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June 2006

Roy Romanow argues that Canada must return to its nation-building roots; Alan Broadbent asks if the government will intervene in the fates of Canadian cities; Mark Kingwell analyzes what’s become of the American dream; Nicola Ross examines a mental illness appearing among Nicaragua’s Miskitu Indians; fiction by Michael Winter…

Fiction / June 2006

BloodFest ‘06: The May 24th Blackfly Rally

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Marni Jackson

Illustration by Henrik Drescher The scene is a large field with a stage and tents near Kearney, Ontario, close to dusk. Billions and billions of blackflies have gathered for BloodFest …

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June 2006 / Technology

Super Mario’s Temple

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by David Sax

Japan

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First Person / June 2006

Postmodern Choirboy

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay on his elegies for a lost natural self

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June 2006 / Society

Spuddenfreude

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Naomi Buck

Germany

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June 2006 / World

Crescent Schools

June 12, 2006November 7, 2019 - by Sonya Fatah

Pakistan

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Feature / June 2006

A House Half Built

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Roy J. Romanow

A former premier argues that Canada must return to its nation-building roots

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First Person / June 2006

Expect Delays

June 12, 2006July 12, 2017 - by Jaret Belliveau

The June 2006 cover image is from a photo essay, recounting the cross-Canada trip of a photographer and his brother after their mother’s death

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