The Nicest Guy in the Room
Justin Trudeau is nothing like the caricature his opponents created—and that’s why he won
Read MoreAuthor: Chris Turner
Chris Turner is the author of The Patch: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands. He is based in Calgary.
Mr. Weaver Goes to Victoria
A renowned climate scientist gets political
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How Calgary Survived the Flood and Why Other Cities Won’t
Why we need to better plan for extreme weather
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Flood Survival Tips
From the Walrus Talks Water: Vancouver
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Fool’s Gold
Panning Discovery Channel’s Klondike
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When Is a Food Truck More Than a Food Truck?
When it helps city dwellers imagine ways to renew moribund public spaces. The tools of tactical urbanism
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A legendary East Berlin art collective, fifteen years on
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Calgary Reconsidered
Six truths about the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown
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On Tipping in Cuba
In which the writer discovers the uncomfortable socio-macroeconomics of the cheap beach vacation
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