http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/byron-sonne-in-his-own-words/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/byron-sonne-in-his-own-words/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:37 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/byron-sonne-in-his-own-words/feed/ 0 You can beat the system--but it comes at enormous personal cost http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/our-latest-e-book-the-queen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/our-latest-e-book-the-queen/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:05:35 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260160 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/our-latest-e-book-the-queen/feed/ 0 We dug deep into the archives and selected 23 of our favourite Elizabeth stories spanning 68 years http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/nik-wallenda-puts-his-life-on-the-line/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/nik-wallenda-puts-his-life-on-the-line/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:22:01 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260552 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/nik-wallenda-puts-his-life-on-the-line/feed/ 0 On June 15, Nik Wallenda will walk where no one has ever gone: over the maw of Niagara Falls http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/quebec-politics-amid-strife-charest-undead-lives-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/quebec-politics-amid-strife-charest-undead-lives-on/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:58:05 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260966 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/quebec-politics-amid-strife-charest-undead-lives-on/feed/ 0 As dark as things are for the Premier, he can take comfort in this: his opponents aren't faring much better than him http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/whats-your-defining-canadian-moment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/whats-your-defining-canadian-moment/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:36:25 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260162 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/whats-your-defining-canadian-moment/feed/ 0 Share your stories for a chance to have them featured in Maclean's http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/a-princely-sum-for-a-royal-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/a-princely-sum-for-a-royal-party/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:37:01 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258952 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/a-princely-sum-for-a-royal-party/feed/ 0 Canada's smallest province will celebrate the Queen with picnics, tea parties and concerts http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/getting-conrad-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/getting-conrad-home/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258984 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/getting-conrad-home/feed/ 0 "After all those years in prison, I know we were expected to be popping champagne corks, but it isn’t like that" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/wrongs-and-rights-how-did-quebecs-student-standoff-come-to-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/wrongs-and-rights-how-did-quebecs-student-standoff-come-to-this/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:09:33 +0000 Emmett Macfarlane http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260431 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/wrongs-and-rights-how-did-quebecs-student-standoff-come-to-this/feed/ 0 There is no shortage of finger-pointing on either side http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-wealthy-bartender-and-the-farmer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-wealthy-bartender-and-the-farmer/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:00:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258948 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-wealthy-bartender-and-the-farmer/feed/ 0 Our semi-regular round-up of the strange cases winding their way through Canadian courts http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/a-bird-brained-lawsuit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/a-bird-brained-lawsuit/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:39:01 +0000 Michael Friscolanti http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258946 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/a-bird-brained-lawsuit/feed/ 0 Woman sues hydro company over traumatizing "bird strike" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/protective-parents-efforts-erased-when-other-parents-are-lax/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/protective-parents-efforts-erased-when-other-parents-are-lax/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:14:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258986 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/protective-parents-efforts-erased-when-other-parents-are-lax/feed/ 0 A new study finds that teen drug and alcohol use may depend on their friends’ folks http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/a-case-of-corp-creep/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/a-case-of-corp-creep/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:10:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/a-case-of-corp-creep/feed/ 0 The national broadcaster is reaching outside its mandate with a free digital music service that has private firms crying foul http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/19/quebecs-protest-crackdown-its-not-just-rights-that-make-it-wrong/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/19/quebecs-protest-crackdown-its-not-just-rights-that-make-it-wrong/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 13:27:34 +0000 Emmett Macfarlane http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260016 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/19/quebecs-protest-crackdown-its-not-just-rights-that-make-it-wrong/feed/ 0 The problem up until now has been a lack of enforcement, not a lack of legislation http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/victoria-day-only-in-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/victoria-day-only-in-canada/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:47:43 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259877 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/victoria-day-only-in-canada/feed/ 0 The 'May Two-Four' long weekend is as distinctively Canadian as the two-four with which it is often celebrated http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/budget-bill-the-omnibus-stops-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/budget-bill-the-omnibus-stops-here/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:57:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258942 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/budget-bill-the-omnibus-stops-here/feed/ 0 At more than 400 pages, and containing more than 700 clauses, it's providing plenty of fodder for opposition parties http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-the-conservatives-are-gutting-tobacco-control/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-the-conservatives-are-gutting-tobacco-control/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:41:43 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259478 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-the-conservatives-are-gutting-tobacco-control/feed/ 0 And why it doesn't makes sense--even financially http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/capital-diary-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/capital-diary-3/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258950 ‘Judge, referee and kindergarten teacher’ Former Speaker Peter Milliken... had his official portrait unveiled]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/capital-diary-3/feed/ 0 ‘Judge, referee and kindergarten teacher’ Former Speaker Peter Milliken... had his official portrait unveiled http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/men-of-the-deep-at-each-others-throats/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/men-of-the-deep-at-each-others-throats/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 03:40:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257817 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/men-of-the-deep-at-each-others-throats/feed/ 0 But they're not all on board: reports of violence on wharfs have forced the RCMP to intervene http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/quebecs-student-protesters-righteous-anger-shame-about-the-execution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/quebecs-student-protesters-righteous-anger-shame-about-the-execution/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:08 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259059 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/quebecs-student-protesters-righteous-anger-shame-about-the-execution/feed/ 0 Perversely, they add legitimacy to the government's argument for a special law to end the strike http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-time-to-take-action-on-toronto-g20-summit-security-was-2009/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-time-to-take-action-on-toronto-g20-summit-security-was-2009/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:13:36 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259143 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-time-to-take-action-on-toronto-g20-summit-security-was-2009/feed/ 0 Planners had a decade to see the pattern of chaos, and avoid repeating it http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:26 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258495 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/feed/ 0 His Google searches and downloads--however