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Disney+ in February 2021: What's new this month

Culture

Netflix Canada in February 2021: What's new this month

News

Maclean's in Conversation: Dawn of the Biden era

News

Why is there a hold-up with Pfizer's COVID vaccines?

Plummer was a leading expert in infectious diseases; his death is a significant loss for Canada as we navigate this pandemic, says Kennelly (John Woods/CP)

Plummer was a leading expert in infectious diseases; his death is a significant loss for Canada as we navigate this pandemic, says Kennelly (John Woods/CP)

Health

Inside Frank Plummer’s brain

The legendary scientist turned to highly experimental deep brain stimulation to treat his own alcoholism. He’d devoted his whole life to science, he joked. Why not his brain, too? The research he took part in is revolutionizing how we treat the world’s most stigmatized illnesses.

U.S. Politics

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Opinion

Why Biden's Inaugural Address could be counted among the great ones

US President-elect Joe Biden flanked by wife Dr. Jill Biden arriving for his inauguration as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Patrick Semansky AFP/Getty Images)

US President-elect Joe Biden flanked by wife Dr. Jill Biden arriving for his inauguration as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Patrick Semansky AFP/Getty Images)

Washington

Joe Biden takes the oath: 'I get it'

Embracing the Joe Biden era

Embracing the Joe Biden era

Washington

Embracing the Joe Biden era

President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/AP/CP)

President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/AP/CP)

Washington

Biden inauguration: A house divided still stands

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Latest on Coronavirus

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Unity Health Toronto, Katie Cooper

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Unity Health Toronto, Katie Cooper

Vaxx Populi

I'm immunocompromised. Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

People wear face masks as they shop at a market in Montreal, Sunday, January 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

People wear face masks as they shop at a market in Montreal, Sunday, January 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

News

How worried should Canadians be about the B.1.1.7. coronavirus variant?

Health-care workers wait in line at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Health-care workers wait in line at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

News

When are more COVID vaccine doses coming to Canada?

Eunice Fiddler, 85, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Andrea McWatters as her daughter Margaret Beardy and interpreter Tom Chapman look on in Sioux Lookout, Ont. Thursday, Jan.7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre MANDATORY CREDIT

Eunice Fiddler, 85, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Andrea McWatters as her daughter Margaret Beardy and interpreter Tom Chapman look on in Sioux Lookout, Ont. Thursday, Jan.7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre MANDATORY CREDIT

News

Who is allowed to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada?

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LATEST ON POLITICS

Payette and Trudeau wait during the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Payette and Trudeau wait during the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Ottawa

The problem with modernizing (and the Governor General)

Paul Wells: This is not only an ill of the Trudeau Liberals, it's a widespread ill of our age—ignoring the boring, hard-to-fix work in favour of the new

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the 2020 fiscal update in the House of Commons on Nov. 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the 2020 fiscal update in the House of Commons on Nov. 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Economy

How to tax the wealthy without a 'wealth tax'

San Grewal (Photograph by Erik Putz)

San Grewal (Photograph by Erik Putz)

Business

Independent Canadian media outlets are cropping up and taking off

Chamath Palihapitiya (Justin Maxon)

Chamath Palihapitiya (Justin Maxon)

Economy

Chamath Palihapitiya, the billionaire venture capitalist investing in a better world

Wes Hall (Courtesy of Kingsdale Advisors)

Wes Hall (Courtesy of Kingsdale Advisors)

Power List

How Wes Hall is attacking racist systems, starting at the top

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Education

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

Education

University Rankings 2021

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Sponsored

Debunked: four myths about online learning

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

Education

Inside the mental health crisis at Canadian universities

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Education

University students remain closely tied to their parents—emotionally and otherwise

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Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Society

2020 was the year that changed everything

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Health

Strict COVID-19 protocols are leaving seniors lonely, depressed and wondering: Is it worth it?

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Life

Don't give up on hope. The world needs it.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

U.S. President Donald Trump (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

Washington

Donald Trump's presidency: A shocking list of things he's done