgrown the ’wunderkind’ label, but he’s got plenty of time to reboot his career.

Voters have long been unmoved by scientists’ dire climate predictions, but fires, floods and other catastrophic weather events might cause a shift.

Liu, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, talks to Paul Wells about fighting Ebola, coming under attack in Syria and the troubling treatment of migrants

We asked stylist and creative director Susie Sheffman to talk about Dion’s style renaissance—and reflect on some of her most striking looks over the years

The Quebec singing sensation shot to incredible fame at a time when critics were praising edgy aloofness. Are we now finally strong enough to reckon with her theme of love?

From rotisserie chicken to the plop, plop, fizz, fizz of a dissolving multi-vitamin, Canada’s greatest songstress has lent her voice or name to just about everything

Author Carl Wilson on how Dion went from love-or-hate figure to a uniting presence who radiates newfound confidence