A lethal combination of inflation, housing costs and Trump-induced chaos tightened Canadians’ wallets last year. Here, our top money stories of 2025. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-money-stories/

Wildfire displacement will redraw the map, EV adoption will decelerate and Canada will miss its emissions targets. Throughout it all, Mark Carney will put climate on the backburner. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-climate/

Customers are still prioritizing Buy Canadian—and each time Trump rants about Canada and how terribly Canadians treat him, they Buy Canadian that much more. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/buy-canadian-is-transforming-grocery-shelves/

Why being an Olympian is a bad investment https://macleans.ca/sports/the-true-cost-of-competing-in-the-olympics/

A lethal combination of inflation, housing costs and Trump-induced chaos tightened Canadians’ wallets last year. Here, our top money stories of 2025. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-money-stories/

Customers are still prioritizing Buy Canadian—and each time Trump rants about Canada and how terribly Canadians treat him, they Buy Canadian that much more. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/buy-canadian-is-transforming-grocery-shelves/

High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-housing/

Why being an Olympian is a bad investment https://macleans.ca/sports/the-true-cost-of-competing-in-the-olympics/

The international-student shortfall will worsen schools’ financial woes. Donald Trump’s assault on academia will hinder and help Canadian campuses. And school boards will scramble to fill teacher shortages. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-education/

Ottawa will pour billions into defence, Arctic development and nation-building, all the while facing off against power-hungry premiers. Outlandish deepfakes, meanwhile, will become a mainstay on social media. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-politics/

The next year will test our ability to turn all of our upturned elbows into tangible action. We’ve got a nation to build. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/2026-predictions/

As the government invests billions in AI sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAI’s tempting pitch—while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-ai/

When Washington pulled the plug on global science funding, Canadian labs were affected. One university built an emergency fund to keep discovery alive—but why is our research system this fragile in the first place? https://macleans.ca/society/can-canada-survive-trumps-attack-on-science/

We've got your cheat sheet for everything and everyone that will matter in the next 12 months. Welcome to the year ahead. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/2026-predictions/

High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-housing/

“Buy Canadian” fever will give us more B.C. wine, Ontario ice cream and locally grown winter strawberries, while Indigenous cuisine will have its overdue moment https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-food/

Ottawa will pour billions into defence, Arctic development and nation-building, all the while facing off against power-hungry premiers. Outlandish deepfakes, meanwhile, will become a mainstay on social media. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-politics/

Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/

When Washington pulled the plug on global science funding, Canadian labs were affected. One university built an emergency fund to keep discovery alive—but why is our research system this fragile in the first place? https://macleans.ca/society/can-canada-survive-trumps-attack-on-science/

I'm so delighted that my article on Canada's need for a national vaccine registry made @macleans.bsky.social 'The Best of 2025: Maclean’s Top 10 Stories on How to Fix Canada'. As the tagline says ' COVID made it clear. Measles made it an emergency.' macleans.ca/best-of/the-...

Carney will turbocharge trade in the wake of Trump tariff woes, while workers will reluctantly come back to the office—that is, if they can find jobs at all https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-business/

Justin Bieber will bring his comeback to Coachella. A Dragon’s Den villain will crash Hollywood. And B.C. will transform into feudal Japan, ancient Scandinavia and a zombified Pacific Northwest. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-culture/

We’ll say goodbye to international med students and hello to mumps. Governments, meanwhile, will clear patient backlogs with AI scribes and private surgical centres. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-health/

Sidney Crosby will cement his legacy, while newbies like Gavin McKenna and Trey Yesavage become household names. The WNBA, meanwhile, makes its long-awaited debut in Toronto. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-sports/

We've got your cheat sheet for everything and everyone that will matter in the next 12 months. Welcome to the year ahead. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/2026-predictions/

Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/

High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-housing/

As the government invests billions in AI sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAI’s tempting pitch—while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-ai/

