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May 2006

James Laxer examines the NDP’s joining with the Conservatives to attack the Liberals; Charles Montgomery describes threats to the culture of the Solomon Islands’ Lau Lagoon clans; Chris Koentges considers a star chef’s move to a casual-gourmet restaurant chain; David Fulton reports on Europe’s efforts to repel African refugees…

Fiction / May 2006

Travels with Scholars: The Brochure

June 12, 2006July 12, 2017 - by David Hull

This summer, see the world as it was meant to be seen”“through the eyes of professors. Travel to exotic climes with high achievers, who slip with ease ‘twixt ivory tower …

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Illustrations by Kate Wilson
May 2006

The Octopus

May 12, 2006May 28, 2021 - by Charles Montgomery

Can the myths of the Lau Lagoon clan survive their preservation?

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May 2006 / World

Master of the Guillotine

May 12, 2006February 5, 2020 - by Sarah Richards

An Algerian executioner put 200 men to death. He has never lost a moment’s sleep

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May 2006

The Hunter Who Happens to Make Movies

May 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Denis Seguin

The Art of Zacharias Kunuk

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May 2006 / World

In the Shadow of Doom

May 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Jon Evans

Goma’s inhabitants go about their business alongside a lava field formed by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in January 2002. / Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert (AP) Goma—“This is the …

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May 2006 / Technology

Afternoon Hours with Father Basil

May 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Peter Valing

Westminster Abbey in Mission, BC. The abbey, which hosts a Benedictine order, was constructed during the 1950s. / Photo by Theodora Armstrong Mission — “Here I have lived and here …

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Environment / May 2006

A Canadian Beaver in Chile

May 12, 2006July 17, 2019 - by Jen Ross

Patagonia—On a crisp spring morning, park ranger Ricardo Cid is leading me toward a stream in the Laguna Parrillar National Reserve. At the southern tip of mainland Chile, fifty kilometres …

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May 2006

Bombs Away!

May 12, 2006March 16, 2020 - by Daniel Sanger

In Montreal, it’s business as usual

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May 2006 / Politics

Feng Shui Federalism

May 12, 2006July 16, 2019 - by Ken Alexander

If things devolve and decentralize in a lot of ways, then what is Canada beyond a concept —Liberal Member of Parliament Ken Dryden Support people rather than places. “—From Bronze …

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May 2006

Unsafe Grounds

May 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by The Walrus

A bracken- and heather-lined footpath in Herriot and Brontë country in northern England. / Photo by Abraham Langdon Yorkshire — At the end of the day’s hike, as we approached …

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