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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