{"id":601727,"date":"2023-12-19T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/macleans-10-biggest-stories-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:57:28","slug":"macleans-10-biggest-stories-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/macleans-10-biggest-stories-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"#Maclean’s 10 biggest stories of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThe year\u2019s top deep-dives, on climate change, housing, true crime and more\n<\/div>\n
\nIn the past year, Canadians woke up to long-simmering tensions that have finally become too pressing to ignore. These formed the subjects of our best and most popular longform articles. Our writers dove deep into issues like housing affordability, which has become out of reach for many if not most Canadians, and how the addictive power of social media<\/a> is affecting our kids. They reported on how climate change, which spawned a summer of vicious wildfires, will change the country in the next decades, and how right-wing politics are dividing voters. Here, our top 10 longform stories of 2023.<\/p>\n
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(Photography by Ebti Nabag, Kristina Dittmar, Paul Swanson and Riley Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Young Canadians like me are fighting for saner, happ<\/a>ier, healthier working lives. What we achieve could transform work for everyone.\u00a0By Stephanie Bai<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Illustration by Kelsey Dake)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She had her boss\u2019s unquestioning trust\u2014even as she pilfered millions from the Halifax real estate empire she helped him build.\u00a0By Sarah Treleaven<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Allison Seto)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alberta\u2019s premier rode into office declaring war on the federal government\u2014and won by a tiny margin. Can she keep her rebellious rural base happy, without sparking a national crisis?\u00a0By Luc Rinaldi<\/em><\/p>\n

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A B.C. teenager spent years building an online romance with a young Englishman. Months after they met in person, he killed her\u2014and then her family learned of his dark past. Why did no one stop him?\u00a0By Carly Lewis<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Jared Ong)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2019s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war.\u00a0By Jason McBride<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kris Wu, an ordinary kid from Vancouver, transformed into one of China\u2019s biggest celebrities, with chart-topping albums, movie roles and lucrative brand partnerships. Then a series<\/a> of social media accusations brought him down.\u00a0By Yvonne Lau<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Darryl Dyck\/CP Images.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Summers lost to fire and smoke. Biblical floods. Dying forests. Retreating coasts. Economic turmoil and political unrest. It\u2019s going to be a weird century. Here\u2019s what it will look like\u2014and how Canada can get through it.\u00a0By Anne Shibata Casselman\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Jamie Levin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A Toronto millionaire wanted to build a beachfront mega-cottage on a remote stretch of Prince Edward Island\u2019s pristine north shore. Then the locals got wind of it.\u00a0By Sarah Treleaven<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Photo illustration by Lauren Cattermole; photograph by iStock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A group of Canadian parents say their kids are so addicted to the video game<\/a> Fortnite that they\u2019ve stopped eating, sleeping and showering. Now these parents want to hold its tech-giant creator accountable.\u00a0By Luc Rinaldi<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/strong>For generations, middle-class Canadians have been sold on the promise of homeownership. The promise was always flawed. Today it\u2019s simply broken.\u00a0By Michelle Cyca<\/em>
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