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October 2006

Marci McDonald explores Stephen Harper’s connections to the religious right; Andrew Clark mourns tennis’s lost art of rushing the net; Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan provide an exclusive look at the shocking intensity of the US bombing campaign in Cambodia; fiction by Peter Behrens…

October 2006 / World

Welcome to Cairo! Where Is Your Wife?

October 12, 2006May 28, 2021 - by R.M. Vaughan

In Egypt, most displays of man-on-man affection aren’t what you might think

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Fiction / October 2006

The Smell of Smoke

October 12, 2006November 3, 2021 - by Peter Behrens

Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the season so there was …

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Feature / October 2006

Bombs Over Cambodia

October 12, 2006May 27, 2020 - by Taylor Owen

New information reveals that Cambodia was bombed far more heavily than previously believed

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Feature / October 2006

The Animals We Love, The Animals We Eat

October 12, 2006April 14, 2020 - by Debbie Tacium Ladry

Pets are family, but chickens are food products? A Quebec vet examines our two-faced relationship with animals

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October 2006 / Poetry

Shh

October 12, 2006July 13, 2017 - by Sonnet L’Abbé

shush, sugar, hush this heartthrash, this harsh sharp emotion shall pass o shyness, the blush at shit and wanting to wash it, at shit and needing to share it, of …

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Environment / October 2006

Guerilla Frogger

October 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Moira Farr

An independent scientist sticks his tongue out at Costa Rican conservation efforts

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October 2006 / Society

Ming, eh?

October 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Eric Powell

Claims of a pre-Columbian Chinese settlement in Cape Breton Island raise eyebrows

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October 2006 / Poetry

from Sinistrae/fragments

October 12, 2006July 13, 2017 - by Glen Lowry

Bending Catullus drew the scent of the tomato plant towards us the strain of memory friendships serial exploits suspended his quiet breathless concern slid his left hand into the waisband …

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October 2006 / Politics

Life during Wartime

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

Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and resignation. Lee Shorey — a fifty-two-year-old high-school teacher and mother of …

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Fiction / October 2006

A Billion Little Pieces

October 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

Illustration by Clayton Hanmer It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence, where our …

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