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Our latest stories on Canadian art, including literature, poetry, photography, painting, illustration, sculpture, galleries, museums, exhibitions, and artists of all media and backgrounds
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Arts & Culture / June 2023

Am I Being Priced Out of Making Music?

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 - by Ashley Au

As a working-class musician, people want my art but it doesn’t make me a living

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Arts & Culture / June 2023

The Legend of Zelda’s Wild Landscapes Fill Me with Awe

May 12, 2023May 24, 2023 - by Michael Christie

How did this video game sink its hooks into me so deeply when so many others had failed?

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Technology

Will Universal Basic Income Save Us from AI?

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 - by Colin Horgan

OpenAI’s Sam Altman believes many jobs will soon vanish but UBI will be the solution. Other visions of the future are less rosy

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A photo of Dag Aabye competing in the 2016 Death Race in Grande Cache, Alberta.
Sports

The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death

May 1, 2023April 28, 2023 - by Brett Popplewell

Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits

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Politics / Technology

AI and Politics: How Will We Know What—and Who—Is Real?

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 - by Colin Horgan

If we’re lucky, new technologies will only cause brief confusion. If we’re not, our political sphere could be changed forever

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Arts & Culture

In the Internet Archive Lawsuit, a Win for Publishers May Come at a Cost for Readers Everywhere

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 - by Tajja Isen

The US court’s decision means that digital lending has become a pressing question for libraries and readers

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Technology

The Indigo Cyberattack Is a Warning of Things to Come

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 - by Steven Beattie

Those handling state secrets or critical infrastructure seem to fare no better than a bookstore chain

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May 2023 / Technology

Why the Moon Is the Next Tourism Frontier

April 10, 2023April 11, 2023 - by Chris Lewicki

Tourists travelling into outer space isn’t a fantasy for the future—it’s happening now

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Technology

AI Is Coming for Voice Actors. Artists Everywhere Should Take Note

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 - by Tajja Isen

No one knows how automation will upend all the arts. But the current turmoil in the voice-over industry may offer some hints

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Technology

Will ChatGPT Kill the Student Essay? Universities Aren’t Ready for the Answer

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 - by Irina Dumitrescu

AI is here to stay. It’s up to educators to articulate why writing still matters

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