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June 2007

Michael Healey views a conference on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms through the eyes of a playwright; Layne Coleman describes the struggle to deal with his wife’s cancer; Jake MacDonald relates the history of LSD in Saskatchewan; Adam Gopnik discusses the future of the museum…

Business / June 2007

Advanced Search

June 12, 2007July 6, 2017 - by Ali Symons

A real-life Google query goes awry

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June 2007 / World

Verse and Versatility

June 12, 2007May 25, 2020 - by Stephen Henighan

Central America’s poets confront the era of globalization

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Illustration by Leif Parsons
Fiction / June 2007

Tank Talk

June 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

“What’ll we call this lot? ” “Who are they? ” “Dunno. They just showed up.” “From? ” “The 77th.” “In? ” “Tanks.” “Don’t mention it.” “No. Men. In bloody tanks.” “Steady on.” “Quite a …

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Photograph by Peter Fraser
June 2007

Peaking on the Prairies

June 12, 2007August 1, 2020 - by Jake MacDonald

Long before touching down in San Francisco, LSD was primed
to become a psychiatric wonder drug in Saskatoon

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Photograph by Elinor Carucci
June 2007 / Memoir

Oasis of Hope

June 12, 2007April 19, 2020 - by Layne Coleman

Love, sex, and a mid-life crisis at a Tijuana cancer clinic

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June 2007

A Russian Tragedy

June 12, 2007October 11, 2019 - by Alex Shoumatoff

Once soulful and historic, the Russian village is dying. Will the state survive?

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June 2007 / Society

The Society of Difference

June 12, 2007May 25, 2020 - by Adrienne Clarkson

An excerpt from the eighth annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, March 2, 2007, Vancouver

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June 2007 / World

Permanent Ways

June 12, 2007July 6, 2017 - by Antonia Malchik

Riding the midnight train to Moscow

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June 2007

The Sounds of Science

June 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Alexander Gelfand

Computer-generated music moves out of the lab

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June 2007 / World

All That Glitters

June 12, 2007July 6, 2017 - by Adnan Khan

From jagged crevice to jeweller, Afghan gems travel a perilous path

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