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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 virusillustrations by Tamara Shopsin, photographs by Jason Fulford
Politics
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 Stories in this issue
Television
Les Trash
by Patricia Bailey
Tawdry television offers a worm’s-eye view of la belle province
Fiction
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
Sightings
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,
International Affairs
A City Without Men
by Adnan Khan
Fearing death or imprisonment, Iraqi men flee their cities leaving wives and daughters to fend for themselves
Field Notes
The Wrong Man in the Right Place
by Julian Sher
Vancouver homicide cops confront wrongful conviction
International Affairs
Bolivar’s Ghost
by Pedro Sánchez and Gord Westmacott
Widespread discontent swept leftist South American governments into power. Will it now sweep them out?
Sporting Life
Dream Genes
by Arno Kopecky
If you can’t beat’em at the Olympics, try manipulating your dna
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