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OUR ROLLER-COASTER ECONOMY

At some point in the last couple of years, the word “unprecedented” had been used so often to describe Canada’s economy that it lost all of its potency. First it referred to wave after wave of the coronavirus that upended supply chains and our very way of life. Now, it applies to virtually every aspect.

Ballooning inflation, mounting debt, a labour shortage—and have you seen gas prices? Eleven of the country’s smartest economic minds explain how Canada’s topsy-turvy landscape, and how to make things better going forward. Read More

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

From incredible restaurants, bars, oceanside adventures, hidden-gem accommodations and the must-see Africville heritage site, there's a reason Halifax is a top destination. Here is our selection of exceptional places that reflects Halifax old and new, and the plenitude of fun to be found there. Read More

How Canadian Simi Liu ditched his accounting job for a career in acting

Before he was sharing the screen with Brad Pitt in Bullet Train and starring in his own superhero franchise, Simi Liu was a Deloitte staffer dreaming of making it big. In this excerpt from his new memoir, We Were Dreamers, Liu explains how he ditched accounting and got his big break. Read More

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

“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...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. It’s been complete chaos from day one.” 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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A complete guide to our roller-coaster economy

This is a uniquely confusing economic time. Ballooning inflation, mounting debt, a massive labour shortage, a distorted housing market—and have you seen gas prices? How did everything get to be so fiscally wacky, seemingly all at once? And how can we make it all better?

In the September 2022 issue, Maclean’s got 11 big thinkers to break down everything you need to know to understand Canada's economy right now:

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