sick--were not the point http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:19 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258699 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/feed/ 0 Guilty of curiosity http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:35:01 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257815 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/brain-fitness-and-video-game-benefits/feed/ 0 Our semi-regular roundup of findings from the world of academia http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/stephen-harpers-secret-weapon-in-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/stephen-harpers-secret-weapon-in-quebec/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257807 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/stephen-harpers-secret-weapon-in-quebec/feed/ 0 Any Conservative gains in the province will have much to do with insider Denis Lebel http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/franklin-goes-postal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/franklin-goes-postal/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:12:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/franklin-goes-postal/feed/ 0 For his 25th anniversary, Canada Post dedicates a stamp series to the iconic turtle http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/one-bumbles-one-fumbles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/one-bumbles-one-fumbles/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 18:05:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257809 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/one-bumbles-one-fumbles/feed/ 0 While the two municipal politicians diverge in their weaknesses, they are united in their charms http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/a-not-so-quiet-student-riot/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/a-not-so-quiet-student-riot/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:55:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257827 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/a-not-so-quiet-student-riot/feed/ 0 Why a modest tuition hike has sparked unending protests http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/tsunami-debris-hits-the-shores-of-b-c/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/tsunami-debris-hits-the-shores-of-b-c/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:01:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257847 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/tsunami-debris-hits-the-shores-of-b-c/feed/ 0 Some scoffed when Tofino’s mayor first warned of the approaching barrage of Japanese washed-up objects. Not now. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/art-imitates-life-as-macleans-inspires-the-darling-of-kandahar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/art-imitates-life-as-macleans-inspires-the-darling-of-kandahar/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:07:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256411 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/art-imitates-life-as-macleans-inspires-the-darling-of-kandahar/feed/ 0 A new novel revisits a famous Maclean’s cover photo and the story it inspired http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:06:44 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/feed/ 0 Its official name is 'Amorphophallus titanum'—which translates as "giant misshapen penis" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/b-c-schools-not-out-for-summer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/b-c-schools-not-out-for-summer/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:59:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256419 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/b-c-schools-not-out-for-summer/feed/ 0 New legislation could change the classic school calendar http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/pinpointing-blame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/pinpointing-blame/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:36:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256409 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/pinpointing-blame/feed/ 0 An officer’s bravery award angers a family who say he caused the deadly crash http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/what-youre-thinking-finding-religion-and-lost-in-traffic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/what-youre-thinking-finding-religion-and-lost-in-traffic/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:22:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256417 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/what-youre-thinking-finding-religion-and-lost-in-traffic/feed/ 0 People on the Prairies are more religious and Quebecers are bleaker when it comes to the economy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/meditations-on-diplomacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/meditations-on-diplomacy/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:22:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256413 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/meditations-on-diplomacy/feed/ 0 Wary of upsetting allies who like the old, anti-Communist Harper, the Prime Minister welcomed the Dalai Lama http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/justin-trudeau-should-be-the-next-leader-of-the-liberal-party-no-seriously/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/justin-trudeau-should-be-the-next-leader-of-the-liberal-party-no-seriously/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:08:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256407 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/justin-trudeau-should-be-the-next-leader-of-the-liberal-party-no-seriously/feed/ 0 If this guy’s name was Joe Smith, the notion that Liberals might turn to him would be a no-brainer http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:59:01 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256405 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/feed/ 0 Only Justin Trudeau, who has seemed to rule out a run, rivals Rae for generating interest http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:20:52 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256394 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/feed/ 0 Here's a good one: Why is this jet the only possible future fighter aircraft for the Canadian Forces? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/chatting-with-the-dalai-lama/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/chatting-with-the-dalai-lama/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:09:56 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256323 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/chatting-with-the-dalai-lama/feed/ 0 Feel free to export to China, he says--but sell them on your democratic values too http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/irwin-cotler-calm-amid-the-chaos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/irwin-cotler-calm-amid-the-chaos/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:25:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254942 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/irwin-cotler-calm-amid-the-chaos/feed/ 0 How a decent man subjected to vicious attacks can actually stand to work in parliament—and like John Baird to boot http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/weeding-out-the-pot-from-the-carrots-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/weeding-out-the-pot-from-the-carrots-2/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:19:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254956 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/weeding-out-the-pot-from-the-carrots-2/feed/ 0 After years of fighting marijuana cultivation, the city wants to encourage legitimate commercial farming http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-lady-with-a-real-bite-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-lady-with-a-real-bite-2/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:03:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254954 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-lady-with-a-real-bite-2/feed/ 0 They're not the nice, harmless variety we're used to http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-room-of-their-own-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-room-of-their-own-2/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:48:01 +0000 Josh Dehaas http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254948 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/a-room-of-their-own-2/feed/ 0 For example, are gender-based ‘safe spaces’ needed? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/day-of-reckoning-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/day-of-reckoning-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:43:01 +0000 Michael Friscolanti http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/day-of-reckoning-2/feed/ 0 His critics say he’s a danger; supporters say he poses no threat. Someone will be proven wrong. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/pizza-heists-and-theft-by-sword-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/pizza-heists-and-theft-by-sword-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:41:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254950 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/pizza-heists-and-theft-by-sword-2/feed/ 0 Our roundup of bizarre police reports from across the country http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/wildly-off-the-mark-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/wildly-off-the-mark-2/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:01:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254940 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/wildly-off-the-mark-2/feed/ 0 Voters decided they needed a salesperson to pitch Alberta, and its oil. Wildrose didn’t fit the bill