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Louise Arbour, former Supreme Court justice and human rights champion, is fighting to reform the Canadian military

Tax million-dollar-home owners • Tackling the scourge of housing unaffordability isn’t impossible. Older, wealthier homeowners just need to chip in.

Full House • Priced out of Vancouver, Martin and Nicole Chiu became first-time homeowners only after a long-distance move—to Calgary

The Rez Rebel • Paulina Alexis, breakout star of the FX series Reservation Dogs, is upending Hollywood tradition while upholding her own

Wild at Heart • The animals that inhabit Montreal’s beloved Biodôme are at the centre of its recent architectural overhaul

Sam Effah • Co-chef de mission, Commonwealth Games TORONTO

BURNED OUT • WILDFIRES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE HOTTER, BIGGER, AND DEADLIER THAN EVER. THEY ARE ALSO A FRIGHTENING, ELEMENTAL FACT OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

DOUG WILSON • FIRE CHIEF, Logan Lake

MARK & LISA SCHUITEMA • FARMERS, Merritt

BARBARA RODEN • MAYOR, Ashcroft EDITOR, Ashcroft–Cache Creek Journal

New Jobs, Reduced Pollution, and Improved Health: Are You Driving Electric? • Mediaplanet sat down with Daniel Breton, President and CEO at Electric Mobility Canada, to discuss the challenges facing Canada’s EV industry and EMC’s EV Action Plan.

The Past, Present, and Future of EVs: An Adventure in Invention • The electric vehicle revolution began earlier than you realize. It’s going further than you can imagine. And at every step, Nissan has been present.

Going Green Is a Team Sport. We Need to Support Ridesharing Drivers to Go Electric • Uber Canada is moving toward its ambitious zero-emission platform goal through a series of smart collaborations and incentives.

Leading the Future of Transportation with Sustainable EV Battery Recycling • Li-Cycle’s innovative battery recycling process is transforming how we deal with electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries.

The Tipping Point: How Electric Vehicles Became the Norm While We Weren’t Looking • The argument for EVs has always been multifaceted: climate change, gas prices, the appeal of new technology. But the newest argument is quite simple — they’re some of the most practical vehicles on the market.

Q&A with Kia Canada COO Elias El-Achhab on the Canadian EV Market

TROUBLE IN PARADISE • A TORONTO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IS BUILDING A MANSION ON MUSKOKA’S EXCLUSIVE LAKE JOSEPH—AND THE NEIGHBOURS ARE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO STOP IT.

LOVE A SECRET • Len Keith and Cub Coates fell for each other in early 20th-century New Brunswick, at a time and place where queer relationships were taboo. Their story was almost lost forever—until a collection of tender photographs brought their romance into the light.

CREE IS CANLIT • In Making Love With the Land, Joshua Whitehead moves between genres and languages in a series of essays that open up a whole new window on the meaning of Canadian literature

Whitehead, by the book

TOKENS OF APPRECIATION • NFTs are great for artists: there’s no shipping required, brokers are on board and collectors are ready to pay big money for what amounts to a digital receipt. So is blockchain the future of art—or a bubble that’s about to burst?

AGAINST THE ODDS • Ontario’s newly legalized online single-game sports betting—and the flood of ads promoting gambling—puts recovering addicts like me at risk

“Sharing my recipes from Mexico helped me reclaim my identity here” • Fearing for our safety, my family and I fled Mexico. To make a home in Canada, I...