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Maclean's Magazine - January / February 2026

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In this issue

Concert Tickets Might Finally Get Cheaper
By Carl Wilson

Biohacking Will Become Big Business
By Colleen Derkatch

Canada Could Become a Global Leader in a Hotter World
By Jim Hykawy and Ray Leonard

The Buy Canadian Movement Will Transform Supply Chains
By Mark Pupo

AI Will Teach Students—and Students Will Teach AI
By Edith Law

Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and modern-day explorer, takes “touching grass” to another level

ADAM SHOALTS IS a member of a dying breed.

6 mins

Justice for Stablecoins

For years, people thought fiat-backed crypto was all hype, no value. Now that the government's on board, Canadians should be too.

4 mins

culture

Justin Bieber will bring his comeback to Coachella. A Dragon's Den villain will crash Hollywood. And B.C. will transform into feudal Japan, ancient Scandinavia and a zombified Pacific Northwest.

4 mins

Concert Tickets Might Finally Get Cheaper

In 2026, we'll need fewer stadium extravaganzas and more intimate shows at small venues

3 mins

Health

We'll say goodbye to international med students and hello to mumps. Governments, meanwhile, will clear patient backlogs with Al scribes and private surgical centres.

4 mins

Biohacking Will Go Mainstream

The fixation on ultra-masculine virility is changing how men understand their health

3 mins

Business

Carney will turbocharge trade in the wake of Trump tariff woes, while workers will reluctantly come back to the office— that is, if they can find jobs at all

4 mins

Pipelines Will Remain a Pipe Dream

Danielle Smith's promise of a bitumen pipeline is nothing but a political abstraction

3 mins

The Small-Business Survival Struggle

Canadian entrepreneurs are in a David-versus-Goliath battle with Trump's tariffs to stay afloat. I'm one of them.

5 mins

Climate

Wildfire displacement will redraw the map, EV adoption will decelerate and Canada will miss its emissions targets. Throughout it all, Mark Carney will put climate on the backburner.

4 mins

Canada Could Become a Global Leader in a Hotter World

Canada will weather climate change relatively well. We need to prepare for fallout from countries that don't.

3 mins

The Fight For My Farming Future

I'm suing the country's largest pension manager to protect my retirement fund

5 mins

AI

As the government invests billions in Al sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAl's tempting pitch-while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public.

4 mins

AI Will Out-Think Humans

Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete

3 mins

Politics

Ottawa will pour billions into defence, Arctic development and nation-building, all the while facing off against power-hungry premiers. Outlandish deepfakes, meanwhile, will become a mainstay on social media.

4 mins

Canada's China Policy Will Be Decided in Washington

If Trump talks fail, Canada could look toward Beijing

3 mins

Sports

Sidney Crosby will cement his legacy, while newbies like Gavin McKenna and Trey Yesavage become household names. The WNBA, meanwhile, makes its long-awaited debut in Toronto.

4 mins

The World Cup Will Relegate Canada to the Sidelines

Canada will take a back seat to Trump's aggressive America-first agenda

3 mins

The Adult Rec-Sports Boom

Fed up with phones, Canadians are making friends on the field

4 mins

Housing

High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere.

4 mins

The Condo Crash Will Reverberate Across the Country

Vancouver and Toronto's troubles are harbingers of more housing issues to come

3 mins

Food

Buy Canadian fever will give us more B.C. wine, Ontario ice cream and locally grown winter strawberries-while Indigenous cuisine will have its overdue moment

4 mins

Buy Canadian Will Transform Supply Chains

Trump's tariff chaos will prompt local food producers to expand at record speed

3 mins

The Rise of the Micro-Restaurant

Tiny establishments like Yan Dining Room, my 26-seater in Toronto, are feeding Canadians' appetites for something new

4 mins

Education

The international-student shortfall will worsen schools' financial woes. Donald Trump's assault on academia will hinder and help Canadian campuses. And school boards will scramble to fill teacher shortages.