Need to knowTalking points: On deals made and being afraidSpeed read the news with our Talking Points round-up—our short takes on the week’s news—and sound like the smartest person in the room.
SocietyWill and Kate use star power to talk youth mental healthHow the royals are bringing pressing youth mental health issues to centre stage, one dorky headband at a time
BusinessIn a bid to save itself, BlackBerry to stop making BlackBerrysThe end of physical-phone manufacturing seems like doomsday for the Waterloo, Ont. company—but it may just pay off
PoliticsJason Kenney on life after Ottawa and uniting Alberta’s rightIn conversation with Alberta PC leadership hopeful Jason Kenney
SocietyHow Prince George’s high-five refusal might be changing heartsPrince George refused Justin Trudeau’s high-five and won some Canadians over. Next up: slaying republicanism?
SocietyHigh Country Inn: ’Will and Kate slept here’Prince William and Kate Middleton scored the ’Premium King Jacuzzi’ room at this remote, three-star hotel
PoliticsLiberals face chilly times aheadThe sunny summer is over. Fall has arrived for the Liberal Party, writes Evan Solomon.
EconomyLiberals balance the economics and politics of energy projectsAs the federal Liberals approve a liquid natural gas project in B.C. and get serious about establishing a national carbon price, Evan Solomon on the political and economic questions that remain.
BooksThe Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of Sept. 27Louise Penny remains on top of our fiction list—but a new entrant, Jennifer Welsh, has claimed the #1 spot in non-fiction
SocietyLast call at Le Mas50 years of luxurious lunches at Le Mas for the who’s who of Montreal come to an end