The chaos of 2025 made for some fascinating stories. Our most popular longreads of the year ranged in subject from the political to the personal, chronicling power brokers, ordinary people and everyone in between. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-longreads/

Wildfire displacement will redraw the map, EV adoption will decelerate and Canada will miss its emissions targets. Throughout it all, Mark Carney will put climate on the backburner. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-climate/

In 2025, Canadian families formed into countless configurations—and Maclean’s was there to document them all. https://macleans.ca/best-of/best-of-2025-macleans-top-family-stories/

One happy side effect of Trump’s trade war? It reminded us that we’re not the 51st state—and kickstarted our ambitions to finally behave like a grown-up country on the world stage. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-stories-on-how-to-fix-canada/

Part two of the final season of Stranger Things launches Christmas Day, with its series finale on New Year's Eve. EP and director Shawn Levy spoke to Maclean's in 2023 about his knack for sniffing out hits. https://macleans.ca/culture/director-shawn-levy/

The next year will test our ability to turn all of our upturned elbows into tangible action. We’ve got a nation to build. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/2026-predictions/

Ottawa will pour billions into defence, Arctic development and nation-building, all the while facing off against power-hungry premiers. Outlandish deepfakes, meanwhile, will become a mainstay on social media. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-politics/

This was the year artificial intelligence leapt out of the abstract and into our daily lives. Here, our top AI stories of 2025. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-ai-stories/

It turns out character really is revealed in a crisis—we hope with readable, riveting and occasionally humorous results. Here, Maclean’s top interviews of the last 12 months. https://macleans.ca/best-of/top-10-interviews-2025/

As the government invests billions in AI sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAI’s tempting pitch—while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-year-ahead-2026-ai/

We've got your cheat sheet for everything and everyone that will matter in the next 12 months. Welcome to the year ahead. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/2026-predictions/

Over the last 12 months, Maclean’s has collected stories from the frontlines of the tariff rollercoaster. Here, our top 10 stories about the Trump effect. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-trade-war-stories/

The chaos of 2025 made for some fascinating stories. Our most popular longreads of the year ranged in subject from the political to the personal, chronicling power brokers, ordinary people and everyone in between. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-longreads/

One happy side effect of Trump’s trade war? It reminded us that we’re not the 51st state—and kickstarted our ambitions to finally behave like a grown-up country on the world stage. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-stories-on-how-to-fix-canada/

In 2025, Canadian families formed into countless configurations—and Maclean’s was there to document them all. https://macleans.ca/best-of/best-of-2025-macleans-top-family-stories/

One happy side effect of Trump’s trade war? It reminded us that we’re not the 51st state—and kickstarted our ambitions to finally behave like a grown-up country on the world stage. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-stories-on-how-to-fix-canada/

It turns out character really is revealed in a crisis—we hope with readable, riveting and occasionally humorous results. Here, Maclean’s top interviews of the last 12 months. https://macleans.ca/best-of/top-10-interviews-2025/

The chaos of 2025 made for some fascinating stories. Our most popular longreads of the year ranged in subject from the political to the personal, chronicling power brokers, ordinary people and everyone in between. https://macleans.ca/best-of/the-best-of-2025-macleans-top-10-longreads/

It turns out character really is revealed in a crisis—we hope with readable, riveting and occasionally humorous results. Here, Maclean’s top interviews of the last 12 months. https://macleans.ca/best-of/top-10-interviews-2025/

Rachel Reid, author of Heated Rivalry, reveals how her sexy gay hockey book became the internet's favourite sexy gay hockey show https://macleans.ca/culture/how-my-book-heated-rivalry-became-a-tv-phenomenon/

In 2025, Canadian families formed into countless configurations—and Maclean’s was there to document them all. https://macleans.ca/best-of/best-of-2025-macleans-top-family-stories/

Rachel Reid, author of Heated Rivalry, reveals how her sexy gay hockey book became the internet's favourite sexy gay hockey show https://macleans.ca/culture/how-my-book-heated-rivalry-became-a-tv-phenomenon/