http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sat, 25 May 2013 18:16:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/rob-fords-very-bad-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/rob-fords-very-bad-day/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 17:06:12 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=385218 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/rob-fords-very-bad-day/feed/ 0 The Mayor of Toronto, baby-snatching eagles and a story in play http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/torstar-corp-q1-net-profit-plummets-to-4-2m-revenue-falls-to-350m/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/torstar-corp-q1-net-profit-plummets-to-4-2m-revenue-falls-to-350m/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 17:02:06 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/torstar-corp-q1-net-profit-plummets-to-4-2m-revenue-falls-to-350m/feed/ 0 TORONTO, Cananda – Torstar Corp. (TSX:TS.B) hopes its digital paywall, expected to launch in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/rob-fords-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/rob-fords-truth/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:54:49 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365935 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/rob-fords-truth/feed/ 0 On the allegations of drunkenness, the voters will decide http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/toronto-star-reporters-remove-bylines-from-stories-to-protest-coming-layoffs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/toronto-star-reporters-remove-bylines-from-stories-to-protest-coming-layoffs/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:32:54 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357294 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/toronto-star-reporters-remove-bylines-from-stories-to-protest-coming-layoffs/feed/ 0 Anyone reading the paper version of the Toronto Star Wednesday morning may notice something... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/torstar-q4-profit-falls-by-40-2-million-amid-restructuring-lower-revenue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/torstar-q4-profit-falls-by-40-2-million-amid-restructuring-lower-revenue/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:58:36 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357295 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/06/torstar-q4-profit-falls-by-40-2-million-amid-restructuring-lower-revenue/feed/ 0 TORONTO – Torstar Corp. (TSX:TS.B) reports it had $24.1 million of net income in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/top-5-top-five-lists-about-the-new-blackberry-10/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/top-5-top-five-lists-about-the-new-blackberry-10/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:13:36 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=345740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/top-5-top-five-lists-about-the-new-blackberry-10/feed/ 0 One involves bikinis, tattoos and paper cranes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/what-did-we-accomplish-in-afghanistan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/what-did-we-accomplish-in-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:15:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275252 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/what-did-we-accomplish-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 The Toronto Star’s Paul Watson spent a month in Afghanistan and reported back in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/the-scarborough-shootings-shyanne-charles-gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/the-scarborough-shootings-shyanne-charles-gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:56:37 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275204 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/the-scarborough-shootings-shyanne-charles-gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 0 Where to begin? Let’s start with a plea for facts. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-reading-about-coffee-may-harm-your-health/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-reading-about-coffee-may-harm-your-health/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:11:44 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259451 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/how-reading-about-coffee-may-harm-your-health/feed/ 0 Or perhaps we’re grossly exaggerating... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/17/the-frontrunner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/17/the-frontrunner/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:39:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=246484 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/17/the-frontrunner/feed/ 0 Joanna Smith and Chris Selley profile Thomas Mulcair. The Star editorial board offers its... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:41:48 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 70 “Tories delist sniper rifles, self-loading weapons,” says the front-page Toronto Star headline, followed by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/rigoletto-should-have-had-a-scooter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/rigoletto-should-have-had-a-scooter/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/rigoletto-should-have-had-a-scooter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/rigoletto-should-have-had-a-scooter/feed/ 2 A decent society that wastes money on programs of no discernible use shouldn’t balk at giving the disabled the small benefit of free parking 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/2011/04/29/steadiness-and-constancy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/steadiness-and-constancy/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:00:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188291 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/steadiness-and-constancy/feed/ 37 The National Post endorses a Conservative majority. The main question in this election is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/12/a-colour-blind-man-looks-at-green-and-orange/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/12/a-colour-blind-man-looks-at-green-and-orange/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:37:27 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183488 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/12/a-colour-blind-man-looks-at-green-and-orange/feed/ 21 I’ve been catching up with the various party platforms, and doing my best to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:02:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171354 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/feed/ 0 Colleagues in the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau can attest to the fact that during the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:01:41 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171062 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 5 The Toronto Star is now following the story. Here’s my piece from two weeks... