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October 2009

Chris Turner explains how humanity can adapt to devastated environments; Christopher Shulgan traces the decline of auto workers’ unions in Windsor; Deborah Campbell weighs the journalistic promise of Al Jazeera English; Lynn Cunningham writes a memoir on raising a grandson with fetal alcohol syndrome; fiction by Lee Henderson…

Environment / October 2009

Editor’s Note

October 25, 2009April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Illustration by Errol F. Richardson Afew years ago, on a trip to Patagonia, I came across an unlikely Canadian diaspora. In the 1940s, a colony of fifty beavers had been …

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October 2009

Carbon Foot Prince

October 19, 2009April 13, 2020 - by Jason Sherman
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October 2009 / Poetry

Peephole

October 19, 2009June 22, 2017 - by Troy Jollimore

When he crouched with an eye to the peephole hoping for a glimpse of his neighbor, who, he was convinced was beautiful (“Well, she has a beautiful voice,” he explained, …

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Media / October 2009

This Right Here Is Rich Terfry

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Dave Morris

The man also known as rapper Buck 65 becomes the voice of CBC Radio 2’s endlessly controversial makeover

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October 2009

The Secret

October 12, 2009October 11, 2019 - by Brett Grainger

The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky

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Books / October 2009

How to Read a Masterpiece

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Marianne Ackerman

Coming to terms with Marie-Claire Blais

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Fiction / October 2009

Long Live Annie B.

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Lee Henderson

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion. —Talmud Iwas night janitor at the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver when I discovered Annie B. hiding out …

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Illustration by Chantal Rousseau
Memoir / October 2009

Cause and Effect

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Lynn Cunningham

Fetal alcohol syndrome is preventable, incurable, and surprisingly common. Still, it brought me Boop, who has redefined my life

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October 2009

The Most Hated Name in News

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Deborah Campbell

Can Al Jazeera English cure what ails North American journalism?

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Photograph courtesy of the Windsor Star
October 2009

Requiem for a Union Town

October 12, 2009August 4, 2016 - by Christopher Shulgan

How the fight went out of Windsor

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As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

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