Travels with Scholars: The Brochure
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 …
Read MoreMay 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…
The Octopus
Can the myths of the Lau Lagoon clan survive their preservation?
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Master of the Guillotine
An Algerian executioner put 200 men to death. He has never lost a moment’s sleep
Read MoreThe Hunter Who Happens to Make Movies
The Art of Zacharias Kunuk
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Doom
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 …
Read MoreAfternoon Hours with Father Basil
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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A Canadian Beaver in Chile
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 …
Read MoreBombs Away!
In Montreal, it’s business as usual
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Feng Shui Federalism
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 …
Read MoreUnsafe Grounds
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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