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Raw materials

20 October 2016

Canada’s architects know all too well that its wilds cannot be conquered; instead they’re working with the wilderness to create a new kind of structural language. We go cross-country to visit three rural retreats and meet…

Travel

Toronto

Toronto is akin to a teenager: energetic, fickle and unwieldy at times. But while Canada’s largest city suffers from the odd growing pain, it’s transforming in beguiling ways. Since the city’s founding, waves of immigrants…

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Food

20 October 2016

This issue we check out a Haitian hostelry in Montréal and sample Argentinian food in Toronto that’s been perfected over generations. We also visit a surfing community that’s become a culinary hotspot and taste a whole…

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Good genes

20 October 2016

The presumption that any North American of note in the entertainment industry is American is misplaced; the High North is a veritable talent factory. Here are 10 superstars whose unique talents could only originate from one…

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All for one

25 January 2024

A rational approach to immigration sets Canada apart from most Western countries. Here’s why it works.

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Running with it

17 January 2019

Functional meets fashion-forward at Vancouver Running Co, whose feet are firmly in the community.

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Fair traders

10 September 2020

Nolan Giles reporting from London: Byron and Dexter Peart have taken a stand against disposable design by providing a global shop window for sustainable, ethically sourced homeware. And theirs is a model that the retail…

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17. What’s in your basket?

21 May 2020

The pandemic has made us all think more about where our food comes from and how it is grown. Canadian farmer and educator Jean-Martin Fortier explains why we should all be feeding the hands that feed us.

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Plante life

22 March 2018

Montréal’s first woman mayor is using the city’s economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she’s found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.

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Maple leaf empire

20 October 2016

Canada, one of the best-loved nations in the world, exports more than just good will and maple syrup. From peacekeeping troops to submarines and lentils, this vast and varied country makes a mark in the unlikeliest of…

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Inventory N°98

20 October 2016

We look to the Great White North for finely made products, from fire-tending tools to a dram of whiskey.

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Blue-sky thinking

17 October 2009

Viking Air, a small parts manufacturer from British Columbia, had never even thought about building aeroplanes, but when the firm acquired the licences for de Havilland’s discontinued but adored sea and bush planes, the…

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Beat a retreat

20 October 2016

The Canadians’ love of cottage country is more than a lifestyle choice: it’s a way of linking to that vast landscape and being part of the nation.

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Skeleton crew

19 March 2020

When it comes to bones, Research Casting International is king of the dinosaurs. The Ontario restoration firm has made monsters for Hollywood, excavated an Ankylosaurus and – as the world’s museums continue to call – is…

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State of the nation: Canada

18 October 2018

Standing firm in the face of a flailing US president, Canada’s immigration policies, burgeoning economy and soft-power initiatives set a far more positive tone.

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Driving forces

20 October 2016

Satirists to supermodels, mayors to moguls: here are Canada’s power players.