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Laura Trethewey

Laura Trethewey (@ltrethew) is compiling a collection of non-fiction essays about people and the ocean.
Illustration of men and women at a poolhall
November 2017 / Society

Why Royal Canadian Legion Halls Are Now Hipster Havens

November 7, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

Has Canada’s most prominent veteran’s organization abandoned its members?

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Photo Illustration by The Walrus
Society

That Time We Made a Sex Tape

August 29, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Laura Trethewey

The footage was grainy and unflattering—and I needed to know my ex had destroyed it

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Photography by Chloë Ellingson
Feature / July/August 2016

Float Free or Die

July 16, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

British Columbia’s last houseboat squatters fight eviction

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Photograph by John Meadows
Cities

Fire Escape

September 4, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

One morning I woke up, and my house was ablaze

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Cannabis leaf
September 2015 / Society

Green-Light District

August 18, 2015January 4, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

Get your pot prescription—in four minutes or less

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Illustration by Ashley MacKenzie
May 2015 / Society

All Ashore

April 15, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

Sunny Bute just wants to live on his boat

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