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Vaxx Populi

Omicron: Here's what we know so far about the latest variant of concern

Environment

Canadian politicians won't be able to ignore climate change in 2022

News

What to do as we walk into the pandemic's fifth wave

Economy

Inflation is about to get way worse in 2022

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

Health

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network will serve as Canada’s early warning system for variants that could hurl us back into pandemic misery

News

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa on November 26, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa on November 26, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Politics Insider

The COVID-19 variant Omicron is in Ottawa; and WHO disputes travel restrictions

A lumber facility in Cochrane, Alta., May 20, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)

A lumber facility in Cochrane, Alta., May 20, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)

Politics Insider

The U.S. doubles its tariff on Canadian softwood lumber

Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Politics Insider

A new Chrystia Freeland biography signals possible Liberal leadership ambitions

Canada

What happened to the Liberals' concern about hunger and food insecurity?

LATEST ON POLITICS

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa on November 26, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa on November 26, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Politics Insider

The COVID-19 variant Omicron is in Ottawa; and WHO disputes travel restrictions

Politics Insider for Nov. 29, 2021: A worrying new COVID variant is here; an inflation fight; and some Ryan Reynolds

Latest on COVID-19

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

Health

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

(Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

(Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

Before You Go

An ode to my work-from-home dining table

Technology

Four weird and wonderful inventions sparked by the pandemic

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Health

The pandemic is breaking parents

Society

A feather is seen on a giant dreamcatcher during the "Every Child Matters" march to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Montreal, Canada on September 30, 2021. - The mobilization is part of the "Every Child Matters" movement to commemorate the victims of Residential Schools, the last of which closed in 1996 in Canada. Earlier this week, Catholic bishops apologized for the trauma, past and ongoing, and actions done towards indigenous people in Residential Schools. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

A feather is seen on a giant dreamcatcher during the "Every Child Matters" march to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Montreal, Canada on September 30, 2021. - The mobilization is part of the "Every Child Matters" movement to commemorate the victims of Residential Schools, the last of which closed in 1996 in Canada. Earlier this week, Catholic bishops apologized for the trauma, past and ongoing, and actions done towards indigenous people in Residential Schools. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Arts

The year ahead, according to poet laureates from across Canada

Poet laureates from across the country wrote about the upcoming year for Maclean's. Here's what they had to say about 2022.

Diaz stars as Bing in "Scarborough" (Courtesy of Touchwood PR)

Diaz stars as Bing in "Scarborough" (Courtesy of Touchwood PR)

Culture

A tender moment of truth in the coming-of-age film 'Scarborough'

The beetle scientist on a mission to name the world's most beguiling bugs

The beetle scientist on a mission to name the world's most beguiling bugs

Environment

The beetle scientist on a mission to name the world's most beguiling bugs

Julius Morry (left) with his son, Jeff, in his longtime basement workshop (Photograph by Skye Spence)

Julius Morry (left) with his son, Jeff, in his longtime basement workshop (Photograph by Skye Spence)

Before You Go

To my dad, an art restorer: 'You have operated a one-man hospital mending shattered souls'

All together now: Childcare is not a boutique women's issue

All together now: Childcare is not a boutique women's issue

Ottawa

All together now: Childcare is not a boutique women's issue

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

LONGREADS

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.

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Politics

Jason Kenney is sinking. How it all went wrong for him.

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

News

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick's mystery illness

Lisa, Norbert and their kids (left) and Joanna and her family (right) at their respective dining room tables. (Photographs by Sylvie Li and Taylor Roades)

Lisa, Norbert and their kids (left) and Joanna and her family (right) at their respective dining room tables. (Photographs by Sylvie Li and Taylor Roades)

Society

We gave them our leftover frozen embryos. Now, we're a family.

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

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

Society

Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu