Culture
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Brunch Without Borders
How NAFTA changed the way we eat
5 min |
October 2018
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Uncommon Sense
Some doctors say intuition can help to diagnose patients—but others are skeptical
7 min |
October 2018
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A Time To Speak
In Miriam Toews’s new novel, women in an isolated Mennonite colony debate how to move forward in the aftermath of sexual assault
9 min |
October 2018
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The Arithmetic Of Common Ground
IF VIEWED AS the overlap between two individual areas of experience, common ground can be seen as the darkened area of the Venn diagram in which all similarities are included and all differences are excluded. A couple first meets. Born within six months of one another, within the same medium-sized city, and of comparable socio-economic class, they automatically overlap somewhere between 33 to 35 percent.
10+ min |
October 2018
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Hacking Your Vote
The Russian campaign to undermine Canadian democracy
10+ min |
December 2018
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A Place To Call Home
Our family came together by leaving the world behind
3 min |
December 2018
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After Nafta
The challenges of international negotiations with a reality-TV star
6 min |
December 2018
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Overdosing Alone
Why big-city solutions to the opioids crisis dont work in rural communities
7 min |
November 2018
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My Life And Death On Opioids
A memoir of addiction
10+ min |
September 2018
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The Big Picture
Can TIFF adapt when everything about the world of cinema is changing?
10+ min |
September 2018
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Out Of Bounds
Award-winning author Esi Edugyan reimagines the slave narrative
7 min |
October 2018
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Split Tooth
IT’S EARLY MORNING. The Frosted Flakes have grown soggy. I’m stuck staring at one of the half submerged flakes, half-crispy, half-mushy. Tap tap tap the spoon against the ceramic bowl; it seems to help shake off the sleep that refuses to lift from the top of my head. It feels fuzzy and numb. Boredom hangover. It’s pitch black outside.
9 min |
October 2018
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Class Divide
Some parents say their children need gifted-education programs. But not all kids are benefiting from the public-school streaming system
10+ min |
October 2018
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Views Feed
Meet the Facebook group trying to reshape Canadian politics
9 min |
October 2018
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Call To Comfort
How to give solace when there are no words
3 min |
November 2018
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Ripple Effect
One physicists quest to find universal patterns in nature
6 min |
November 2018
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Ahead Of The Pack
Go bags are setting a new standard for disaster preparedness
6 min |
November 2018
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People Vs. The Planet
The age-old argument that the economic benef its of deforestation overrule our environmental impact no longer holds weight
3 min |
November 2018
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Something In The Air
Only a fraction of the world’s yeast species have been discovered. The remainder could hold the keys to ending disease, climate change, and bad beer.
4 min |
April 2019
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The Hidden Hungry
Millions of Canadians can’t afford groceries.
10+ min |
April 2019
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Free Rein
When therapy didn’t work out, I turned to horseback riding
3 min |
April 2019
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The Art Of The Strike
In May 1919, more than 30,000 workers walked off the job and shut down the city of Winnipeg. A hundred years later, the same rights they fought for are under threat
8 min |
June 2019
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Tails Of The City
Michael DeForge’s wildly successful comic shows Toronto as he sees it: beautiful and falling apart
3 min |
June 2019
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Parks To Wreck
Social media has made natural spaces more popular. It could also destroy them
10 min |
June 2019
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A Place To Belong
Souvankham Thammavongsa finds her home in poetry
8 min |
June 2019
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Change Of Pace
In ultramarathons, women are starting to outperform men
8 min |
June 2019
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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.
9 min |
May 2019
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The Loneliness Of Infertility
I never felt more isolated than when I talked to other women about trying to have a baby.
10+ min |
May 2019
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Too Close To The Sun
Four years ago, Justin Trudeau promised us “sunny ways.” In this election, he’s offering something decidedly less lofty.
6 min |
May 2019
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Re-creation Myths
Recent novels by Ian Williams and André Alexis challenge the veneer of multiculturalism in Canadian storytelling.
9 min |