BooksThe Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of Aug 18The hottest titles in both fiction and non-fiction
BooksQ&A: Margaret Atwood on free will, safety and modern romanceIn conversation with Margaret Atwood on freedom vs. security, government spying and her new novel, The Heart Goes Last
CanadaWhy do we still put young people in solitary confinement?A new Ontario report shows how isolation for jailed youth can be dehumanizing and riddled with legal violations. How do we fix it?
PoliticsElection 2015: The unruly electorateAttendees to one of the Prime Minister’s election events loudly suggest that he be asked different questions
ScienceThe Maclean’s Space Issue: Choose your favourite coverCol. Chris Hadfield—the guest editor of our special space issue—picked this week’s cover. See if your choice matches what the spaceman chose
WorldFor some, Kos is a holiday island. For Syrian refugees, it’s a waiting room.On the small Greek island of Kos, a wave of desperate migrants were met by European sunbathers, weary locals and totally unprepared officials
OttawaWhat did Ray know? An explosive day in the Mike Duffy trialNicholas Köhler on a wild day from Courtroom 33, where Nigel Wright was pressed on how much Ray Novak, the PMO’s current chief of staff, knew
OttawaThe circle closes in around PMO chief of staff Ray NovakThe reported memory of one former PMO advisor suggests another chief of staff to the Prime Minister, Ray Novak, knew about a payment to Mike Duffy
UniversityThe acrimony and enigma of Arvind Gupta’s exit from UBCHow the sudden resignation of UBC’s president has widened into an ugly faculty revolt and PR disaster
OttawaNDP out in front, but pollster sees lots of room for change’When people start to really think about the options, does the NDP land as favourably?’