PodcastMaclean’s on the Hill: Parliament confronts doctor-assisted deathAn audio briefing on a week in politics from the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau
EducationOntario’s ’free tuition’ promise doesn’t add upProvincial government claims average university tuition in Ontario costs $6,160. Statistics Canada says it’s $7,868.
Need to knowThink you’re a trivia champ? Try our Quiz, and take on our GeniusThis week on the Maclean’s Quiz, we tested Peter Dyakowski on everything from federal politics to sports. Can you beat his 80 per cent?
OttawaSpring training hits Ottawa: Conservative hopefuls warm upFollow along with speedy punditry on ’Woodstock for Conservatives’ and doctor-assisted death
Society’The most fiercely protracted battle this earth had ever seen’The year 1916 marked the point of no return in the First World War. A look at the titanic French-German struggle at Verdun
EducationCanine comfort: Why schools are offering wellness dogsThe success of animals in hospitals and old-age homes led one college to add a wellness pet of its own
LifeSnow shovelling is a classic Canadian ritual. Here’s how not to do it.Scott Feschuk lived through Ottawa’s largest one-day snowfall in a century. Here’s what he learned.
PoliticsAustralia’s ranked ballot holds grim lesson for electoral reformIs anyone in Canada really ready for the Motoring Enthusiast Party?
LifeWhy curling rocks: A culture of support for its mothersA brief brouhaha over breastfeeding access for female curlers at the Scotties highlights just how rare such outrages are in the sport
OttawaMurray Rankin on assisted dying’s trickier questionsMurray Rankin discusses a new report from a special committee of MPs and senators on physician-assisted dying