Maclean's long reads

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  A brilliant scientist was mysteriously fired from a Winnipeg virus lab. No one knows why.

  macleans.ca - By Justin Ling

  Xiangguo Qiu would seem an unlikely character in a tale of international intrigue. A mild-mannered scientist who won accolades for her work fighting …

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  Snowboarder Laurie Blouin's secret weapon: The music of Shania Twain

  macleans.ca - By Aaron Hutchins

  “Let’s go, girls. Come on.” These are the words of encouragement Laurie Blouin expects to hear when she hits the slopes to compete in the 2022 Beijing …

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  On energy and climate, politics is the problem

  macleans.ca - Nik Nanos and Brendan Frank

  Nik Nanos is the Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research and Chair of the University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy Advisory Council. Brendan …

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  The hawks are screeching over Ukraine. Will cooler heads prevail?

  macleans.ca - By Adnan R. Khan

  The war hawks are screeching for a more muscular response to Russian provocations at the Ukrainian border. The American president, trying to bolster …

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  The world left these Afghan women behind. Now they're fending for themselves.

  macleans.ca - By Adnan R. Khan

  The dark spectres that hang over Shazia Mohseni take multiple forms these days. Sometimes it’s the haunting possibility that to build the future she …

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  Red Cross swimming lessons have been a rite of passage for 76 years. They'll soon be history.

  macleans.ca - By Jason Markusoff

  If you’re a Canadian who remembers your childhood swim lessons, odds are that memory bank includes Red Cross swim badges. In recent years, kids …