OttawaHugh Segal on the importance of Peter MacKayWith his roots in the hard-scrabble of rural Nova Scotia politics, he was key in creating a Conservative party with Red Tory voices intact
OttawaPeter MacKay and the waning Progressive ConservativesThe PC story may be drawing to a close, but that of the federal Conservatives is still being written, writes Aaron Wherry
OttawaExit Peter MacKay, stage centre-rightHe helped form the modern Conservative Party. He leaves a slim legacy. Paul Wells writes from Ottawa.
OttawaThe many battle scars of Peter MacKayWhat to make of the MP’s 18-year career? Here’s Ottawa bureau chief John Geddes on the impact player on the PM’s roster
PodcastThe Thrill: Talking nostalgia with Prozzak, and feminist filmsMaclean’s pop-culture podcast takes on nostalgia’s reign in pop culture with James Bryan of 2000s pop band Prozzak, and more!
PodcastThe Bibliopod: The literary community’s cronyism problemThis week we take on the debate over whether literature’s cozy community is a problem with reviews, and much more
TechnologyThese cars drive themselves! (Minus the ’drive themselves’ bit.)Scott Feschuk is bemused about the future of driving: So we get all the responsibility of driving, and none of the fun?
OttawaIn all thy kids command: Canada’s political familiesWhile they’re not as famous (nor successful) as in the U.S., there is no shortage of political families in Canada
BooksAfter 150 years, Alice in Wonderland remains a shape-shifting tale about how we see childhoodFrom 2015: Alice’s story is still a work in progress, "a blank screen onto which we project all we want to throw at her.”
ArtsThe collage graduate: Geoffrey Farmer’s mixed-media masterpiecesMore than mere collage, Geoffrey Farmer’s odd, delightful and impossible-to-label art exhibit hits Vancouver en route to the Louvre