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April 2006

David Berlin examines the uncertain future of religious Zionism in Israel; Veronica Cusack questions the role of Canadian “soft power” in Afghanistan; Christopher Dewdney explores our relationship with time; Ellen Vanstone travels to the island of Dominica in search of the author Jean Rhys…

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April 2006

Insurance Insurance

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by Andrew Braithwaite

I went to see my auto insurance agent Steve a couple of weeks ago. “Sir, as your accredited automobile insurance agent, my primary objective is to make you feel secure. …

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April 2006 / Books

Dispatches from the Void

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by Christian Parenti

Three journalists watch the gears of history work in real time

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April 2006 / Poetry

And Flickering Tethers You to Me

April 12, 2006July 11, 2017 - by Yerra Sugarman

this flame remembering candles your bones So many windows splitting aloneness make the skyline a colander strain night and day into ruins Do you see what breaks in my rooms …

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April 2006 / Society

A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by Monte Paulsen

The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie

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April 2006 / Health

The Cost of Care

April 12, 2006January 9, 2020 - by Alastair Brown

Unable to meet rising costs, the rural doctor becomes a vanishing breed

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April 2006

Might is Wrong

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by Veronica Cusack

Will Canadians make soft power work in Afghanistan?

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Caught in Time’s Current

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by Christopher Dewdney

Our human quarrel with the clock

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April 2006 / Arts & Culture

Poetic Rule

April 12, 2006June 2, 2020 - by George Elliott Clarke

Liberty is a work of art

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