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Uncommon Sense
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Uncommon Sense

Some doctors say intuition can help to diagnose patients—but others are skeptical

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October 2018
A Time To Speak
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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

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October 2018
The Arithmetic Of Common Ground
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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.

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October 2018
Hacking Your Vote
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Hacking Your Vote

The Russian campaign to undermine Canadian democracy

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December 2018
A Place To Call Home
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A Place To Call Home

Our family came together by leaving the world behind

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December 2018
After Nafta
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After Nafta

The challenges of international negotiations with a reality-TV star

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December 2018
Overdosing Alone
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Overdosing Alone

Why big-city solutions to the opioids crisis dont work in rural communities

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November 2018
My Life And Death On Opioids
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My Life And Death On Opioids

A memoir of addiction

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September 2018
The Big Picture
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The Big Picture

Can TIFF adapt when everything about the world of cinema is changing?

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September 2018
The Future Of Biography
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The Future Of Biography

Social media is breathing new life into an esteemed literary genre

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June 2018
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The Future Of Travel

The world may be shrinking, but we’ll never tire of leaving home

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June 2018
Will the Real Céline Dion Please Stand Up?
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Will the Real Céline Dion Please Stand Up?

I went to Las Vegas to see Céline in concert. I found her everywhere

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September 2019
Wrongfully Accused
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Wrongfully Accused

Six years ago, seven health care researchers were fired by the BC government for alleged misuse of data. They’re still trying to understand what happened

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September 2019
Quebec Rewrites Its History
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Quebec Rewrites Its History

A controversial new textbook is highly selective about the province’s past

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September 2019
Manson And #MeToo
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Manson And #MeToo

New films from Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron reflect on the Charles Manson killings— and show starkly different sides of their industry

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September 2019
The Hole Truth
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The Hole Truth

Close encounters with the scientist who taught the world about black holes

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September 2019
The Trials Of Cross-Border Commuting
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The Trials Of Cross-Border Commuting

A Mohawk community struggles with a daily logistical nightmare

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January/February 2019
Watchers In The North
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Watchers In The North

On patrol with the Canadian Rangers in Nunavut

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January/February 2019
Are You Even Listening?
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Are You Even Listening?

The bias against women’s voices

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January/February 2019
Prime Cuts
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Prime Cuts

The latest cookbook from Montreal’s Joe Beef is a guide to a gluttonous way of life

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January/February 2019
The Trouble With Breast Implants
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The Trouble With Breast Implants

A growing number of women blame their surgeries for serious health problems.

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April 2019
Flood Market
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Flood Market

Insurance companies are forcing Canadians to reckon with climate change

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April 2019
Land Of Plenty
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Land Of Plenty

Meet the people who are trying to restore Indigenous food practices.

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April 2019
Damned If You Do
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Damned If You Do

What is hell like? It depends on whom you ask

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April 2019
How The Internet Made Sex Better
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How The Internet Made Sex Better

The digital world transformed our sex lives — but not in the ways we expected.

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March 2019
What We Get Wrong About Alberta
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What We Get Wrong About Alberta

Debunking the great myth of Prairie conservatism.

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March 2019
Crashing The Party
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Crashing The Party

Our process for choosing political leaders is flawed.

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May 2018
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Bear Market

The controversial business of hunting grizzlies in British Columbia.

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May 2018
Helping Communities In Need
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Helping Communities In Need

It’s hard to imagine that more water would be on the priority list during a flood, but safe drinking water is one of the most urgent. Labatt’s Disaster Relief Program makes sure it’s there when these natural emergencies happen.

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July/August 2019
No Peace To Keep
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No Peace To Keep

“The situation in Maliis dire, and it’s not going to be improved overnight”

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July/August 2019