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February 2006

Gwynne Dyer fears that bird flu will devastate on the scale of the 1918 flu pandemic; Arno Kopecky looks at the possibility of genetic doping in the Olympics; Pedro Sánchez and Gord Westmacott ponder the future of leftist South America; Alex Mazer examines the thoughts of Michael Ignatieff; fiction by Adam Gilders…

People standing in a line on a wet road in sobral
February 2006

Bolivar’s Ghost

February 12, 2006May 26, 2020 - by Pedro Sánchez

Widespread discontent swept leftist South American governments into power. Will it now sweep them out?

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Arts & Culture / February 2006

Air Jungen

February 12, 2006May 21, 2020 - by Daniel Baird

How one Vancouver artist is breaking down cultural and consumer stereotypes

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February 2006

Les Trash

February 12, 2006May 20, 2020 - by Patricia Bailey

Tawdry television offers a worm’s-eye view of la belle province

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Books / February 2006

Rising China, Razing Mao

February 12, 2006May 26, 2020 - by Randy Boyagoda

A searing portrait of the Great Helmsman

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February 2006

Ignatieff’s Realm

February 12, 2006May 20, 2020 - by Alex Mazer

The New York Observer wrote that Michael Ignatieff left Harvard “to save the Canadians.” Why have his writings led some to wonder if we need saving from him instead?

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Illustration by Tamara Shopsin; photograph by Jason Fulford
February 2006

Waiting for the Pandemic

February 12, 2006April 14, 2020 - by Gwynne Dyer

Health officials around the world struggle to contain the avian flu virus

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February 2006 / Poetry

Rapidcycler

February 12, 2006May 20, 2020 - by Jon Paul Fiorentino

We don’t have much time left so please don’t touch me. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m scared or just sacred. If I could change anything about us it …

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February 2006 / Health

The Virus in You

February 12, 2006May 20, 2020 - by Dr. Lorne Babiuk

Why are so many new strains targeting humans?

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