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I’ve only been a nurse for eight months. The chaos is killing me.

Jacelyn Wingerter became a registered nurse in January and has worked in a Saskatchewan ER ever since. At only 22, she says being on the front lines of a collapsing healthcare system has crushed her stamina and her spirit.

“For the past three months we’ve been short-staffed every shift. It’s not because of Covid—it’s because nurses are burnt out, and many have left the profession. We should have at least 19 nurses on each shift, but sometimes we’ve been nine nurses short, six nurses short. When I left a shift last week we were five nurses short, so we closed down part of the ER for the night. I haven’t seen any improvement. Things continue to get worse. It’s been complete chaos from day one.” Read More

The Hot Spot: Halifax—Your complete guide to the seaside city

From incredible restaurants, bars and bakeries to must-see heritage sites, oceanside adventures, and hidden-gem accommodations, this is where to eat, sleep, drink and play in one of Canada’s top destinations. Read More

My family and I fled gang violence in Mexico and made a home in Canada

“There are times when I miss home,” writes Angelo Canedo, who moved from Mazatlán to Vancouver and opened a restaurant business. “But sharing the stories of the recipes I brought from Mexico has helped me reclaim my identity here." Read More

Why we need to tax Canada’s million-dollar homeowners

“People talk about housing inflation like it’s a bad thing,” Generation Squeeze founder Paul Kershaw tells Maclean’s, “but it’s making a lot of owners rich—and many of those gains aren’t subject to taxation. In fact, our tax system has sheltered much of the $3.2 trillion in added housing wealth that homeowners pocketed since 1977.” Read More

Len and Cub: A secret love unearthed after more than a century

Dusty Green was completing a summer internship at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick when a colleague introduced him to some photos donated by John Corey, an artist, community historian and general collector of things. The photos unearthed a remarkable love story more than 100 years in the making. Read More

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How B.C. is learning to live with relentless wildfires

Last summer, the forests of British Columbia were engulfed in flames. At some points, there were as many as 80 new fires each day across the province.

Wildfires in British Columbia are hotter, bigger, and deadlier than ever. For residents in B.C., they are also a frightening, elemental fact of everyday life.

One year after the catastrophe, Maclean’s revisits the danger zones to hear from the firefighters, survivors and homeowners living with the constant threat of wildfires in this portrait of a province in flames.

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