CanadaFor longshot cities, bidding on Amazon HQ was never really about AmazonLaugh if you wish at Winnipeg and Hamilton, but they got everything they could ask from a continent-wide beauty contest
CanadaIn Winnipeg libraries, drag queens get loudAt ’Read by Queens,’ kids take in storytime from drag queens in public libraries, part of a wider trend in exploring gender and individuality
CanadaIn Emerson, Man., asylum-seekers find love and fearThe local reeve calls them ’criminals.’ But other Canadians just want to help those who’ve risked their lives fleeing Donald Trump’s America
NewsOn crime, Winnipeg achieves a minor miracleOnce near the top of Canada’s Most Dangerous Cities list, Winnipeg is now at No. 19
PoliticsLiberals won. Now what? The gap between pomp and policyFresh from a policy convention, the exuberant Liberals must make real change in Ottawa. Can they do it?
BooksThe troubled life of Canadian outlaw Daniel WolfeJoe Friesen tells the story of the founder of Indian Posse, Canada’s largest street gang
OttawaKevin Lamoureux: Winnipeg’s golden (arches) boyEach week MP Kevin Lamoureux sets up office in McDonald’s — to aid constituents in a pickle, to listen if they have a beef
EducationHelping French students get a jump on trades trainingA new partnership gives French students a head start
OttawaLloyd Axworthy on politics, Winnipeg and the worldJohn Geddes in conversation with Lloyd Axworthy, the Maclean’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner about his long, winding career
CanadaWinnipeg a leader in fixing Canada’s racism problemOne year ago, Maclean’s dubbed Winnipeg arguably ’Canada’s most racist city.’ It’s fast becoming a capital of reconciliation.