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    Matheson outside Craik’s town offices on the last day he served as its temporary mayor (Photograph by Breanna Doucette-Garr)

    A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor

    Bryan Matheson took up an interesting part-time job after the provincial government called asking for a favour: Could he become mayor of Craik, Sask. for a little while?

    The reports of the death of Canada’s small towns have been greatly exaggerated

    Opinion: Despite the naysayers and the conditions stacked against it, small-town Canada is actually alive, happy, and building a brighter future

    A decommissioned Greyhound bus

    Small town Canada is dying. This is sad. But it’s not tragic.

    Scott Gilmore: The truth is that Canadians live healthier, happier and longer lives in cities

    Goodbye Bay Street. Hello Humboldt.

    From the 2011 Maclean’s Professional Schools Issue