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May 2007

Stephen Williams revisits a widely publicized clash between the Ontario Provincial Police and Chippewa First Nations; Rebecca Addelman argues that defamation laws make Canadian comedy less funny than American comedy; Alex Mazer critiques the notion that Jane Jacobs was a visionary…

May 2007 / Society

The Fix

May 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Dennis Duffy

An almost-true story about our money

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Books / May 2007

City Limits

May 12, 2007September 6, 2017 - by Alex Mazer

Is it time to rethink our view of Jane Jacobs as a visionary?

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May 2007 / Poetry

Design

May 12, 2007July 6, 2017 - by Katie Peterson

The swarm came as puckers in smooth song, the swarm from your father’s heart, that is to say, not directly from his heart, but from his ability, his responsibility which …

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Arts & Culture / May 2007

Alienated Cosmopolitans

May 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Mark A. Cheetham

Can we be world citizens yet still retain a sense of place? NMA Gold Medal: Portrait Photography

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May 2007 / World

Suburban Renewal

May 12, 2007July 5, 2017 - by Michel Arseneault

A French architect remodels public housing, and perhaps the presidency

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Feature / May 2007

A Pianist in Rwanda

May 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by Deborah Kirshner

A University of British Columbia music professor brings the Western classical canon to Kigali

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Environment / May 2007

Talk Shop

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

Opinion and commentary

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Illustration by Josh Cochran
Feature / May 2007 / The Walrus True Crime

Life on Nut Island

May 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by Stephen Williams

With four strokes of a pen, Ontario police officer Ron Heinemann set in motion the disbandment of an elite crime-fighting unit

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May 2007 / World

Animated Discussion

May 12, 2007July 5, 2017 - by Christopher Michael

An unsettling evening of candour at a Japanese jabber joint

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Cities / May 2007

Run of the Isle

May 12, 2007August 23, 2017 - by John DeMont

The long race for real estate in Canada’s smallest province

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