The Mystery of Marriage
Half of modern unions end in divorce or separation. Is it just us? Or does the institution itself need to be reconsidered?
Read MoreDecember 2004/January 2005
Wendy Dennis ponders the realities of modern marriage; Andrea Mandel-Campbell warns that Canada may be losing its claim to the North; Ahmet Sel photographs the people of Kabul; Paul Webster sounds an alarm about fire retardants; Donna Morrissey remembers a snowy drive with her father . . .
Who Controls Canada’s Arctic?
Spies, submarines, and foreign ships may signal
that our claim to the North is melting
Everyday Poisons
Are fire retardants actually a toxic hazard?
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A Lilac Begins To Leaf
Last night the memory of her mother walked out into the parking lot of the Long Rail Tavern at precisely five minutes to twelve. Where her tears fell, tiny puffs …
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Burma on the Brink
The military junta in Burma has agreed to discuss democracy, but the pace of reform is agonizingly slow
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Hail to the Hicks
How Hee Haw, Red Green,
and Corner Gas uphold a grand Canadian tradition
God in a Pickup Truck
A squall struck us broadside, and I bit back a cry of fright as we near fish-tailed over an embankment. Dad kept going
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