{"id":383900,"date":"2021-12-20T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:11:49","slug":"10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#10 Maclean&#8217;s stories that defined 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2496a99dc8f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2496a99dc8f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#A_promise_to_Michael\" >A promise to Michael<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#Nowhere_to_buy\" >Nowhere to buy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#Friend_rentals_and_robots_How_businesses_are_creating_solutions_for_the_loneliness_epidemic\" >Friend rentals and robots: How businesses are creating solutions for the loneliness epidemic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#Year_One_The_untold_story_of_the_pandemic_in_Canada\" >Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#The_war_inside_the_Canadian_Armed_Forces\" >The war inside the Canadian Armed Forces<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#Forgiving_Jaskirat_Sidhu\" >Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#Every_49_minutes\" >Every 49 minutes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#The_working_class_has_had_enough\" >The working class has had enough<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#First_it_took_his_mom_Then_his_dad_Then_finally_him_The_story_of_a_family_stolen_by_COVID-19\" >First it took his mom. Then his dad. Then, finally, him. The story of a family stolen by COVID-19.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-macleans-stories-that-defined-2021\/#The_future_of_the_Liberal_Party%E2%80%94without_Justin_Trudeau\" >The future of the Liberal Party\u2014without Justin Trudeau<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#10 Maclean&#8217;s stories that defined 2021<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            This year saw our journalists cover the pandemic, the future of the Liberal party, class inequality, forgiveness and more\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1215382\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1215382 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MICHAELS-CHINA-PROUDFOOT-JAN6-04.jpg\" alt=\"Vina Nadjibulla (Photograph by Eric Putz)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1880\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photograph by Eric Putz)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_promise_to_Michael\"><\/span><b>A promise to Michael<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Vina Nadjibulla and other family members have been waging a seemingly impossible fight to free her husband from a Chinese prison. After two torturous years, what does Canada owe \u2018the two Michaels\u2019?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the feature by Shannon Proudfoot<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1221002\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1221002 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HOUSING-CRISIS-MARKUSOFF-MAY5-01.jpg\" alt=\"Kamloops, B.C. Three bedrooms, with a three-bed basement suite Sold for $390,000 in June 2018 Listed January 2021 for $499,900 Sold March 11, 2021 for $560,750 (Photograph by Kathleen Fisher)\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photograph by Kathleen Fisher)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nowhere_to_buy\"><\/span>Nowhere to buy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Soaring home prices, insane bidding wars and cancelled dreams have spread from urban centres into towns across Canada. How did everywhere become Toronto and Vancouver?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the investigation by Jason Markusoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1216856\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216856 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LONELINESS-BETHUNE-FEB3-01.jpg\" alt=\"People sit on the blue chairs of the Promenade des Anglais before their removal to avoid public gatherings during the second national lockdown as part of the measures to fight a second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nice,\u00a0France, November 12, 2020. (Eric\u00a0Gaillard\/Reuters)\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1589\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Eric\u00a0Gaillard\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Friend_rentals_and_robots_How_businesses_are_creating_solutions_for_the_loneliness_epidemic\"><\/span>Friend rentals and robots: How businesses are creating solutions for the loneliness epidemic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Companionship and cuddles are on sale as \u2018the loneliness economy\u2019 takes off amidst a spike in the rate of isolation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the story by Brian Bethune<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1218269 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/YEAR-ONE_NEWSLETTER.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1667\" height=\"937\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"single-article-title entry-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Year_One_The_untold_story_of_the_pandemic_in_Canada\"><\/span>Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>In March of 2020, Canadians started dying of COVID-19 and the country shut down. This is a comprehensive report on the country\u2019s mishandling of the crisis of the century.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the sweeping, 22,000-word piece by Stephen Maher<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1222920\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1222920 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILITARY-POLICE-CAF-SMITH-JULY04-750x422.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo illustration by Anna Minzhulina)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo illustration by Anna Minzhulina)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_war_inside_the_Canadian_Armed_Forces\"><\/span>The war inside the Canadian Armed Forces<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>In the wake of multiple exits by senior leaders after untested allegations of misconduct, fixing its badly broken justice system is now the most important mission facing the beleaguered military<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the feature by Marie-Danielle Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1223330\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1223330 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JASKIRAT-SINGH-SIDHU-FORGIVENESS-HUTCHINS-JULY04_resize.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1848\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Ryan Remiorz\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forgiving_Jaskirat_Sidhu\"><\/span>Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Who deserves absolution, and when, is one of humanity\u2019s most vexing questions\u2014one families devastated by the Humboldt Broncos tragedy can\u2019t seem to avoid<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the feature by Aaron Hutchins<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1223680\" style=\"width: 4010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1223680 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ZACHARY-BONNEAU-TOXIC-DRUGS-FRISCOLANTI-JULY29.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Bonneau. (Photo illustration by Hsiao-Ron Cheng)\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2327\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo illustration by Hsiao-Ron Cheng)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Every_49_minutes\"><\/span>Every 49 minutes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>That\u2019s how frequently people died of drug poisoning in Canada during one dreadful week last summer. Here, their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters share a message: the opioid crisis touches everyone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the gripping feature by Michael Friscolanti<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1225857\" style=\"width: 1657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1225857 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WORKING-CLASS-PROUDFOOD-AUG30-01_CROP_NL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1647\" height=\"927\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photograph by Ian Patterson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_working_class_has_had_enough\"><\/span>The working class has had enough<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>How a once undervalued, ignored and politically silent group is fighting back<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the analysis by Shannon Proudfoot<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1229309\" style=\"width: 2655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1229309 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MENKA-ARYA-FAMILY-PORTRAIT-OCT13-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2645\" height=\"1933\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photograph by Christopher Katsarov Luna)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"longform-title entry-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_it_took_his_mom_Then_his_dad_Then_finally_him_The_story_of_a_family_stolen_by_COVID-19\"><\/span>First it took his mom. Then his dad. Then, finally, him. The story of a family stolen by COVID-19.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>So many people thought of the Saini family\u2019s once-bustling Brampton, Ont. house as a second home. Now, it\u2019s just another empty space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the gut-wrenching story by Marie-Danielle Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1230677\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1230677 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TRUDEAU-LIBERALS-WELLS-NOV11-01.jpg\" alt=\"Trudeau and the newly sworn in ministers in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021 (Courtesy of Alex T\u00e9treault\/PMO)\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy of Alex T\u00e9treault\/PMO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"single-article-title entry-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_future_of_the_Liberal_Party%E2%80%94without_Justin_Trudeau\"><\/span>The future of the Liberal Party\u2014without Justin Trudeau<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>The biggest question in Canadian politics in 2022 is whether Trudeau will still be PM when the year is done. 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