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Caitlin Shearer

December 2010 / Poetry

The Trick

December 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Caitlin Shearer

Blinking in the half-light, almost bright after the school’s dim corridors, we’d pass the line of poplars, tall black sentries at the outer limits of the play field. Street lights …

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Cities / November 2010

Nightmare on George Street

November 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Caitlin Shearer

On the hunt for a dream-stalking monster in Newfoundland

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November 2010 / Politics

Bragging Rights

November 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Caitlin Shearer

One hundred and twenty-five years after the death of Louis Riel, his great-grand-niece keeps the legacy alive

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November 2010 / Poetry

Brushfires

November 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Caitlin Shearer

…some skeletal remains initially thought to be single bodies were actually two people fused together by searing temperatures. —cnn, February 12, 2009 There are always bodies to discover at each …

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