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The Interview: Louise Arbour

“I was told almost every female cadet experienced an incident of sexual misconduct ‘or worse,’” wrote Louise Arbour following a year-long inquiry into the CAF.

Arbour, the former Supreme Court justice and United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has spent her career taking on the world’s most notorious human rights violators. And yet one of her most formidable challenges is domestic.

In this interview with Maclean’s, Arbour discusses her damning report, misogyny in the military and why she's facing one of her most difficult challenges yet:

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For $31 million you can buy this iconic estate in the heart of Montreal

Go inside this unbelievable 67-room estate located in Montreal's Ville-Marie’s Golden Square Mile. Dubbed an “Italian renaissance revival” mansion, the 1913 home was built for a famed Canadian industrialist and philanthropist J.W. McConnell and would cost $100 million to build from scratch today. Read More

Nothing prepared me for what I saw in Ukraine

Ivanka Siolkowsky flew from Canada to Ukraine after Russia invaded determined to help in any way she could. From transporting babies across borders to aiding orphanages, her journey took her to 19 cites in Ukraine. She returned with nightmares. And will go back again. Read More

"Empty promises are all that we have received."

"I fought shoulder to shoulder with Canadians. Now the government is leaving my family to be killed by the Taliban," writes Afghan interpreter Ghulam Faizi in this harrowing account of the ongoing dangers he and fellow interpreters face following the fall of Kabul. Read More

Meet the Canadian bringing Batman into a new era

Wednesday marked the much-anticipated debut with the release of Batman #124—the first instalment under new lead writer and former newspaper illustrator Steve Murray—aka Chip Zdarsky who tells us how he plans to leave his mark on the iconic franchise. Read More

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Cottage Industry: Tales from the national cottage market frenzy

Vacation properties have never been in such high demand. In this sweeping cross-country survey, Maclean’s looks at 10 of the most popular regions to buy a cottage. The July issue identifies what makes these spots so attractive and tells the stories of Canadians who bought cottages and cabins over the last few years, battling through a landscape of frenzied bidding wars and buying properties without even setting foot in the province.

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