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Moderna’s Patricia Gauthier has Canadian-made plans to fight the next viral menace

Make Malls That Matter • Canada’s dead and dying shopping centres are ideal sites to house much-needed community services.

A Space Odyssey • A million-dollar view awaited the Grant family in Kelowna. But first they had to part with their beloved Toronto.

The Air Apparent • Shaedon Sharpe has become one of the most sought-after players in this summer’s NBA draft—without playing a minute of college basketball

The Height of Ambition • Toronto’s CIBC Square is built for the free-form future of work

Nick Farkas

Practices Made Perfect • Why doctors are moving to Sault Ste. Marie to join its innovative Group Health Centre

Unforgettable stories by the country’s best writers

COTTAGE INDUSTRY • Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

1 ANNAPOLIS VALLEY • The Eastern Attraction

JOE’S FOOD EMPORIUM • This Wolfville mainstay prides itself on serving something for everyone—and lately, that’s included a whole lot more cottagers

2 MUSKOKA • The Old Faithful

ROSS HALLORAN, PORT CARLING • This veteran agent was preparing for the pandemic to pummel the Muskoka market. Instead, it exploded.

3 INVERMERE • The Best-Kept Secret

4 SOUTH SHORE • The Seaside Buy

5 SAINT ANDREWS • The Historic Holiday

6 KAWARTHA LAKES • The New Muskoka

7 CANMORE • The Mountain Town

SHEEPDOG BREWING, CANMORE • Adventurous tourists are always blowing through this Rocky Mountain town. Sheepdog has found success serving those who stay.

8 BAIE-SAINT-PAUL • The Nouveau Locale

9 INTERLAKE • The Fisherman’s Friend

10 OKANAGAN • The Million-Dollar Market

JOANNA WANG AND JP LETNICK, KELOWNA • Wild demand for vacation properties across the Okanagan kicked this husband-and-wife team into high gear

THE FIXER • A MILITARY IN DISARRAY. A WAR IN UKRAINE. CANADA’S GLOBAL REPUTATION AT STAKE. IT’S A GOOD THING ANITA ANAND KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

The Swindler Sisters • The Saker women were the model of rural ingenuity, running a successful restaurant and several gourmet food businesses on Cape Breton Island. It turned out they were mostly cooking the books.

Open Dialogue Is the First Step to Living Well with Prostate Cancer • To mitigate the health implications of prostate cancer, patients and their physicians must maintain an open dialogue and participate in shared decision-making.

IT’S A SMALL WORLD • The Little Canada museum in Toronto recreates the nation’s landmarks in miraculous, miniature detail. We spoke to the builders about how they pulled it off.

THE THEATRE OF ORVILLE PECK • Canada’s most famous gay country singer has cultivated intrigue—and heaps of fans—with his singular look and made-up name. What’s true about the man behind the mask?

THE OUTER CHILD • Grown-ups are getting into kidcore, a trend defined by bright colours, zany accessories and the carefree instincts of childhood

THREE TO READ

WATERFRONT WARS • Set in northeastern Ontario, Amazon Prime Video’s new eight-episode series The Lake is a cottage-country comedy loosely based on writer Julian Doucet’s life. The show follows Justin (Jordan Gavaris), who returns home to Ontario from Australia for the summer to reconcile his relationship with 16-year-old Billie (Madison Shamoun), the daughter he gave up for adoption when he was in high school. Upon...