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/rufus-are-you-googling-yourself-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/rufus-are-you-googling-yourself-now/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:43:42 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=133442 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/rufus-are-you-googling-yourself-now/feed/ 17 Rufus Wainwright takes on his critics from the concert stage http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/16/how-helena-guergis-went-so-quickly-from-promise-to-pariah/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/16/how-helena-guergis-went-so-quickly-from-promise-to-pariah/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:00:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120407 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/16/how-helena-guergis-went-so-quickly-from-promise-to-pariah/feed/ 49 Shooting down a star http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/10/rahim-not-so-much-a-whodunit-as-a-wtf/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/10/rahim-not-so-much-a-whodunit-as-a-wtf/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:29:06 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/10/rahim-not-so-much-a-whodunit-as-a-wtf/feed/ 105 Colby Cosh on why the Crown didn't want to press ahead with drug charges against Jaffer http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/17/the-best-thing-to-happen-to-the-liberals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/17/the-best-thing-to-happen-to-the-liberals/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:49:38 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=106624 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/17/the-best-thing-to-happen-to-the-liberals/feed/ 83 With no one to yell at, the party has done some useful policy work http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/and-the-black-rod-is-made-of-chocolate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/and-the-black-rod-is-made-of-chocolate/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:21:42 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=96370 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/and-the-black-rod-is-made-of-chocolate/feed/ 97 Colby Cosh feels sorry for Bob Rae http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/28/norwich-we-still-have-a-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/28/norwich-we-still-have-a-problem/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:06:18 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95027 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/28/norwich-we-still-have-a-problem/feed/ 357 Laymen who have understandably decided to accept what much of the media now treats... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/19/drowning-in-a-sea-of-simple-mindedness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/19/drowning-in-a-sea-of-simple-mindedness/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:00:47 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=75396 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/19/drowning-in-a-sea-of-simple-mindedness/feed/ 46 Every accidental death raises the same simple-minded cry http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/22/of-course-mr-ignatieff-doesnt-give-his-number-to-just-anyone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/22/of-course-mr-ignatieff-doesnt-give-his-number-to-just-anyone/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:51:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=66374 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/22/of-course-mr-ignatieff-doesnt-give-his-number-to-just-anyone/feed/ 22 So the Justice Minister convenes a press conference Monday morning to discuss the government’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/the-commons-and-so-stephen-harper-finds-himself-in-agreement-with-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/the-commons-and-so-stephen-harper-finds-himself-in-agreement-with-the-toronto-star/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 22:18:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=60633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/the-commons-and-so-stephen-harper-finds-himself-in-agreement-with-the-toronto-star/feed/ 25 The government faces another barrage of $50-billion questions http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/tamil-questions-that-can%e2%80%99t-be-asked/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/tamil-questions-that-can%e2%80%99t-be-asked/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 14:20:00 +0000 Mark Steyn http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3668 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/tamil-questions-that-can%e2%80%99t-be-asked/feed/ 1034 That’s because professional ethnic grievance mongers cry 'Racist!' at the drop of a turban http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/exploiting-a-familys-grief/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/exploiting-a-familys-grief/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:34:14 +0000 Michael Petrou http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24498 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/exploiting-a-familys-grief/feed/ 2 The family members of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan have a special insight into... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/compromises-and-consistency/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/compromises-and-consistency/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:25:48 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=17963 Kathy English, ...the Toronto Star‘s Public Editor, recalls what happened when the family of]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/compromises-and-consistency/feed/ 8 Kathy English, ...the Toronto Star‘s Public Editor, recalls what happened when the family of http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/08/05/megapundit-extra-a-perfect-sphere-of-confusion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/08/05/megapundit-extra-a-perfect-sphere-of-confusion/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:38:04 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=4232 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/08/05/megapundit-extra-a-perfect-sphere-of-confusion/feed/ 23 The Toronto Star encourages us today to sign Mayor David Miller’s petition to ban... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:18:23 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2460 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/feed/ 0 I waded into the whole poverty statistics rigmarole a few months back, after a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/19/megapundit-extra-toronto-star-columnist-elicits-gasps-dizzy-spells/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/19/megapundit-extra-toronto-star-columnist-elicits-gasps-dizzy-spells/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:34:20 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2236 Bob Hepburn ...tells it like it is, and damn the torpedoes: “It might be]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/19/megapundit-extra-toronto-star-columnist-elicits-gasps-dizzy-spells/feed/ 0 Bob Hepburn ...tells it like it is, and damn the torpedoes: “It might be