Culture
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Pine Solved
Treating ailments with a walk in the woods.
6 min |
May 2019
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Bin There, Done That
Inside our ineffective recycling system
7 min |
September 2018
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Rehab For Radicals
A Montreal group seeks to defuse the rage that fuels extremism
8 min |
September 2018
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The High Life
Legalized marijuana goes luxe
6 min |
September 2018
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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.
10+ min |
September 2019
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Rock And Rovers
Scientists are studying Ontario limestone to learn about extraterrestrial life
7 min |
September 2019
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Scene Change
Eight years after leaving Canada behind, playwright Wajdi Mouawad is back with a shattering production
9 min |
September 2019
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Andrew Scheer's Racism Problem
White supremacy is on the rise abroad and at home. Conservative politicians must do more to denounce its spread.
5 min |
July/August 2019
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Fishing With A Straight Hook
ONE SUMMER, I tried fishing on Lac Catherine, a small lake in Quebec near the village of Entrelacs.
10+ min |
July/August 2019
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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.
10+ min |
July/August 2019
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A Few Words About Trauma
Anakana Schofield’s Bina, billed as a “novel in warnings,” explores the psychology of suffering and abuse.
7 min |
July/August 2019
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Overstaying Power
Airbnb is crowding our housing markets — and it’s refusing to budge.
8 min |
July/August 2019
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Rise Of The Tech-savvy Parent
Are younger people really digitally superior?
6 min |
December 2018
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New Landmarks
Scott Benesiinaabandan transforms colonial monuments into contemporary art
2 min |
December 2018
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Poutine In Qatar
When iconic Canadian franchises go global
6 min |
December 2018
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Crossing Lines
In Manitoba, a struggle to unite against Canada’s quiet pipeline.
7 min |
July - August 2018
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Unnatural Resources
Why I quit my day job to become a Bitcoin miner
7 min |
July - August 2018
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Reasons To Rhyme
How abba and Humpty Dumpty helped me teach English in Ethiopia
3 min |
July - August 2018
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Big Plans
Canada isn’t known for its groundbreaking design. An upstart f irm is trying to change that.
10+ min |
July - August 2018
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Caribou Heard
Jeneen Frei Njootli is making noise with antlers and amplifiers
1 min |
July - August 2018
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Labour Gains
A team of scientists is learning from a long-overlooked organ, the placenta.
6 min |
May 2018
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Here's Looking At No Kids
A new generation is changing what it means to live child-free.
10+ min |
May 2018
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Left v. Right
Why can’t we just get along?
10+ min |
May 2018
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Lonely Boys
The epidemic of isolation among young men.
10+ min |
May 2018
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Candidate
Candidate
10+ min |
May 2018
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The New Life Of Brian
A new biography reassesses the legacy—and tracks the comeback—of our eighteenth prime minister.
10+ min |
May 2018
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Skip The Chorus
In the age of streaming and sharing, old formulas for what makes a hit are fading away
8 min |
March 2018
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Business Or Pleasure?
WeWork and the mixed rewards of shared offjce spaces
8 min |
March 2018
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Send In The Barbarian
Dungeons & Dragons made me a nerd in high school. Now, everybody wants me to teach them how to play
6 min |
April 2018
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Building The Future
Concordia University researchers are leaders in helping the world’s urban communities become more sustainable — and more resilient
3 min |