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Illustrations of glasses, matches, a car, fountain pen, amulet, leaves, coins, flowers, fountains and a large house surround a black-and-white photo of a Sri Lankan family snipped by bird-shaped scissors.

Fiction / May 2024

Wo

March 29, 2024March 28, 2024 - by Salini Perera

We ate and drank and drove on and I went off the road, and so we discussed the situation and decided it would be a good idea to pull off the road

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Illustration of a young brown woman in a suit, telling jokes from onstage at a comedy club. The young, diverse audience laughs. Several male comics, older and white, stand outside the spotlight looking moody and resentful.

Arts & Culture / June 2020

The Comedy Culture War

May 25, 2020June 18, 2020 - by Salini Perera

A new wave of comics is rejecting stand-up’s tired tropes

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Vector drawing of the chief justice with her hands folded over a lecturn

Justice / October 2019

How Canada’s First Female Chief Justice Helped Define the Country’s Rights and Freedoms

September 25, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Salini Perera

Beverley McLachlin presided over some of the most pivotal cases in Canadian legal history

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A man holds his young daughter back from approaching a rabbit that holds a bucket of Easter eggs. Behind the rabbit is a large pumpkin full of candy, with candy corn strewn around them.

Health / November 2018

How I Saved My Kids from Sugar

October 30, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Salini Perera

The overconsumption of sugar has became a normal part of our culture. Here’s a recipe for fighting back

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