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January/February 2008

Peter Valing on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; Don Gillmor on Calgary; Mark Kingwell on Toronto; comic artist Julie Doucet on Montreal; noir fiction set in Canadian cities by Heather O’Neill, Greg Hollingshead, David Bergen, Charlotte Gill, Donna Morrissey, and Michael Winter…

Cities / January/February 2008

Toronto: Justice Denied

February 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Mark Kingwell

Is Toronto being taken over by hucksters, fauxhemians, and the “knowledge economy”?

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Cities / January/February 2008

Terminal City

January 12, 2008October 1, 2018 - by Charlotte Gill

Canada Noir: Vice… in Vancouver!

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Cities / January/February 2008

The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

A famous British architect, oil barons, an urban vision, and creeping liberalism all meet in Calgary’s downtown. What is the future for Cowtown?

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Cities / January/February 2008

For Everyone a Garden

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Adele Weder

The failed dream of Montreal’s Habitat ’67

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Cities / January/February 2008

The End of Pinky

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Heather O'Neill

Canada Noir: mayhem… in Montréal!

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Film / January/February 2008

Winnipeg, Mon Amour

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Denis Seguin

Guy Maddin’s hometown homage

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Books / January/February 2008

The Walrus Reads

January 12, 2008May 1, 2017 - by Daniel Baird

Four new titles of note

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Cities / January/February 2008

Red Carpet Caper

January 12, 2008October 1, 2018 - by Donna Morrissey

A Walrus Canada Noir tale: Horror… in Halifax!

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Cities / January/February 2008

Beyond the Overpass

January 12, 2008October 1, 2018 - by Michael Winter

Canada Noir: Suspicion… in St John’s!

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Cities / January/February 2008

Just the Thing

January 12, 2008October 1, 2018 - by David Bergen

Canada Noir: Weaselly… in Winnipeg!

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