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March 2009

William Johnson considers Stephen Harper’s rise to power; J. B. MacKinnon describes conservation efforts to recover the population of the bolson tortoise; Peter Foster estimates how Adam Smith would see the financial meltdown; Fred Weir studies the growth of authoritarianism in post-Soviet Russia; fiction by David Bergen…

Illustration by Thomas Libetti
Environment / March 2009

The All-Inclusive Exclusive

March 12, 2009July 17, 2019 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

A week in a Cuban paradise, until Hurricane Paloma hits

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Photograph of a hatchling at Ladder Ranch by Steve Dobrott
Feature / March 2009

The Opposite of Apocalypse

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by J.B. MacKinnon

Conservationists are restoring a living tortoise fossil to its prehistoric range. Can we recreate nature?

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Illustration by Thomas Libetti
March 2009 / Poetry

Some Other Just Ones

March 12, 2009May 24, 2017 - by Steven Heighton

The printer who sets this page with skill, though he may not admire it. singers of solo expertise who defer and find harmonies instead. Anyone whose skeleton is susceptible to …

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Fiction / March 2009

Saved

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by David Bergen

The lieutenant’s office was dimly lit. There was a glass of water on the desk and a large seashell that was an ashtray, and a telephone and one pencil, perfectly …

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Words written in a dynamic typeface
Feature / March 2009

What Would Smith Say?

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by Peter Foster

The financial meltdown, through the eyes of the father of capitalism

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March 2009 / Society

Let’s All Be Neighbours on Will Wright Street

March 12, 2009October 1, 2018 - by Lee Henderson

In Spore and Sims 3, gamers become gods

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Feature / March 2009

Forged in Fire

March 12, 2009October 15, 2019 - by Fred Weir

A red diaper baby in Russia witnesses the rise of Vladimir Putin

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Face of a man on an old monitor
Film / March 2009

To NFB or Not to NFB

March 12, 2009April 16, 2021 - by Matthew Hays

The NFB celebrates its 70th birthday to accolades abroad, but obscurity at home

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March 2009 / Theatre

Divided Souls

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by Richard Ouzounian

For director Daniel Brooks, life and work are one

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March 2009 / Politics

War Correspondence

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by Heba Aly

Staying connected through Sudan’s struggle

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