Saturday, September 6, 2008
February 2007
Once Upon a Country
by Don Gillmor
In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts. NMA Gold Medal: Politics and Public Interest…[more]graphic illustrations by Lars Arrhenius
Books
Europe’s Original Sin
by Randy Boyagoda
After a bloody twentieth century, the continent may now be ready to come to terms with its dark history…[more]
Architecture
The Other Side of Darkness
by John Bentley Mays
Out of the ashes of the World Trade Center comes a new vision for tall buildings in the contemporary world…[more]
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Field Notes
Arctic Cabaret
by Margo Pfeiff
When you hail a taxi in Nunavut’s capital, you’re in for quite a trip…[more]
Sporting Life
First on the Hill
by John Fry
The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians…[more]
Media
Good To Go
by Semi Chellas
A military-run course designed to prepare reporters for combat raises some thorny questions about journalistic ethics…[more]
Language
Gertrude Stein’s Radical Grammar
by Kay Armatage
“Revolting” question marks, codependent commas, and the apostrophes that speak to our weakness…[more]
National Magazine Award Nominee
Veils for Western Women
by Marni Jackson
Beauty burkas and vanity veils. NMA nominee: Humour…[more]
Field Notes
Dem’s Fightin’ Birds
by Larry Frolick
In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song…[more]
National Affairs
Separate and Unequal
by Larry Krotz
Money for crimes committed at residential schools may be forthcoming, but problems with the reserve system remain…[more]
Sightings
Nation Proliferation
by Ken Alexander
By 6 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, a not-unusual clutch of characters had gathered inside the Rose Donut shop at the…[more]
Field Notes
Against the Grain
by Megan Williams
At an international cook-off in Sicily, judging couscous proves a rough business…[more]
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