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EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S
Maclean’s
COMMENTS • READERS WEIGH IN
THE INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NATION’S NEWSMAKERS • Beverley McLachlin, ex–chief justice and bestselling author, is keeping her eye on the world’s legal drama
Log Off To Find Love • Apps have gamified meeting and mating—and affected our social skills for the worse. The real future of dating is offline.
The Internet Oddball • How comedian Veronika Slowikowska got all of TikTok in on her jokes
Green Scene • Montreal’s Théâtre de Verdure stages plays and musical performances against a naturally beautiful backdrop
How Much Is Too Much? Making Informed Choices About Alcohol and Cannabis • Explore how changing your relationship with alcohol and cannabis can enhance your life.
Unaware and Underserved: The Silence Behind Substance Use Health Harms Us All • Substance use continues to be an outlier in the Canadian health care system, and it affects more of us than you think.
Bill of Health • I spent years with excruciating hip pain, languishing in Canada’s health-care queue. I finally paid for private surgery—in Lithuania.
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The Seaside Charmer • Charlottetown, P.E.I.
The Eastern Tech Hub • Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Riverside Rebound • St. Catharines, Ontario
The French Connection • Quebec City, Quebec
The Northern Exposure • Edmonton, Alberta
The Quantum Capital • Sherbrooke, Quebec
The Renaissance City • Kingston, Ontario
The Maritime Bargain • Fredericton, New Brunswick
The Buzzy Border Town • Windsor, Ontario
The Prairie Pick • Regina, Saskatchewan
So You’ve Been _Hacked • A new generation of ultra-sophisticated cybercriminals are targeting governments, corporations, hospitals and libraries—and laying bare how ill-equipped Canada is to fight back
Whole Lotta L❤ve • Polyamory is suddenly everywhere—and it’s changing the face of love, marriage and even child-rearing. Five intimate stories of non-monogamy.
The Full House
The Long-Distance Lovers
The Co-Parents
The Reformed Monogamists
The No-Secrets Polycule
FANTASY ISLAND • An heiress lives her Gatsby dreams at her Big Rideau Lake cottage, complete with parties, lobster and champagne
COUNTRY ROADS • A new book chronicles the decay of a small, rural Alberta town—and the community that persists
“The Taliban tried to kill me at 16. Eight years later, I am free in Canada.” • I was persecuted in Afghanistan for teaching English. In Toronto, I became the first person in my family to attend university.