Maclean's - December 2023

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Revenge of the Renters
What can a tenant do about rent spikes, profit-hungry landlords and a brutal housing market? Go on strike.
BY JASON MCBRIDE

The False Prophet
For 25 years, spiritual leader John de Ruiter has been cultivating a global following from his Edmonton compound. A spate of sexual assault charges have revealed the guru’s dark secrets.
BY LUC RINAL

Katherine Henderson, Hockey Canada's new president and CEO, is in cleanup mode for love of the game

LAST YEAR, HOCKEY CANADA was in hot water. That July, news broke that the organization had pulled money from its National Equity Fund-which includes player registration fees-to settle an alleged sexual assault case involving members of Canada's 2018 men's world junior team.

5 mins

Take UFOs seriously

Whether you call them UFOs, UAPs or flying saucers, Canada should treat the objects that fly in our skies as scientific phenomena, not pop-cultural quackery

5 mins

The Running Man

Connor Emeny is the youngest person to finish Ironman triathlons on six continents. Next stop: Antarctica.

2 mins

State of the Art

Don't let the imposing columns outside Fredericton's Beaverbrook Art Gallery fool you-its new expansion is a cozy communal space for the city's art lovers

1 min

Coastal Calling

Dalene and Pete Heck were happy globetrotters until health issues brought them back home. They settled on a century-old former parsonage in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.

5 mins

Revenge Of The Renter

Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it's illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war.

10+ mins

The False Prophet of Edmonton

In a suburban industrial park, John de Ruiter built a spiritual movement, mashing up Christian theology and New Age mysticism. Today, eight former followers claim he brainwashed them into sex. The case against him will test the boundaries of consent.

10+ mins

The DNA Detective

RCMP officer Dean Lerat, a member of Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, found many of his long-lost relatives using a DNA-testing kit. Now he does volunteer genealogy work to help others connect with their own families, fragmented by colonialism. The results tell the story of a whole nation.

10+ mins

A TASTE OF EUROPE

This hand-painted Victorian home brings old-fashioned opulence to downtown Toronto

3 mins

NORTHERN LIGHT

A new book chronicles the Canadian Arctic expeditions of photographer Richard Harrington, who documented the Inuit's disappearing way of life

4 mins

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