Canadians have a lot of cultural bones to pick, finds Denise Brunsdon, and maybe they like it that way.

Montrealers have always fought to keep rent low. What happens when they no longer know who or how to fight?

Music put Montreal on the map, writes Adam Kovac, but the city isn’t returning the favour.

Writing from Quebec. Translated by Melissa Bull.

It’s tough times for bookstores, so how is one Toronto shop thriving—while stocking nothing on your reading list?

A man arrived in Grand Bend, Ontario, believing it was a refuge for strange species. Kieran Delamont observes the fallout.

A few citizens in Saskatchewan doubted the official account of an oil spill, Lauren Kaljur reports. But what could they do?

Between Toronto, Bombay and a new play by Wajdi Mouawad, Adnan Khan explores the ties that bind us.

The craze for “hygge” comes from a dark place, writes Luc Rinaldi, and he’s not talking about Denmark in winter.

A Canadian scientist once harnessed the power of viruses against bacterial infections. In dire times, a new generation of scientists is fighting to do the same.

A new class of entrepreneurs is selling answers to life’s biggest problems. Kathryn Jezer-Morton checks the receipts.

Rosie Long Decter follows Montreal comedian Tranna Wintour as she does her bit.

A photo essay.

Writing from Quebec. Translated by Melissa Bull.

New poetry from Domenica Martinello.

Cole Nowicki reads between the lines on a Saskatoon street.

Sympathetic rhetoric, tightening borders—Jane Gatensby reveals Canada's hypocrisy on Venezuela.

These days people love the idea of interracial marriages, Natalie Harmsen writes, but that’s different from trying to make one work.

A tangled mess of cannabis laws is hanging Canadians out to dry and even endangering lives.

New fiction from Krzysztof Pelc.

Being basic can come with secret perks. Just ask people in London, Ontario.

Politicians praise climate-conscious teenagers like Rebecca Hamilton. But what she really wants is better public transit.

With the rise of "dark tourism," it’s never been so popular to go off the beaten track.

A photo essay.

Letter from Montreal.

What was a climate-change denier doing on the board of Canada’s most famous science museum?

A survivalist tests recipes for the apocalypse.

Letter from Montreal.

Reckoning with a homegrown hell showed that turning around emissions can also mean turning a profit.

It’s hard to live low-carbon, especially when you feel like you’re the only one. Kate Black meets a Calgary misfit who keeps trying to fit in.

Canadians are scared of losing the life they know, Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier writes. Maybe looking north will help.

In wildfire-ravaged BC, Rachel Jansen learns to keep up with the relentless rules of mushroom-hunting.

A longtime science reporter reviews the ways we’ve tried, and failed, to convey the looming climate crisis.

Toronto condos won’t seem so hot in a few decades—except in the literal sense. Here’s a guide for househunting for the end times.

New fiction by Christopher Evans.

New poetry from Mikko Harvey.

Writing from Quebec. Translated by Melissa Bull.