Parks To Wreck

Social media has made natural spaces more popular. It could also destroy them

A Place To Belong

Souvankham Thammavongsa finds her home in poetry

Change Of Pace

In ultramarathons, women are starting to outperform men

Going Up The Mountain

The mountain sits in the middle of town. It has always been there. It will always be there. You pass by the mountain on your way to work, on your way to the store, on your way to drop the kids off at school. At the supermarket, in the frozen- foods aisle, you run into your next-door neighbour. “Have you gone up the mountain today?” you ask her.

The Loneliness Of Infertility

I never felt more isolated than when I talked to other women about trying to have a baby.

Too Close To The Sun

Four years ago, Justin Trudeau promised us “sunny ways.” In this election, he’s offering something decidedly less lofty.

Re-creation Myths

Recent novels by Ian Williams and André Alexis challenge the veneer of multiculturalism in Canadian storytelling.

Pine Solved

Treating ailments with a walk in the woods.

Bin There, Done That

Inside our ineffective recycling system

Rehab For Radicals

A Montreal group seeks to defuse the rage that fuels extremism

The High Life

Legalized marijuana goes luxe

This Is A Scream

AUTHOR’S NOTE: For ages, the dictate has been not to write honestly about suicide —  not to mention even the word, never mind methods, lest, in referencing it directly, you prompt suicidal spirals in others. But you can’t tackle the endless abyss of wanting to die on tiptoes; that just leaves you with the half-hearted interventions we’ve pretended are the best society can do. I need to be faithful to the experience. This is how I felt, and this is how I acted; this is what people in despair are driven to do. These are the people we fail in myriad ways, and this is the cost of that failure.

Rock And Rovers

Scientists are studying Ontario limestone to learn about extraterrestrial life

Scene Change

Eight years after leaving Canada behind, playwright Wajdi Mouawad is back with a shattering production

Andrew Scheer's Racism Problem

White supremacy is on the rise abroad and at home. Conservative politicians must do more to denounce its spread.

Fishing With A Straight Hook

ONE SUMMER, I tried fishing on Lac Catherine, a small lake in Quebec near the village of Entrelacs.

Words From Whale Cove

Six Inuit tell the story of their families’ forced relocations to an unfamiliar land—and how they came to call the place home.

A Few Words About Trauma

Anakana Schofield’s Bina, billed as a “novel in warnings,” explores the psychology of suffering and abuse.

Overstaying Power

Airbnb is crowding our housing markets — and it’s refusing to budge.

Rise Of The Tech-savvy Parent

Are younger people really digitally superior?

New Landmarks

Scott Benesiinaabandan transforms colonial monuments into contemporary art

Poutine In Qatar

When iconic Canadian franchises go global

Crossing Lines

In Manitoba, a struggle to unite against Canada’s quiet pipeline.

Unnatural Resources

Why I quit my day job to become a Bitcoin miner

Reasons To Rhyme

How abba and Humpty Dumpty helped me teach English in Ethiopia

Big Plans

Canada isn’t known for its groundbreaking design. An upstart f irm is trying to change that.

Caribou Heard

Jeneen Frei Njootli is making noise with antlers and amplifiers

Labour Gains

A team of scientists is learning from a long-overlooked organ, the placenta.

Here's Looking At No Kids

A new generation is changing what it means to live child-free.

Left v. Right

Why can’t we just get along?