February 2006

"Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician." - Matthew Prior

February 2006

Waiting for the Pandemic

by Gwynne Dyer

Health officials around the world struggle to contain the avian flu virus…[more]

illustrations by Tamara Shopsin, photographs by Jason Fulford

Ignatieff’s Realm

by Alex Mazer

The New York Observer wrote that Michael Ignatieff left Harvard “to save the Canadians.” Why have his writings led some to wonder if we need saving from him instead?…[more]

The Separatist Curve Ball

by Joan Bryden

How the Bloc Québécois cornered federalism…[more]

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Dream Genes

by Arno Kopecky

If you can’t beat’em at the Olympics, try manipulating your dna…[more]

The Found City

by Brahm Rosensweig

Kenya’s cosmopolitan city of refugees…[more]

The Virus in You

by Dr. Lorne Babiuk

Why are so many new strains targeting humans?…[more]

Barnyard Desires

by Adam Gilders

Leona was awoken by a scratching noise from her ceiling. Furtive rasping claws. Scratch, scratch scratch. She sat up in…[more]

Bolivar’s Ghost

by Pedro Sánchez and Gord Westmacott

Widespread discontent swept leftist South American governments into power. Will it now sweep them out?…[more]

The Wrong Man in the Right Place

by Julian Sher

Vancouver homicide cops confront wrongful conviction…[more]

Les Trash

by Patricia Bailey

Tawdry television offers a worm’s-eye view of la belle province…[more]

Two More Solitudes

by Ken Alexander

No man is an island, but a community can become marooned on one. Following a spate of blackon- black murders,…[more]

Not in Our Backyard

by Rebecca Sooksom

Avian flu is attacking Thailand’s free-range culture…[more]

A City Without Men

by Adnan Khan

Fearing death or imprisonment, Iraqi men flee their cities leaving wives and daughters to fend for themselves…[more]

Rising China, Razing Mao

by Randy Boyagoda

A searing portrait of the Great Helmsman…[more]

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