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

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Dear MACLEAN'S

Housing minister Ahmed Hussen still believes in the dream of home ownership in Canada

Electrify Everything • One of the best ways for Canada to fight climate change is to scale up one of our oldest technologies.

‘I encourage—and celebrate—nudity on screen’ • Lindsay Somers, intimacy coordinator, Toronto

At the Water’s Edge • These Torontonians thought they’d be city folks for life. Then a fateful family trip sent them searching eastward.

The Dance Disruptor • The National Ballet’s Siphesihle November is a modern visionary in aclassical world

Northern Exposure • Winnipeg’s Qaumajuq is more than an art gallery or a stylish feat of architecture. It’s a monument to reconciliation with Inuit cultures.

Siobhan Detkavich • Chef, Mission Hill Winery, Kelowna

Making a difference in their own way.

Game On • WE’VE GOT MAJOR PLAYERS, RISING STARS AND MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR TRAINING FACILITIES. HOW CANADA BECAME A TENNIS SUPERPOWER

FÉLIX AUGER-ALIASSIME • THE MONTREAL DYNAMO GREW UP FANTASIZING ABOUT JOINING CANADA’S TENNIS ELITE. NOW HE’S THE NINTH-BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. THE HARD PART? STAYING ON TOP.

The Key Players • AUGER-ALIASSIME ISN’T THE ONLY BIG NAME ON CANADA’S TENNIS ROSTER. HE’S SURROUNDED BY CHAMPIONS.

MUST-SEE MATCHES

Holding Court • Burnaby’s forthcoming Pacific Tennis Centre will give West Coast prodigies a place to achieve greatness

The Kingmaker • THE LEGENDARY FRENCH COACH LOUIS BORFIGA TRANSFORMED CANADA FROM A TENNIS BACKWATER INTO A WORLD-CLASS CONTENDER

The New Class • MONTREAL’S NATIONAL TENNIS CENTRE HAS ALREADY PRODUCED MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF GREATS. BUT WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT THESE KIDS CAN DO.

Victoria Mboko, 15 • Burlington, Ontario

Kayla Cross, 17 • London, Ontario

Jaden Weekes, 17 • LaSalle, Quebec

Christophe Clément, 17 • Montreal

Annabelle Xu, 18 • Montreal

Mia Kupres, 18 • Edmonton

WORLDS AWAY FROM HOME • My family fled Kyiv on March 1. We travelled to four countries in five days and then spread out across three continents. Now I’m in Canada, hoping to one day see Ukraine again.

A HOMEOWNER’S WORST NIGHTMARE • Arif Adnan Syed turned luxury rentals into rooming houses. Catching him was simple. Evicting him was almost impossible.

A SOLDIER’S STORY • I left Canada to pursue my pro soccer dream in Ukraine, where I was born. When Russia invaded, I joined the only team that mattered.

WRITING WHAT THEY KNOW • Novelist Georgia Toews is following in the literary footsteps of her mom, the celebrated author Miriam Toews. What’s it like when your mother is also your mentor?

HIGH DRAMA • After four years and a multi-million-dollar renovation—and two and a half more years in pandemic postponements—this summer, the show will finally go on at Stratford’s immaculately redesigned Tom Patterson Theatre

HOW EDMONTON’S UNDERBELLY HATCHED A HIP-HOP CAREER

EXTREMELY OFFLINE • With their chickens, preserves and off-grid adventures on full display, Canada’s homesteading YouTubers are escaping the ills of modern life—in a thoroughly modern format

A STAR IS TRENDING • Moroccan-Canadian singer Faouzia built a huge fan base and netted a Juno nomination—without even releasing an album

THREE TO READ

DEAR AUNTY MARY • ‘You taught me that I could think what I liked, speak up when I wanted to and have the courage to change my...