Named after their skip (as per curling tradition), the Ottawa-based team is a tight unit that has a long personal history; many years of experience, (despite their youth); and four sets of eyes on the big prize: Olympic Gold.
By Christina Leadlay
From ‘astroturf’ campaigns and Facebook games, social activism apps and websites that bombard politicians’ voicemail inboxes overnight, the internet is revolutionizing democratic communications in surprising ways.
By Peter Mazereeuw
P&I goes behind-the-scenes at the Royal Canadian Mint, where precious metals become useful coins, used both as practical currency and to circulate the Canadian story.
By Martha Ilboudo
How a humble sweet treat seized post-war consumer culture, becoming a social unifier for all Canadians.
By Shruti Shekar
The 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner discusses the enormous—and emotional—undertaking of writing about the shared experiences and untold stories of the world’s brown population.
By Ally Foster
Impressing palates for more than 200 years.
By Asha Hingorani
As the Canadian Space Agency prepares to select the finalists from its latest astronaut recruitment campaign, Canada’s future in the space industry looks stronger than ever.
By Samantha Wright Allen
Popular with generations of political junkies, the BBC TV and radio series, 'Yes, Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister' is the inspiration for this take on a certain prime minister’s struggle with proportional representation.
By Katie Schultz
By John Borrows
Everything you need to know about one of Canada's defining documents.
By Dale Smith
By Laura Ryckewaert
Father Jim, former archbishop of Winnipeg, reflects on a 50-year career in the Catholic Church, facilitating reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations, and how religion can fit into a modern and diverse Canadian culture.
By Charelle Evelyn
From the cost of each Peace Tower flag ($150) to the current wait time to receive one from Public Services (69 years), we uncover some of the rituals, people, and symbolic meanings attached to the red and white Maple Leaf ensign.
By Christopher Guly
Modernizing the Canadian History Hall has been a massive, $30-million, five-year undertaking with innumerable perspectives and voices to consider.
Why do insiders and experts predict some of this government’s forward-thinking policies will stick? Because any change would be ‘backwards movement.’
By Rachel Aiello
