winter

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, writes Tabatha Southey—but it lacks the pure surprise and joy of a good old-fashioned snow day

December should be cold in the east and warm in the west—but February could be a different story

Canada is photogenic, and we want you to help prove it. Submit your photos to Maclean’s contest and find your latest assignments

More snow has fallen in Vancouver than in some of Canada’s coldest cities, not that those in the rest of the country have much pity for Lotusland

Scott Feschuk lived through Ottawa’s largest one-day snowfall in a century. Here’s what he learned.

A cutting-edge nano-material could melt away snow and ice from planes, if the technology can get off the ground

As the popularity of snowmobiling grows, so does the tally of gruesome deaths and accidents

Canada used to pride itself on being the land of ice and snow. Now we avoid the outdoors—even when it’s not all that cold.

February brought record-breaking levels of snow and cold, butwinter is, for Canadians, simply a time to get on with the day

When musicians improvise with ice instruments alfresco, anything can happen