http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/history-soaking-up-the-sunshine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/history-soaking-up-the-sunshine/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/history-soaking-up-the-sunshine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/history-soaking-up-the-sunshine/feed/ 0 Residents of Orillia once resented the author but now, being the inspiration for poky Mariposa is a point of pride http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/dirty-oil-vs-blood-bananas-slugfest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/dirty-oil-vs-blood-bananas-slugfest/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-%e2%80%98dirty-oil%e2%80%99-vs-%e2%80%98blood-banana%e2%80%99-slugfest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/dirty-oil-vs-blood-bananas-slugfest/feed/ 0 A battle for 'ethical' status pit Chiquita against an oil lobby with links to the Conservative government http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/what-the-saddam-tapes-reveal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/what-the-saddam-tapes-reveal/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:20:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/what-the-saddam-tapes-reveal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/what-the-saddam-tapes-reveal/feed/ 0 Edited by John Maloof, foreword by Geoff Dyer http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/on-top-of-the-world-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/on-top-of-the-world-2/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/on-top-of-the-world-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/on-top-of-the-world-2/feed/ 0 While the rest of the world sinks into despair, Canadians have never felt so upbeat about the future http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/norman-nathan-parker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/norman-nathan-parker/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:50:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/norman-nathan-parker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/norman-nathan-parker/feed/ 0 He loved the sea, women and beer. Though he never learned to swim, he gave up drinking when his son came to live with him. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/sarkozying-up-to-the-chancellor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/sarkozying-up-to-the-chancellor/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/sarkozying-up-to-the-chancellor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/sarkozying-up-to-the-chancellor/feed/ 0 How Europe’s power couple makes the unlikeliest of pairs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/review-charles-dickens-alife/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/review-charles-dickens-alife/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:20:29 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/review-charles-dickens-alife/feed/ 0 Book by Claire Tomalin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:20:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/this-changes-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/feed/ 0 Experiments show neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/welcome-to-my-yurt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/welcome-to-my-yurt/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/welcome-to-my-yurt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/welcome-to-my-yurt/feed/ 0 Sales of the circular huts are booming as they catch on with both campers and protesters alike http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/madoff-women-sound-off-on-madoff-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/madoff-women-sound-off-on-madoff-men/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/madoff-women-sound-off-on-madoff-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/madoff-women-sound-off-on-madoff-men/feed/ 0 Two enemy sisters-in-law air Bernie’s dirty laundry in duelling ‘inside’ accounts http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/made-in-china-even-then/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/made-in-china-even-then/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:35:11 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225795 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/made-in-china-even-then/feed/ 0 A mining project deep in the Yukon interior unearths a 17th-century Chinese coin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/parliamentarians-of-the-year-best-orator-john-baird/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/parliamentarians-of-the-year-best-orator-john-baird/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:28:29 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226236 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/parliamentarians-of-the-year-best-orator-john-baird/feed/ 0 As a speaker, John Baird has uncommon energy, eloquence and range http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/from-farce-to-tragedy-and-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/from-farce-to-tragedy-and-back/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:25:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/from-farce-to-tragedy-and-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/from-farce-to-tragedy-and-back/feed/ 0 A suspected overdose at an Occupy site in Vancouver is just one of many signs the movement needs to end http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/a-forgotten-war-no-more/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/a-forgotten-war-no-more/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/a-forgotten-war-no-more/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/a-forgotten-war-no-more/feed/ 0 Forty years after the Korean war, Canadians who served there finally get to share their stories http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/awake-the-lumbering-giants/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/awake-the-lumbering-giants/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:00:54 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223242 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/awake-the-lumbering-giants/feed/ 0 Infrared beams, military tracking software—how we're waking up the lumbering giants http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/giving-the-devil-a-chance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/giving-the-devil-a-chance/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:30:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/giving-the-devil-a-chance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/giving-the-devil-a-chance/feed/ 4 Craig Oliver recounts life on the Hill in 'Oliver’s Twist: The Life and Times of an Unapologetic Newshound' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/review-the-death-ray/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/review-the-death-ray/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:15:00 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/review-the-death-ray/feed/ 0 Book by Daniel Clowes http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-st-comes-to-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-st-comes-to-canada/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:25:04 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220320 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-st-comes-to-canada/feed/ 25 Protestors set up camp in a Toronto park http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:40:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/war-on-wall-street/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/feed/ 29 A new protest movement, with Canadian ties, is taking shape, and spreading http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/you-cant-fight-city-hall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/you-cant-fight-city-hall/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:30:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/you-can%e2%80%99t-fight-city-hall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/you-cant-fight-city-hall/feed/ 67 His enemies roused, his brother a liability, Canada’s toughest mayor comes undone http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/not-just-another-number/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/not-just-another-number/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:35:33 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213766 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/not-just-another-number/feed/ 2 An exclusive excerpt from 'A Matter of Principle' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/05/the-long-goodbye-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/05/the-long-goodbye-2/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:35:48 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212324 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/05/the-long-goodbye-2/feed/ 10 The charismatic NDP leader’s sudden death unleashed six days of unprecedented mourning http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/review-the-cats-table-a-novel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/review-the-cats-table-a-novel/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:02 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/review-the-cats-table-a-novel/feed/ 0 Book by Michael Ondaatje http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/review-bed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/review-bed/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:55:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210092 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/review-bed/feed/ 0 Book by David Whitehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/the-artists-neighbours/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/the-artists-neighbours/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207469 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/the-artists-neighbours/feed/ 0 Catherine Hale is having her first major show. Her neighbours wouldn’t miss it. