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Brent Robson: The point man on the scramble to repatriate Canadians – Macleans.ca

When civilian travel ground to a halt last year, Brent Robson led efforts to bring Canadians home from the far reaches of the planet Brent Robson’s computer screen last spring was a constantly messy patchwork of maps. Maps showing international airport statuses. Maps showing cruise ships, floating red dots on the oceans. Maps showing dozens of countries, overlaid with temporary populations of…

338Canada: A major warning sign for Jason Kenney’s UCP – Macleans.ca

Philippe J. Fournier: New numbers confirm the UCP is bleeding support and the NDP is on the rise. The latest projection shows an election would be too close to call. Since the Wildrose and PC merger back in 2017, the Alberta NDP didn’t lead in any voting intention polls in the province until late fall of 2020. While several polls throughout 2020 clearly indicated that many Albertans were less…

Netflix Canada in March 2021: What’s new this month – Macleans.ca

What you should watch Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (March 1): Christopher George Latore Wallace, or The Notorious B.I.G., lived up to his stage name by becoming arguably the most legendary rapper: he was shot to death in March 1997 at the age of 24, meaning that when Emmett Malloy’s new documentary drops, he’ll have been dead almost as long as he was alive. While the story of Wallace’s career…

The dominance of Doug Ford’s PC Party: 338Canada – Macleans.ca

Philippe J. Fournier: A new Mainstreet poll has the PCs leading in every age group and Ford’s approval numbers over his handling of the pandemic still riding high New Ontario polling data released by Mainstreet Research shows Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party still holds a commanding lead in voting intentions in the province. Not only has the PC Party increased its province-wide support…

338Canada: Why the CAQ now dominates Quebec – Macleans.ca

Philippe J. Fournier: While the Liberals and Conservatives are all over the map, Legault’s coalition has found the optimal recipe for current Quebec politics In the 2018 Quebec general election, François Legault’s CAQ broke a political cycle that had lasted almost a half century, during which the Quebec Liberals and Parti Québécois took turns at the reins of the National Assembly. With the…

The life of a pandemic day trader – Macleans.ca

A booming market, the promise of easy riches—what could go wrong?! In February 2020, just before the pandemic swept the globe, Milos Randelovic delved into the hectic world of day trading. For several months prior, the resident of Kelowna, B.C., had read trading books, scrutinized how-to websites and browsed YouTube channels where some day-trading influencers claimed easy riches could be made…

What to do with all the cash you’ve saved during the pandemic – Macleans.ca

It’s the ultimate first-world problem: with the economy trapped in the most gruelling crisis in decades, Canadians are sitting on the largest cash hoard in recorded history, thanks to the pandemic-era lockdowns. And they don’t know what to do with it all. Given the poor track record of Canadian households when it comes to over-borrowing and under-saving in recent years, this wasn’t what anyone…