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December 2013

David Wilson flies again with the Twin Otter; John Lorinc takes the pulse of organized labour; Stacey May Fowles remembers growing up in the shadow of Paul Bernardo; Masa Takei describes how to get a gun; Denise Balkissoon profiles Edmonton youth worker Mark Cherrington; Waubgeshig Rice kicks it with A Tribe Called Red…

Illustration by Sonia Roy
December 2013 / Feature

The Way We Give

December 27, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Josiah Neufeld

Generosity can’t always bridge cultural and economic divides

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Illustration by Kelsey Heinrichs
December 2013 / Feature

State of the Unions

December 19, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Lorinc

Organized labour no longer protects Canada’s most vulnerable workers

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Photograph by Grant Harder
December 2013 / Feature

Air Apparent

December 11, 2013April 13, 2020 - by David Wilson

The Twin Otter flies again

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Illustration by Thomas Fuchs
December 2013 / World

Continental Drift

December 3, 2013June 11, 2021 - by Nick Fraser

Will Europe find its way?

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Illustration by Mark Cabuena
December 2013 / Society

Dirty Work

December 2, 2013July 21, 2016 - by Karen Pinchin

Young Maritimers confront reality on the farm

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Illustration by Brian Morgan
December 2013 / Poetry

Dog Ear

November 29, 2013June 14, 2016 - by Jim Johnstone

It was years before I learned to call this prayer: the right-hand corner of a page turned down to make another page. I attempted to escape, then return to the …

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Illustration by Mark Cabuena
December 2013 / First Person

New to Me

November 26, 2013July 6, 2017 - by Napatsi Folger

A daughter’s return to Iqaluit

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Illustration by Brian Morgan
Books / December 2013

Name of the Game

November 25, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Nick Cutter

A pseudonym tells all

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Photograph by Jason Franson
December 2013 / Media

Tweet Justice

November 21, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Denise Balkissoon

Edmonton’s marginalized teens find an audience

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Illustration by Mark Cabuena
December 2013 / Poetry

A Prince’s Soliloquoy

November 20, 2013June 16, 2016 - by Ricardo Sternberg

Truth be told, I wish she would unkiss me, turn me back into the frog I was and happy being. Give me back nights I dared the moon, fat and …

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