OttawaWhat is Canada’s reputation, really?Paul Wells on the impact of foreign policy on our reputation, and Canadians’ outsize sense of anxiety about how the world sees us
CanadaThe centre of controversy: Where is Canada’s middle?It should be an easy question: What’s Canada’s geographic centre? But groups in Manitoba and Nunavut say they’re right.
SocietyWhat ’Going Clear’ means for the decline of ScientologyHBO’s documentary about Scientology finally crosses the border into Canada. What does it say about the Church’s future?
EconomyBest Buy says bye-bye to Future ShopAs Future Shop vanishes from the retail landscape, the decision by its founder to sell the chain to Best Buy in 2001 looks smarter than ever
CanadaCanada’s race problem? It’s even worse than America’s.For a country so self-satisfied with its image of progressive tolerance, how is this not a national crisis?
CanadaMove over, mushers: A battle brews over sled dog parking in IqaluitA plan to take away Iqaluit’s only prime sled dog lot has mushers up in arms and fearing for their future
OttawaWhy MPs come and go in Ottawa At least 41 MPs are poised to step away when the federal election is called. Aaron Wherry considers what this means to our quality of government.
CanadaThe Interview: Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan Deborah LyonsAmbassador Deborah Lyons on corruption and investment in Afghanistan, the country’s new president, and critics who dismiss Canada’s military effort there
BusinessWhy Target missed its mark so badlyChris Sorensen on how its high-speed rollout—and, ironically, our love for the brand—doomed Target’s northern expansion
CanadaThe Quebec nationalist who designed Canada’s flagFifty years later, Jacques St-Cyr—who designed that single-leaf concept and now national icon—may finally get his due