Maclean's

Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

Maclean’s

COMMENTS • READERS WEIGH IN

THE INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NATION’S NEWSMAKERS • Beverley McLachlin, ex–chief justice and bestselling author, is keeping her eye on the world’s legal drama

Log Off To Find Love • Apps have gamified meeting and mating—and affected our social skills for the worse. The real future of dating is offline.

The Internet Oddball • How comedian Veronika Slowikowska got all of TikTok in on her jokes

Green Scene • Montreal’s Théâtre de Verdure stages plays and musical performances against a naturally beautiful backdrop

How Much Is Too Much? Making Informed Choices About Alcohol and Cannabis • Explore how changing your relationship with alcohol and cannabis can enhance your life.

Unaware and Underserved: The Silence Behind Substance Use Health Harms Us All • Substance use continues to be an outlier in the Canadian health care system, and it affects more of us than you think.

Bill of Health • I spent years with excruciating hip pain, languishing in Canada’s health-care queue. I finally paid for private surgery—in Lithuania.

BEST Affordable PLACES TO LIVE

The Seaside Charmer • Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The Eastern Tech Hub • Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Riverside Rebound • St. Catharines, Ontario

The French Connection • Quebec City, Quebec

The Northern Exposure • Edmonton, Alberta

The Quantum Capital • Sherbrooke, Quebec

The Renaissance City • Kingston, Ontario

The Maritime Bargain • Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Buzzy Border Town • Windsor, Ontario

The Prairie Pick • Regina, Saskatchewan

So You’ve Been _Hacked • A new generation of ultra-sophisticated cybercriminals are targeting governments, corporations, hospitals and libraries—and laying bare how ill-equipped Canada is to fight back

Whole Lotta L❤ve • Polyamory is suddenly everywhere—and it’s changing the face of love, marriage and even child-rearing. Five intimate stories of non-monogamy.

The Full House

The Long-Distance Lovers

The Co-Parents

The Reformed Monogamists

The No-Secrets Polycule

FANTASY ISLAND • An heiress lives her Gatsby dreams at her Big Rideau Lake cottage, complete with parties, lobster and champagne

COUNTRY ROADS • A new book chronicles the decay of a small, rural Alberta town—and the community that persists

“The Taliban tried to kill me at 16. Eight years later, I am free in Canada.” • I was persecuted in Afghanistan for teaching English. In Toronto, I became the first person in my family to attend university.