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Maclean’s meets the moment: Our new magazine look, explained

Maclean’s meets the moment: Our new magazine look, explained

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Maclean’s meets the moment: Our new magazine look, explained

'In an age of distraction, a beautifully designed print magazine is a thing unto itself, a physical artifact that leans into a mandate of beauty and knowledge,' writes Alison Uncles, editor-in-chief

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 19: People sit in Piccadilly Circus as the light display reads 'Let's Open Up London' on the day of lifting of nearly all remaining coronavirus restrictions in London, United Kingdom on July 19, 2021. The removal of social and economic restrictions in England including social distancing, working from home, limits on gathering sizes and face mask mandate comes amid rapidly rising infection numbers driven by the Delta variant with UK daily Covid-19 cases exceeding 50,000 on two consecutive days last week. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 19: People sit in Piccadilly Circus as the light display reads 'Let's Open Up London' on the day of lifting of nearly all remaining coronavirus restrictions in London, United Kingdom on July 19, 2021. The removal of social and economic restrictions in England including social distancing, working from home, limits on gathering sizes and face mask mandate comes amid rapidly rising infection numbers driven by the Delta variant with UK daily Covid-19 cases exceeding 50,000 on two consecutive days last week. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Looking to a post-pandemic Canada: What can we learn from the U.K.?

<em>Maclean's</em> is now available on Apple News+

<em>Maclean's</em> is now available on Apple News+

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Maclean's is now available on Apple News+

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

Health

The Inuk woman using TikTok to expose high food prices in the North

The Shubenacadie Residential School in the 1940s (Courtesy of The Chronicle Herald)

The Shubenacadie Residential School in the 1940s (Courtesy of The Chronicle Herald)

Canada

The search for graves—and truth—at a Nova Scotia residential school

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Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Arts

A post-pandemic Architecture Biennale

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Society

One mother's human-rights victory over hardline COVID restrictions

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

News

How to encourage vaccine-hesitant people to get their COVID shots

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

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Changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant requires actually listening to them

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Biden and Trudeau walk on the boardwalk during arrivals for the G7 meeting at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall, England on June 11, 2021 (Phil Noble/AP)

Biden and Trudeau walk on the boardwalk during arrivals for the G7 meeting at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall, England on June 11, 2021 (Phil Noble/AP)

Ottawa

The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever

Paul Wells: There was supposed to be a renewed Canada-U.S. relationship. The latest phone call between Biden and Trudeau suggests it is not going well.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

(Courtesy of the Tweed and Area Heritage Centre)

(Courtesy of the Tweed and Area Heritage Centre)

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A once-bustling Greyhound rest stop sits empty. It's a relic of a bygone era.

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Shot of a young businessman relaxing at his desk during a late night at work

Sponsored

How robo-advisors help you ride out the investment roller coaster

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

Economy

Why isn’t more clothing made in Canada?

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

MBA

How business schools are dealing with the rise in cryptocurrency

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

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

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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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Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 charges against him after the collision that claimed 16 lives (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

Society

Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu

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

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

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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.

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

World

The doomed 30-year battle to stop a pandemic