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April 2007

John Lorinc describes the chronic distractions of living in the digital age, and what its consequences might be on our minds; Alison Gillmor questions the trend of attributing unconditional love, loyalty, and wisdom to dogs; Patrick White looks at the devastation wrought by the mountain pine beetle on BC’s forests; fiction by Wayne Grady…

April 2007 / Environment

Better Red, Then Dead

April 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Joshua Knelman

Can a plan to divert the Red Sea save the Dead — and offer new hope for peace?

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April 2007 / Fiction

All the Rage

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Andrew Clark 

int. the conference room of pharmaceutical conglomerate axxochem — morning. Chemist Andrew Clark, forty, stands before the Axxochem board, wearing a wrinkled, blue pinstriped suit. He taps nervously on his …

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April 2007 / Environment

Tree of Life

April 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Ken Alexander

Opinion and commentary

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April 2007 / Cities

Lords of the Lobby

April 12, 2007July 5, 2017 - by Margo Pfeiff

What does it take to join the hotel
industry’s elite?

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April 2007 / Education

Cubic Connection

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

A reclusive amateur geometer who hates numbers receives a visitor

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April 2007 / First Person

Monumental Vibrations

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Ryan Knighton

A blind man listens to the world’s longest song

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April 2007 / Society

It’s a Dog’s Life

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Alison Gillmor

They’re not just pets anymore—they’re teachers, preachers, shrinks, and philosophers

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April 2007 / Health

Forgotten, But Not Gone

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Janine MacLeod

Can the Conservatives’ new plan solve the long-neglected problem of chemical pollution?

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April 2007 / Feature

Driven to Distraction

April 12, 2007October 11, 2019 - by John Lorinc

How our multi-channel, multi-tasking society is making it harder for us to think

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April 2007 / Feature

Red Rush

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Patrick White

No longer kept in check by cold winters, the mountain pine beetle has killed $50 billion worth of BC forest in less than a decade

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