Aaron Hutchins

Maclean's Contributing editor

Aaron Hutchins writes about business, pop culture and the lives of Canadians. He once wrote a story about One Direction too, which makes him the resident boy band expert (reluctantly).

Why ice doesn’t help an injury

New research shows that icing an injury may even make it worse

May 20th, 2014 1 comment

Aaron Raymond George Murray, 1992-2014

As a child in foster care, he had big dreams. Pursuing them as a young father, he worked multiple jobs and an unpaid internship.

May 6th, 2014

Officials react to ‘disturbing’ report on military sex assaults

Report by Maclean’s and L’actualité on sexual assaults in the military sparks an external review

April 30th, 2014

Amy Jordan Gilbert, 1990-2014

A devoted environmentalist who loved to bike and travel, when not working one of her several jobs. She was wise beyond years.

April 29th, 2014

‘He’s turned into one of Canada’s most infamous antique thieves’

How the country’s most daring antique thief amassed a fortune by thinking small and slow

April 26th, 2014

Defence chief orders investigation into sexual assault reports

‘The article published today is disturbing,’ Tom Lawson says of cover stories in Maclean’s and L’actualité

April 24th, 2014

The 4-1-1 on 9-1-1 calls about underage over-drinking

… given the incident at 24 Sussex

April 24th, 2014

Bad PR day for #myNYPD

NYPD fails at Twitter as PR campaign draws negative publicity

April 23rd, 2014

‘Grammar is coming between One Direction and I’

Grammar police aren’t going to enjoy the boy band’s latest track

April 22nd, 2014

The Interview: ‘MafiaBoy’ speaks up

Michael Calce, ‘MafiaBoy’ turned security consultant, on the Heartbleed bug, and why the cloud and fingerprint scans will be hacked

April 17th, 2014 3 comments

The five victims of the Calgary stabbings

What we know about the victims of the worst mass homicide in Calgary’s history

April 16th, 2014 1 comment

Janet Eileen Gorloff Vander Beek, 1955-2014

Raising four kids, she’d spend hours in the car, driving to hockey games or ski events

April 14th, 2014

Fixing the gift card glut

A slew of companies try to redeem the well-intentioned but unfortunate gift card

April 6th, 2014 1 comment

Gretzky’s cover girl

Paulina Gretzky is on the cover of Golf Digest—and some golfers aren’t impressed

April 4th, 2014

Top Ten sketches that we’ll miss

With David Letterman announcing his retirement, here’s a look at some of his best work

April 3rd, 2014