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November 2006

Nora Underwood delves into what neuroscience tells us about the teenage brain; Andrew Nikiforuk questions Alberta’s dependence on VLT gambling revenues; a photo essay by Sarah Hughes depicts women in their “comfortable and safe” outfits and their “attractive and sexy” outfits; fiction by Tobias Wolff…

Two people look out at a room-sized model in the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum shows what central Shanghai will look like in 2020.
November 2006

A Resonant Boom

November 12, 2006May 31, 2021 - by Charles Foran

How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.

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Books / November 2006

Swedish for Great Literature

November 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Ryan Bigge

When catalogues become books

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November 2006 / Society

“Chillax, Pops”

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

I‘m not sure exactly when Canada struck me anew as a decent place worth fighting for, but it happened sometime this past summer. The arrival of Thomas Noiset, our sixteen-yearold …

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November 2006 / Science

The Frozen Zoo

November 12, 2006July 17, 2019 - by Megan Ogilvie

As species disappear, natural history’s future is put on ice

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Environment / November 2006

Banking on Catastrophe

November 12, 2006July 17, 2019 - by Jake Bogoch

Beneath an Arctic island, the seeds of a
postapocalyptic garden lie buried

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Arts & Culture / November 2006

Scarce Heard Amid the Guns

November 12, 2006March 23, 2021 - by Murray Thomson

Does Canada’s war museum say enough about peace?

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November 2006 / Society

Keeping Everest Honest

November 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Bernadette McDonald

Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan
glory and shame, calls it like she sees it

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November 2006 / Society

Still Soaring

November 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Taiwo Bah

Illustration by Kwag Hyo When asked about the murder, Larc first talks about his brother’s life rather than his death. As someone who also once lost a true friend and …

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November 2006 / Society

Armed with a Dream

November 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Harold Clarke

Illustration by Marco Cibola “Black male youth, armed and dangerous” is the familiar phrase we hear far too often on the news. We rarely hear about the black youth armed …

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November 2006 / Society

Re-creating Family

November 12, 2006February 17, 2020 - by Arsema Berhane

It took seven years for us to be reunited with our father in Canada

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