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February 2007

Don Gillmor spotlights the Liberals’ need for a compelling narrative; Larry Krotz explains the problems with reparations for residential schools on First Nations reserve; David Gilmour reflects on getting by without the advantage of natural talent; John Bentley Mays delves into the competition to replace the World Trade Center towers…

February 2007

Separate and Unequal

February 12, 2007October 17, 2019 - by Larry Krotz

Money for crimes committed at residential schools may be forthcoming, but problems with the reserve system remain

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Arts & Culture / February 2007

Against the Grain

February 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Megan Williams

At an international cook-off in Sicily,
judging couscous proves a rough business

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Arts & Culture / February 2007

Gertrude Stein’s Radical Grammar

February 12, 2007October 10, 2019 - by Kay Armatage

“Revolting” question marks, codependent commas, and the apostrophes that speak to our weakness

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February 2007

Good to Go

February 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Semi Chellas

A military-run course designed to prepare reporters for combat
raises some thorny questions about journalistic ethics

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February 2007 / Society

Veils for Western Women

February 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Marni Jackson

Beauty burkas and vanity veils. NMA nominee: Humour

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February 2007 / Society

Nation Proliferation

February 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Ken Alexander

By 6 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, a not-unusual clutch of characters had gathered inside the Rose Donut shop at the corner of Carlaw Avenue and Gerrard Street in east …

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Environment / February 2007

Dem’s Fightin’ Birds

February 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Larry Frolick

In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song

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Illustration by Lars Arrhenius
February 2007

Once Upon a Country

February 12, 2007July 6, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts. A walk through the streets of the Liberal imagination, where fortunes rise and fall and Stephen Harper lies in wait, ready to pounce

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February 2007 / Memoir

Ringo’s Drum Roll

February 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by David Gilmour

(or, lessons in living on a modest talent)

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Image courtesy of John Fry
February 2007 / Sports

First on the Hill

February 12, 2007January 13, 2022 - by John Fry

The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians

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