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Month: August 2016

Illustration by Selena Wong
Memoir

Still Life

August 16, 2016November 22, 2022 - by Georgina Blanchard

Our son was born with dark, wet hair and a button nose. His eyes were closed, but the death certificate later said they were brown

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Illustration by Kyle Metcalf
Education / September 2016

Campus Confidential

August 16, 2016October 6, 2020 - by Liz Beatty

Where’s the line between accommodating disabled students and coddling them?

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Uncategorized

Vancouver’s Flimsy Foreign Tax

August 15, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Kerry Gold

The 15 percent charged to offshore buyers won’t slow the real estate market—there are too many loopholes to make it effective

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Illustration by Jenn Liv
Science / September 2016

Can You Hear It?

August 15, 2016July 28, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

For years, Windsor residents have been haunted by a hum in the air. Turns out, they’re not alone

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Justice

Sue You to the Moon and Back

August 12, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Viviane Fairbank

Vexatious litigants bring frivolous, repetitive, and outlandish claims before the courts. Here are some of Canada’s most notorious

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Owning Our Privilege

August 11, 2016April 28, 2020 - by Zachariah Wells

Think you can go it alone in today’s real estate market? Think again

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Photograph by Timothy Tsui
Books

Harry Potter Lives On

August 9, 2016August 5, 2020 - by Michael LaPointe

What happens when famous literary characters outgrow their creators?

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Illustration by Sébastien Thibault
September 2016

Why Is the Goal More Medals?

August 5, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Thomas Hall

A Canadian medallist on why our Olympic strategy betrays the spirit of the Games

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Don’t Be a Grammar Troll

August 4, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Sarah Sweet

The web may be a pedant’s paradise, but there are good reasons to keep your asterisks to yourself

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Photograph by gaelx
Books

Harrily Ever After

August 4, 2016October 1, 2021 - by Fatima Syed

It’s been almost twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Why are we still reading?

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