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December/January 2006
"Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind!" - T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
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Field Notes
Tea of Tranquility
by John DeMont
halifax—I’m a coffee drinker of the four-cups-a-day, black-no-sugar variety. But that wasn’t what…[more]
Field Notes
Silent Takeover
by Glenn Dixon
lhasa —Tashi leaned over to me and whispered, “Don’t say anything, please. There are hidden…[more]
Medicine
Re: AIDS/Africa
by Philip Berger
Life is very complicated in Lesotho, where the HIV prevalence rate among adults is almost 30 percent...…[more]
Environment
Water to Burn
by Arno Kopecky
Iceland’s experiment with hydrogen points toward an oil-free world.…[more]
Sporting Life
To Skate, Perchance to Dream
by Michael Enright
Ottawa’s ribbon of ice, the Rideau Canal, beckons.…[more]
Architecture
Breaking Old Ground
by Ethan Gilsdorf
How to construct a castle the medieval way: one hand-carved stone at a time.…[more]
Field Notes
The Greater Goal
by Natalie Alcoba
freetown—On a dusty pitch, on the edge of one of the poorest countries in the world, a one-legged man is…[more]
Politics
A Gentle Revolution
by Monte Paulsen
All they wanted was to slow the pace of development in their territory. But by the time their 254-day sit-in concluded, the elders of Telegraph Creek had reshaped the Tahltan Nation and inspired native groups across British Columbia.…[more]
Essay
America the Beautiful
by Don Gillmor
My first memory of America is driving through the Black Hills of South Dakota on a hot August day in a black Chevrolet Corvair without air conditioning... …[more]
Environment
Funny Farms
by Julie Traves
With the family farm suffering, some enterprising growers are counting on “agritourism” to bring in revenue…[more]
Sightings
Schooling: Repeat After Me
by Ken Alexander
My first teaching experience was in the late 1980s at Westwood Secondary School, located north of Toronto’s…[more]
Field Notes
The Eyes of the Tigers
by Sarah Dobbs
mulaittivu—Shortly after the tsunami demolished much of the coast, beneath the shade of coconut trees, Regita…[more]
Music
Addicted to Dylan
by Jeff Wells
How many songs can one fan download before the music blows his mind?…[more]
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