Shannon Proudfoot
Maclean's Magazine
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, these sisters became Tiktok stars
Two women in B.C. show that you can own your dementia—one irreverent TikTok at a time → Read More
Why is Pierre Poilievre so angry?
He’s smart, savvy and he’s steering a new brand of Canadian conservatism. How Pierre Poilievre became the champion of the anti-Trudeau mob. → Read More
This Canadian teenager wrote your favourite Frida Kahlo quote
The web has wrongly credited the brooding meditations of a Canadian teen to the artist Frida Kahlo. Is that necessarily a bad thing? → Read More
How one Newfoundlander revived Blockbuster in his basement
There’s a house in St. John's where the video era lives on in all its grainy glory → Read More
The nightmare cruise before Christmas
A dramatic retelling of a Melnyk family vacation, in collaboration with U.S. federal court documents → Read More
The Throne Speech was a lot like a stereotypical Christmas letter
Shannon Proudfoot: All this symbolism and positive spin, only to find out that by next year the roof will be blown off your house → Read More
The pandemic is breaking parents
Shannon Proudfoot: We've done what we were asked to do, at great cost to our wellbeing and that of our young kids. And still, the pandemic cruelty continues. → Read More
How to make an entire country furious
Shannon Proudfoot: Canadians were fed up even before the pandemic. That election didn't help. → Read More
The great pumpkin spice debate
Shannon Proudfoot, pumpkin spice correspondent, breaks down the pros and cons of everyone's favourite fall spice blend → Read More
The working class has had enough
How a once undervalued, ignored and politically silent group is fighting back → Read More
Where to watch tonight's leaders debate (and all your other questions, too)
Everything you need to know about the where, when and how of tonight's five-leader face-off → Read More
Budget 2021: The Liberals' massive, historic, very costly bet on childcare
Childcare for an average of $10 a day within five years? The budget's big offering is ambitious and essential, say experts. It will also be an enormous job to pull off. → Read More
Good job, Bruce: The guy behind North America's top public health Twitter account
Actually, his name is Kevin, and he and his team at Ottawa Public Health have been a rare source of sincere, useful and sometimes funny information through the pandemic → Read More
The Black Conservatives hoping to bring people of colour into the Tory tent
A grassroots group hopes to show Black Canadians the Conservative party can be their party → Read More
2021 is the year piñata cakes bust out
You can smash them in with a hammer for your future marriage proposal and gender-reveal purposes → Read More
Flight 752: A family torn apart
Abbas Saadat said goodbye to his family as they headed home to their lives in Edmonton. Don’t worry, they told each other. Life was good. → Read More
Can treating poverty change a child's brain?
A groundbreaking study is testing whether an injection of cash for poorer families can reshape a child's early life and educational outcomes → Read More
Jonathan Dickie's plan to lead Elizabeth May's Greens to victory
He isn’t a battle-hardened national campaigner. And that may be just right for the Greens. → Read More
What does it mean to be working class in Canada?
Socio-economic lines are often erased or ignored in Canada. Here's how I came to see my working class roots clearly. → Read More
When the Raptors won, Kia Nurse's heart was in Jurassic Park
Kia Nurse is a star of the WNBA’s New York Liberty, but she grew up cheering on her beloved Raptors → Read More