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Brett Popplewell

Brett Popplewell is an author and assistant professor of journalism at Carleton University. A former reporter for the Toronto Star, his writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the Globe and Mail and The Best American Sports Writing.
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Cannabis

Is the World Ready for Canada to Be a Marijuana Superpower?

July 11, 2018January 4, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

In a few months, the land of maple syrup will lead the global weed economy

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Media

Inside the Toronto Star’s Bold Plan to Save Itself

May 10, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

Can Canada’s most storied daily convince readers that its brand of journalism is worth paying for?

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Feature / September 2017

Inside the Controversial Concussion Lab That Could Save Football

August 16, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

Why Toronto researchers are questioning the link between the sport and long-term brain damage

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Illustration by Chloe Cushman
Feature / March 2017

The Long Shot

February 28, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

After his tour in Afghanistan, Canada’s most famous living sniper came home to a different kind of fight

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November 2016 / Sports

Rookie Sensation

October 12, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

David Amber is Canada’s new Mr. Hockey

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Photograph by Richmond Lam
Cannabis / September 2016

The Big Smoke

August 18, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

Inside the Ontario company that is set to turn Canada into a marijuana superpower

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