The Contender
The appeal of Justin Trudeau’s emotional intelligence
Read MoreJuly/August 2013
Summer reading with six exciting new Canadian authors: Mona Awad, Kris Bertin, Vincent Colistro, Suzannah Showler, Jill Sexsmith, and Derek Webster; Richard Gwyn ponders the appeal of Justin Trudeau; Peter Andrey Smith studies the Experimental Lakes project; Craig Davidson deconstructs his memories of scandal-ridden Marineland…
You and Your Rich Inner Life
External conditions conspire to slip along the waxy thread of your nerves and hunker down, cathectic, in the carry-on you keep at the ready for a flight from the everyday. …
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Somewhere, a Long, Happy Life Probably Awaits You
Throughout their marriage, Elizabeth has been known to wander
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The Eviction Process
We evict Champ first because we’re worried he’ll kill us. Even laid up in the hospital with one hand set to rot off, he could do it. Even fucked up, …
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Troubled Waters
The Experimental Lakes project has influenced environmental policy around the world. So why would the Harper government abandon it?
Read More Egyptian Archers
In Egyptian art, one archer stands For all archers, Their contour drawn from his thigh, his shin, his chest, His bow and quiver, A deck of desires slightly spread. Archers …
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When We Went against the Universe
Where we went against the universe was at the McDonald’s on the corner of Wolfedale and Mercer. On a sunny afternoon. Mel and I hate sunny afternoons. Especially here in …
Read MoreQuantum Leap
We have finally made a quantum computer. But will it change anything?
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Splitting Heirs
The royal baby and our troubled Constitution
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