Maclean's Magazine - July 2023

In this issue

The End of Homeownership
What happens to a country when its young people can’t buy houses?
BY MICHELLE CYCA

THE BIG IDEA
Generative AI is already leaking into the media. The next step: labelling it.

THE PROSPECT
Laeticia Amihere is towering over the WNBA.

THE BUILDING
Montreal’s new Formula One paddock was built in a flash..

THE INTERVIEW : Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is doing it for the vibes

IF YOU BELIEVE the early hype, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan rolled off her parents’ couch in Mississauga, Ontario, and into a star-making lead role in Netflix’s hit high school rom-dram Never Have I Ever. It was 2019, and a friend sent the tweet announcing Mindy Kaling’s casting call. Ramakrishnan, then 17 and tired from a long day at real-life Meadowvale Secondary School, went, so it goes: Eh, why not?

9 mins

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Puts Canadians Living with ALS First

Reflections on progress and urgency from a ‘made in Canada’ biotech focused on progressive neurodegenerative diseases.

2 mins

Novartis Invests in the Montréal Health Innovation District to Foster a New Wave of Healthcare Partnerships

The launch of Novartis’ new Montréal head office heralds a renewed commitment to collaboration and innovation within Canada.

2 mins

Label Al-Generated Content

Artificially intelligent tools are now able to create text, speech, art and video as well as humans can. We need to know who made what.

5 mins

Having It All

I couldn’t afford to stay home from work. Finding childcare for my son in B.C. cost me a lot more than money.

3 mins

The Need for Speed

This summer, Formula One fans will watch cars scorch around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in record time. Its new paddock came together just as quickly.

1 min

THE END OF HOMEOWNERSHIP

For generations, middle-class Canadians have been sold on the promise of homeownership. The promise was always flawed. Today it’s simply broken.

10+ mins

Betting My Life

A memoir of addiction, desperation and the dangers of sports betting

10+ mins

A DEADLY LOVE

Ashley Wadsworth spent years building an online romance with a young Englishman. Months after they met in person, he killed her—and her family learned of his dark past. Why did no one stop him?

10+ mins

RETRO FEVER

The ’70s are back in this Quebec couple’s unique vintage home

3 mins

THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF CANADA'S WEIRDEST FAST-FOOD FRANCHISE

How a failed McDonald’s knock-off became a fast-food success for generations of Lebanese-Canadian immigrants in Alberta

6 mins

HOMEWARD BOUND

After tragedy struck, photojournalist Darren Calabrese documented his return to the East Coast in a new book

2 mins

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Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.