Editor’s Note
Illustration by Joel KimmelIn an essay in this magazine last September, J.B. MacKinnon argued that one of the obstacles we face in measuring environmental degradation is short-sightedness. We observe changes …
Read MoreApril 2011
Atif Rafay explores the meaning of freedom from within his prison cell; Michael Posner profiles Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright; Alison Motluk investigates the government’s exit from the production of medical isotopes; Alex Hutchinson ponders what will happen when computers become smarter than people; fiction by David Bezmozgis…
Intelligence Deficit
What will happen when computers become smarter than people?
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Mosque Makeovers
Reimagining a sacred space
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Yesterday’s Canadian
Letting go of the French-English duality
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Dogwalker’s Law
The Korean chatelaine who claims she never boffed her former dogwalker (and blots her creamy affidavit swearing theirs a chaste relationship) is perjuring: if she didn’t, she should have, as …
Read MoreThis Just In
By Jason Sherman, Drawn by David ParkinsThis appeared in the April 2011 issue.
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A Political Meltdown
For decades, Canada has been a world leader in the production of medical isotopes. So why did the government announce that it was dumping the entire program?
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Mister Right
How has Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s new chief of staff, reached the top of the business and political worlds without making enemies?
Read MoreThe Species Problem
What do you get when you cross a polar bear with a grizzly?
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