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March 2011

Katherine Ashenburg asks what happens when death comes later in life; Erna Paris explores Canada’s ideological divide; Paul Wilson finds Stieg Larsson’s inner sanctum; Daniel Baird describes how jazz inspired Michael Snow; Richard Poplak introduces a new wave of crime writers who are exploring the darkest corners of Canadian society…

March 2011 / Politics

Editor’s Note

March 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Illustration by Chris KuzmaThe soliloquy Paddy Chayefsky wrote for the character Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network still resonates today: I don’t have to tell you things are bad. …

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March 2011 / Poetry

Underwhelmed, if that’s a word

March 12, 2011November 22, 2022 - by Zachariah Wells

I’d say the book was disappointing, but I had no expectations of its excellence, so that would be misleading. I’d say my team’s performance fails to satisfy, but its salary …

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March 2011

The Sun King

March 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Jason Sherman

By Jason Sherman, Drawn by David ParkinsThis appeared in the March 2011 issue.

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Photograph by Joanne Ratajczak
March 2011

The Long Goodbye

March 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Katherine Ashenburg

When the end of life comes later in life, the consequences are often unexpected—and often painful

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Illustration by Paul Kim
Books / March 2011

Man of Enterprise

March 12, 2011October 13, 2021 - by John Semley

The weirdness of William Shatner

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Books / March 2011

Criminous Minds

March 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Richard Poplak

A new wave of crime writers are exploring the darkest corners of Canadian society

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Illustration by Barry Blitt
March 2011

The New Solitudes

March 12, 2011August 20, 2020 - by Erna Paris

Canada was once defined by the schism between English and French. Today, our divide is increasingly ideological. Can it be bridged?

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March 2011 / Politics

False Heroes

March 12, 2011July 16, 2019 - by John Lorinc

The Conservatives have positioned themselves as fiscal saviours, but slaying the deficit will be a cinch

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Photograph by Kris Krug
March 2011

The Man in the Plaid Tam

March 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Kaitlin Fontana

Nardwuar the Human Serviette could be the last great music journalist

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Health / March 2011

Shortcuts

March 12, 2011January 9, 2020 - by Jennifer Block

Why isn’t a new generation of doctors heeding evidence against routine Caesareans?

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