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Debating the pros and cons of Daylight Savings Time

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One intern's idea to curb road rage in Calgary—with humour

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Jean Chrétien chides Justin Trudeau over slow efforts to free the two Michaels

Politics

Will Jason Kenney sink the UCP experiment?: 338Canada

One intern's idea to curb road rage in Calgary—with humour

One intern's idea to curb road rage in Calgary—with humour

Society

One intern's idea to curb road rage in Calgary—with humour

The drive into Calgary is worth a chuckle, thanks to Joseph Kruis, an intern in the city of Calgary's transportation department

News

Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Politics Insider

Chrystia Freeland kills COVID-19 income supports and announces replacements

L-R: Calgary Mayor-Elect Jyoti Gondek and Edmonton Mayor-Election Amarjeet Sohi. (Photographs by Colin Way and Amber Bracken)

L-R: Calgary Mayor-Elect Jyoti Gondek and Edmonton Mayor-Election Amarjeet Sohi. (Photographs by Colin Way and Amber Bracken)

Canada

Jyoti Gondek and Amarjeet Sohi: An interview with Alberta's new progressive mayors

Sudlovenick wrote her master’s thesis on Iqaluit’s ringed seals (Patricia Bourque)

Sudlovenick wrote her master’s thesis on Iqaluit’s ringed seals (Patricia Bourque)

Environment

Using traditional Inuit knowledge and Western science to study Arctic marine life

Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan sit down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan sit down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

News

Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan sit down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

Latest on COVID-19

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

News

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Little likes to work in the bustle of his family’s kitchen, which he says keeps him on track (Photograph by Carey Shaw)

Little likes to work in the bustle of his family’s kitchen, which he says keeps him on track (Photograph by Carey Shaw)

Society

Meet the University of Saskatchewan student behind Canada's COVID-19 tracker

Avalynn Kwok, 4, puts on her face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as her parents drop her off at Lynn Valley Elementary School for her first day of kindergarten, in North Vancouver, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

Avalynn Kwok, 4, puts on her face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as her parents drop her off at Lynn Valley Elementary School for her first day of kindergarten, in North Vancouver, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

Vaxx Populi

COVID vaccines for children are almost here. How well have we protected the kids so far?

Quebec's vaccine QR code system, in use at a fitness club. (Graham Hughes/CP)

Quebec's vaccine QR code system, in use at a fitness club. (Graham Hughes/CP)

Health

How do I get my vaccine passport? Where will I need to show it?

LATEST ON POLITICS

Erin O’Toole at press conference in downtown St. John's, N.L. on Jul. 26, 2021. (Paul Daly/CP)

Erin O’Toole at press conference in downtown St. John's, N.L. on Jul. 26, 2021. (Paul Daly/CP)

Opinion

Conservatives have a vaccine problem

Andrew MacDougall: If Erin O’Toole can’t get his caucus to the right place on vaccines he doesn’t deserve to lead the country

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

471 Southside Rd, Stonehurst (Courtesy of Alex Astbury/Red Door Realty)

471 Southside Rd, Stonehurst (Courtesy of Alex Astbury/Red Door Realty)

Real Estate

No water in winter. No septic field. For $489,000 the 'Tom Selleck house' can be yours.

Real Estate

Five strange things that were up for rent in the 'sharing economy'

Shelsea Hill (Courtesy of John Crcek)

Shelsea Hill (Courtesy of John Crcek)

Education

What it takes to become an underwater welder

Tina Halcorn poses outside of her home at the Crab Apple Campground, where she has been living since Oct. 2019. (Photograph by Melissa Renwick)

Tina Halcorn poses outside of her home at the Crab Apple Campground, where she has been living since Oct. 2019. (Photograph by Melissa Renwick)

Society

Meet the RV dwellers facing eviction in Tofino, B.C.

Education

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

Education

Canada’s best Comprehensive universities: Rankings 2022

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Education

Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

Education

Canada's best university nursing programs: 2022 rankings

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Kids running in field

Private School Directory Fall 2021

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Menka in her parents’ once-bustling Brampton, Ont., home, which many called a safe and happy place. (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov Luna)

Menka in her parents’ once-bustling Brampton, Ont., home, which many called a safe and happy place. (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov Luna)

Canada

First it took his mom. Then his dad. Then, finally, him. The story of a family stolen by COVID-19.

Zachary Bonneau. (Photo illustration by Hsiao-Ron Cheng)

Zachary Bonneau. (Photo illustration by Hsiao-Ron Cheng)

Society

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A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

News

Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada

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Car with winter tires on icy surface

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Get ready for winter driving

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?