Editor's Picks

Paul Wells: What would English Canada’s most-read columnist have said about the Prime Minister’s current predicament? Everything, and nothing.

The Maclean’s icon who shook Canadian politics and media with a blast of post-’60s insouciance has died. He defined acerbic wit, but couldn’t hide how deeply he cared about his country.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey: ’Jughead’ was a racist insult thrown at Singh as a kid. Whatever the Sock’s intention, his premise is flawed. Jughead Jones is brilliant.

Scientists are studying a strain of translucent, one-eyed zooplankton that comes out at night. "When you look at live ones under a microscope, they can spin their eye to look at you. You’d think the organism is possessed.”

Politics Insider for Aug. 18: The Trudeau-Morneau saga reaches its logical conclusion, New Brunswickers will vote on Sept. 14 and can anyone benefit from the Liberal polling lead?

Sahil Gupta: As a society, we need to move beyond the Band-Aid response of wellness checks. The first step is a humane approach with mental health teams.

Paul Wells: The PM is permitting his finance minister—the supposed incarnation of his government’s fiscal credibility—to be set up. It does not bode well.

Lynt Harris was in Surrey, B.C., and Julie Arps was in Ferndale, Wash. They met online while the border was closed, having to find an international loophole just to hold hands and hug.

Melanie Williams’s son was born with Down syndrome. Isolation and social distancing are experiences he faces in his everyday life.

Philippe J. Fournier: The Liberals have returned to earth, but neither the Conservatives nor the NDP are profiting from it. Can a new CPC leader move the needle?