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Month: February 2016

Books

What We Read: Life is Full of Unpleasant Surprises

February 28, 2016April 27, 2017 - by The Walrus

Walrus staff talk about what’s on their minds, desks, and nightstands

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Illustration by DonkeyHotey
Politics

We Need a Bernie Sanders of Our Own

February 26, 2016March 3, 2022 - by Drew Nelles

No Canadian candidate gives voice to the frustration and despair so many citizens feel

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Beyond the Room

February 26, 2016April 30, 2022 - by Simon Lewsen

How do you make Oscar bait out of extreme human hardship?

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Courtesy of Adam Benzine
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The Unmaking of Claude Lanzmann

February 25, 2016April 5, 2017 - by Matthew Hays

An inside look at the ninety-year-old director behind the best film about the Holocaust

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Illustration by Brandon Celi
March 2016 / Poetry

“You Are Not Going to Come Trillium”

February 25, 2016April 26, 2017 - by Madhur Anand

But I do come to Trillium. To the Cardiac Short Stay Unit where you’ve been sent for the second stent, where free sanitizer prevents the spread of panic. We laugh. …

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Kerry Hayes / Open Road Films
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Catholic Guilt

February 25, 2016April 5, 2017 - by Jonathan Kay

Three journalists, one of them a priest, discuss Spotlight—and the legacy of abuse it documents

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Photograph courtesy of Historica Canada
March 2016

Canadian Identity—in Sixty Seconds or Less

February 24, 2016April 5, 2017 - by Anthony Wilson-Smith

The producers of Heritage Minutes show us how history is made

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Image courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum
March 2016 / Science

Even Cooler than Dinosaurs

February 24, 2016July 17, 2019 - by Jonathan Kay

Forget Tyrannosaurus rex. The future belongs to creatures with a more ancient pedigree

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Photograph by Umair Khan
Business

Growing Pains

February 23, 2016February 24, 2016 - by Amanda Lang

Planning for a big anniversary—and Canada’s economic future

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Illustration by Daniel Zender
Health / March 2016

Sick Soldiers

February 23, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Fred Doucette

A veteran with PTSD describes war’s invisible wounds

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