Separate and Unequal
Money for crimes committed at residential schools may be forthcoming, but problems with the reserve system remain
Read MoreFebruary 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…
Against the Grain
At an international cook-off in Sicily,
judging couscous proves a rough business
Gertrude Stein’s Radical Grammar
“Revolting” question marks, codependent commas, and the apostrophes that speak to our weakness
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Good to Go
A military-run course designed to prepare reporters for combat
raises some thorny questions about journalistic ethics
Veils for Western Women
Beauty burkas and vanity veils. NMA nominee: Humour
Read MoreNation Proliferation
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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Dem’s Fightin’ Birds
In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song
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Once Upon a Country
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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Ringo’s Drum Roll
(or, lessons in living on a modest talent)
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First on the Hill
The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians
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