Articles by Monte Paulsen


Transport

Off the Rails

How Canada fell from leader to laggard in high-speed rail, and why that needs to change

Astronomy

Far from Home

Are we alone in the vastness of space? Or is the universe filled with life? After thousands of years of guesswork, humankind may soon know for sure.

You Are Here

A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces

The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie

Politics

A Gentle Revolution

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 had reshaped the Tahltan Nation

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by David Robbeson | OCTOBER 2007
Was Joe DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak the greatest feat in all of sports or merely a product of its time?

Frontiers Of Flavour
Frontiers Of Flavour
by Nelson Handel | JUNE 2005
A team of explorers follows in the footsteps of Marco Polo—only this time the quest is for the world’s most elusive sensations of taste