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Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

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EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

Daniel Eberhard, CEO of Koho, is ready to give the Big Six banks a run for their money

Cool Apartments With Heat Pumps • Scorching temperatures are killing Canadians in their homes. Country-wide retrofits can make conditions livable again. By Shauna Sylvester

The Future of Sport Is Slopified • Fans have an insatiable appetite for team content—even when it’s made with AI

Is Canada Already the 51st State? • Trump is just saying the quiet part out loud.

YOU BETTER WORK • Inside the summer summit that explored the AI-saturated (but human-driven) future of business

The Prime Minister and the Pop Star • He’s Canada’s dethroned political prince. She’s a faded pop princess trying to stage a comeback. Why Justin and Katy are partying like it’s 2015.

FRENCH LESSONS • To stay in Canada under the new immigration rules, I had to prove I was fully bilingual. So I set out to become a francophone in one year. My future depended on it.

Retirement Is Dead • My generation spent decades working toward our golden years. But wage stagnation, inflation and sheer bad luck have left us toiling into old age. Will Gen Xers ever get to call it quits?

RIOT GIRL • A new exhibit chronicles Melissa Auf der Maur’s adventures in the chaotic world of ’90s rock

CULTURE

CANADA’S DISAPPEARING MID-RANGE RESTAURANTS • At one end, luxury. At the other, convenience. Is this the end of the friendly neighbourhood bistro?

One nation-building project.

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