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Please Stop Sending Me the Oxford Comma Story
Copy editors have lives outside of punctuation—but also, I love commas
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The Return of the Epic Novelist
In his new book, Steven Heighton revitalizes a grand tradition of storytelling—and sets himself against the identity politics of North American fiction
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The Stranger Who Has Loved You
A Canadian poet looks back on Derek Walcott’s years in Edmonton
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A High-Stakes Land-Use Battle at the Pristine Heart of the Yukon
The territory has been divided for years over mining and conservation. Now the Supreme Court will hear a case that will help determine the future of the Peel River watershed
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No Job, No Car, No Bank Account: What It’s like to Be Stateless in Canada
Residents who aren’t citizens of any country are trapped in a Catch-22 world
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My Encounter with the Crank Behind Donald Trump
I’d love to say I predicted Stephen Bannon’s rise to power. But the notion of a conspiracy theorist in the White House was beyond my imagination
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Reporting in Today’s Cold War
Russian leaks about Chrystia Freeland’s family history are forcing journalists to walk the line between government pawn and propagandist
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It Is I Who Styles Donald Trump
Last night I dreamt I went to Mar-a-Lago again. I stood, shuddering at the gates—was I to be the mistress of an estate named in colloquial Spanish? Then, like all …
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Imagining an Accessible Canada
Recorded March 16, 2017 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg
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Art Against Tyranny
Recorded March 16, 2017 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg
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