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/murder-and-a-maritime-dynasty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/murder-and-a-maritime-dynasty/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:55:06 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205695 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/murder-and-a-maritime-dynasty/feed/ 7 The death of Dick Oland has a province worried and wondering http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/review-lovesick-japan-sex-marriage-romance-law-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/review-lovesick-japan-sex-marriage-romance-law-2/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:00:22 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/review-lovesick-japan-sex-marriage-romance-law-2/feed/ 0 Book by Mark D. West http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/newsmaker-june-23-30-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/newsmaker-june-23-30-2011/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:05:12 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199817 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/newsmaker-june-23-30-2011/feed/ 0 Michelle Obama visits Soweto, the world’s richest divorcée goes broke, and tennis’s grunting gals get called out http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/review-edith-sitwell-avant-garde-poet-english-genius/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/review-edith-sitwell-avant-garde-poet-english-genius/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:25:33 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196228 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/review-edith-sitwell-avant-garde-poet-english-genius/feed/ 0 Book by Richard Greene http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/super-sleuths/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/super-sleuths/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:35:52 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195111 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/super-sleuths/feed/ 4 DSK has hired the best snoops in the business http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/25/hard-to-bear/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/25/hard-to-bear/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 14:00:40 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/25/hard-to-bear/feed/ 0 In search of big profits, hunters in Quebec are tracking down polar bears at an unsustainable rate http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/please-look-after-mom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/please-look-after-mom/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 14:20:55 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191323 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/please-look-after-mom/feed/ 0 Book by Kyung-sook Shin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/bin-laden-dead-or-alive/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/bin-laden-dead-or-alive/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 14:05:13 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191370 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/bin-laden-dead-or-alive/feed/ 25 Rumours about bin Laden are only the latest in a toxic new wave of conspiracy theories http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/chester-brown-on-prostitution-romantic-love-and-being-a-john/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/chester-brown-on-prostitution-romantic-love-and-being-a-john/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 17:00:06 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189211 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/chester-brown-on-prostitution-romantic-love-and-being-a-john/feed/ 3 In conversation with Nick Kohler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/romantic-love-is-the-last-thing-he-wants/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/romantic-love-is-the-last-thing-he-wants/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:54 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187982 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/romantic-love-is-the-last-thing-he-wants/feed/ 2 Chester Brown chronicles a life of paying for sex in his controversial new book http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/confused-you-may-be-liberal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/confused-you-may-be-liberal/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:00:16 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=182020 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/confused-you-may-be-liberal/feed/ 64 Does the CBC's voter tool reveal a lefty bias, or some awkward truths about how Canadians actually vote? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/05/rising-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/05/rising-again/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:31:38 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180875 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/05/rising-again/feed/ 1 Though still reeling from tragedy, the people of northern Japan remain resilient http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/my-fathers-fortune-a-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/my-fathers-fortune-a-life/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:05:35 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178326 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/my-fathers-fortune-a-life/feed/ 0 Book by Michael Frayn http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/what-makes-a-teacher-great/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/what-makes-a-teacher-great/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:16:25 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176808 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/what-makes-a-teacher-great/feed/ 7 You can engage a room of 500 students, know the material cold, and know how to share it http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:00:08 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/feed/ 19 On dragons who can't make deals, Kevin O'Leary and what he thinks of 'The Bachelorette' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/tokyo-after-the-earthquake/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/tokyo-after-the-earthquake/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:24:38 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177214 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/tokyo-after-the-earthquake/feed/ 4 Thousands of commuters were stranded when rail lines were shut down http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-end-kimberley-ann-blackwell-1958-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-end-kimberley-ann-blackwell-1958-2011/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:11:28 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174845 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-end-kimberley-ann-blackwell-1958-2011/feed/ 4 Known as the 'Fairy Sloth Mother,' she was devoted to animals and refused to back down when it came to their protection http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/j-d-salinger-a-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/j-d-salinger-a-life/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:52:06 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172151 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/j-d-salinger-a-life/feed/ 0 By Kenneth Slawenski http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/home-sweet-home-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/home-sweet-home-2/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:52:28 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171260 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/home-sweet-home-2/feed/ 2 An unusual export from Canada ends a 10,000-year bison drought http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/weve-been-misled-about-how-to-grieve/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/weve-been-misled-about-how-to-grieve/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:15:08 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171379 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/weve-been-misled-about-how-to-grieve/feed/ 14 Why it may be wise to skip the months of journalling and group talk we've been taught we need