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Meet, Bray, Love
My donkey doesn’t care about me, but I like him anyway.
Super Dads
Nick and Frank picked up Prin in front of his apartment in Terre Haute.
Mission Creep
In their efforts to defend officers at any cost, police associations are becoming alarmingly politicized.
Out Of Bounds
Award-winning author Esi Edugyan reimagines the slave narrative
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.
Class Divide
Some parents say their children need gifted-education programs. But not all kids are benefiting from the public-school streaming system
Views Feed
Meet the Facebook group trying to reshape Canadian politics
Call To Comfort
How to give solace when there are no words
Ripple Effect
One physicists quest to find universal patterns in nature
Ahead Of The Pack
Go bags are setting a new standard for disaster preparedness
People Vs. The Planet
The age-old argument that the economic benef its of deforestation overrule our environmental impact no longer holds weight
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.
The Hidden Hungry
Millions of Canadians can’t afford groceries.
Free Rein
When therapy didn’t work out, I turned to horseback riding
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
Tails Of The City
Michael DeForge’s wildly successful comic shows Toronto as he sees it: beautiful and falling apart
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