Shootings, fuel shortages and a growing cholera epidemic: On the ground in Haiti, Canadian MSF medical coordinator Rachelle Seguin describes the turmoil in Port-au-Prince The post “It wasn’...
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Following the worst floods in Pakistan history, Mashaal Saeed of Islamic Relief Canada shares what she witnessed The post My devastating, inspiring trip to provide flood relief in Pakistan app...
When war broke out in Ukraine I went to help in any way I can, including transporting babies safely across the border. I have nightmares of what I witnessed—and plan to go back. The post Noth...
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Responding to an urgent call for working ambulances on the ground, two Canadian EMTs jumpstarted a fundraising campaign and embarked on a remarkable three-day journey from Victoria, B.C., to war-...
https://macleans.ca/longforms/anybody-want-to-drive-this-ambulance-to-ukraine/
All the key ingredients for a powerful insurgency now exist in Ukraine. If the battle turns to brutal urban warfare, Russia is in 'big trouble'. The post Why Russia should fear the coming insur...
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Terry Glavin: Xi Jinping has the Russian leader's back as the two advance the authoritarian political model around the world The post Why sanctions over the Ukraine invasion won’t stop Putin ...
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Scott Gilmore: There are a long list of actions Canada can take right now to pressure Putin and help Ukraine. And there are no excuses if it doesn’t act. The post The only acceptable response...
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Adnan R. Khan: Every political engagement and dollar spent in Afghanistan brings an internationally-sanctioned terrorist organization one step closer to unofficial recognition The post How the ...
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Her attempts to reach Canada left her in a Brazilian prison. A court there has finally cleared her name and convicted a Canadian-Iranian man of human trafficking. The post Mahnaz Alizadeh, betr...
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First, more revelations from a civil lawsuit claiming the prince had sex with a minor. Next, the sentencing of Ghislaine Maxwell. Not a very happy new year. The post Prince Andrew’s terrible,...
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Shannon Gormley describes how the baby made it over the wall at the Kabul airport and journeyed to Canada. It is also a tale of how Western democracies revealed the nature of their fight in Afgha...
Image of the week: Japan's Princess Mako trades her royal title for love in a simple ceremony so not to rile her family and the Japanese public The post A wedding fit for a commoner appeared f...
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Adnan R. Khan: Turkey’s standoff with 10 ambassadors, including Canada’s, was political grandstanding, and Erdogan came out the winner The post Canada’s diplomatic blunder in Turkey appe...
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Politics Insider for Oct. 25, 2021: The Liberals get called out; Jason Kenney's in trouble; and Alberta's new mayors talk shop The post Jean Chrétien chides Justin Trudeau over slow efforts to...
Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu, after nearly two years of social distancing. The post Will th...
https://macleans.ca/news/will-this-flu-season-be-worse-than-usual/
Underwater cave photographer Jill Heinerth boldly swims where no one has swum before The post A cave-diving photographer on ‘swimming though the veins of the Earth’ appeared first on Macle...
Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland's possible moves; and Michael Wernick's best advice The post U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November ...
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Politics Insider for Oct. 12, 2021: The finance minister's notable past; Premier François Legault's power; and a Canadian Nobel prize winner The post A young Chrystia Freeland impressed Soviet...
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The Arctic narwhal is being threatened by a new enemy: the clamour of passing ships The post The sound of too much noise appeared first on Macleans.ca .
Streicker, climate scientist and the Yukon’s minister of energy, mines and resources, went neck-deep into freezing waters to show rising water levels. The post John Streicker on rapid snowmel...
In memory of her father and sister, Ilwad Elman pours herself into working with former child soldiers and sexual assault survivors in Somalia. The Nobel Peace Prize committee has noticed. The p...
Terry Glavin: The sooner Canada dispenses with tales of 'prisoner swaps' and 'diplomatic triangulation,' the sooner it can have an honest conversation about what this saga revealed The post Don...
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Image of the Week: Free at long last, Michael Kovrig steps into the embrace of Vina Nadjibulla, his wife and most devoted advocate The post A moment of bliss for Michael Kovrig, and for all of ...
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Paul Wells: How did the West get things so terribly wrong? The post In Afghanistan, the signs of our failure were everywhere appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Six extraordinary people reflect on how their worlds changed The post Living in the shadow of 9/11 appeared first on Macleans.ca .
Over the past two decades, Nobrega has had a unique, occasionally jarring, view of a world in flux. Afghanistan was merely the first stage. The post An incomplete mission: For Chris Nobrega, no...
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When the Taliban fell after 9/11, Afghanistan entered a period of hope. For Essazada, it feels as if the Taliban have won again. The post Post 9/11, young Afghans tasted peace. Now, Hadia Essaz...
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Brooks-Jones started a fund for students in a small town in Newfoundland after a local Lions Club looked out for her—leading to lifelong friendships and Broadway The post After being stranded...
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Basnicki sees his father Ken, whom he lost at 16 on 9/11, reflected in his life to this day: 'Apparently, everything I do is similar to him,' he says The post After 9/11, Brennan Basnicki is li...
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He was on the 84th floor of the south tower. While 9/11 does not haunt Clark to the degree it does so many others, he lives in its shadow. The post 9/11 ‘rolls like a movie’ in Brian Clark�...
https://macleans.ca/news/world/9-11-twentieth-anniversary-brian-clark/
They had close ties to Canada and were being hunted by the Taliban. Trapped in a dangerous, desperate crowd, the odds were against them. The post The last trip out of Afghanistan: ‘There is n...
Election Image of the Day: The desperate effort to get people out of Afghanistan is front of mind in Ottawa. You wouldn't know it from watching the campaign. The post Will the crisis in Kabul m...
https://macleans.ca/politics/will-the-crisis-in-kabul-move-votes-in-canada/
Scott Gilmore: A mass rescue on that scale has been done before, and we owe it to those who believed and trusted us to do it again The post Canada could save 10,000 Afghans from the Taliban. Or...
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Fake passports, river crossings and big money: Mahnaz Alizadeh’s desperate struggle to find refuge in Canada The post Escape from Iran appeared first on Macleans.ca .
A growing number of stateless peoples are locked in political limbo, exposed to dangers the international community is too fractured to address The post The world’s stateless peoples are more...
https://macleans.ca/news/world/the-worlds-stateless-peoples-are-more-vulnerable-than-ever/
Vaxx Populi: Data shows good immunity nine months after receiving two doses, PHAC says, though need for boosters is being 'closely monitored' in light of emergence of variants of concern The po...
https://macleans.ca/news/will-canadians-need-covid-booster-shots/
Whether it's Pfizer, Moderna or Astra Zeneca, the vaccines used in Canada 'are doing exactly what they should be doing,' including against the Delta variant The post Vaccines extremely effectiv...
Vaxx Populi: Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has been reported in young people who received an mRNA vaccine. No causal link has been established. The post What is the risk of ...
https://macleans.ca/news/myocarditis-covid-vaccine-pfizer-moderna-mrna/
Maclean's royal watcher Patricia Treble on the Queen's brooch, Biden's sunglasses and a monarch who is clearly back to enjoying herself The post Joe Biden has tea with the Queen: Six takeaways ...
It could go a long way to restore Canada’s reputation as a serious country, no longer the 'snow-washing' pariah of the G7 The post Canadians are leading the push for a global anti-corruption ...
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