Hail to the Hicks
How Hee Haw, Red Green,
and Corner Gas uphold a grand Canadian tradition
December 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 . . .
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?
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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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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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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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Burning Man
Books discussed in this essay An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 320 pp., $36 Buddha by Karen Armstrong Penguin 205 …
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