How Armine Yalnizyan became one of Canada’s most important economists
She’s the caring person’s economist: a big-picture thinker who looks out for the little guy. Yalnizyan is No. 22 on the Maclean’s Power List.
Michael Fraiman
Michael Fraiman has lived in and reported from South Korea, Peru and across Canada. He often covers arts, travel and politics. Find him on Twitter at @mfraiman
Vladimir Putin, unmasked
Image of the Week: True to form, the Russian president tries something no one else thinks they can get away with
Fine, let’s shovel. But where are we supposed to put the snow?
Image of the Week: Snowstorms that hit Central Canada renewed an age-old debate for people who have to shovel out their cars
A Ski-Doo train packed with courage, care and badly needed supplies
Image of the Week: First Nations in northwestern Ontario are rushing to help COVID-stricken Bearskin Lake. By snowmobile, if necessary.
Mary Simon’s land acknowledgement isn’t symbolic: ‘It is our true history’
Image of the Week: The governor general is a symbolic role and Simon’s appointment a symbolic victory. But her land acknowledgement—a bit of symbolic prose—is more than that.
A harrowing image of the B.C. floods that caused mudslides and trapped motorists
Image of the Week: An unusually heavy ’atmospheric river’ drowned cars like this one and follows record-breaking wildfires earlier this year. The West Coast can’t catch a break.
It’s raining, it’s pouring, the PM names a cabinet
Image of the week: Justin Trudeau strolled up to Rideau Hall, umbrella in hand and storms brewing. It was a world apart from the happier times of 2015.
Trudeau hits the beach in Tofino. At least he isn’t surfing.
Image of the Week: Symbolism is an important part of reconciliation with First Nations. The PM’s oceanside getaway could not have made that clearer.
A moment of bliss for Michael Kovrig, and for all of Canada
Image of the Week: Free at long last, Michael Kovrig steps into the embrace of Vina Nadjibulla, his wife and most devoted advocate
Auf Wiedersehen, Angela Merkel. Goodbye.
Image of the Week: Germany’s unflappable, long-serving chancellor departs the political stage with a rare show of vulnerability