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March 2014

Ivor Tossell tells the story behind the story of Toronto’s crack mayor; Drew Nelles meets Canada’s sledge hockey heroes; Timothy Taylor explains why you should look forward to tax time; Emily Landau considers video game morality; Pasha Malla ponders big data; fiction by Zsuzsi Gartner…

Photograph by Shaun Merritt
Feature / March 2014

The Story behind the Rob Ford Story

March 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Ivor Tossell

A little-known Supreme Court ruling unmuzzled reporters—and changed Canadian journalism

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Hockey player in a locker room
Feature / March 2014

Sledgehammer

March 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Will the Sochi Paralympics propel disabled sport into the mainstream?

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / World

Dear John

March 11, 2014April 14, 2020 - by The Walrus

Emails to a friend imprisoned in Egypt

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / Poetry

Unification of Church and State

March 10, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Stevie Howell

His wooden rosary, a broken abacus, hangs on the bedroom wall, draped around a framed, colourized picture of a little boy kneeling bedside. Palms pressed, fingers steepled, whispering the saints’ …

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Ballet dancers on stage
March 2014 / Theatre

Body Politics

March 6, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Kaija Pepper

Ballet BC leaps into the twenty-first century

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / Technology

The Case of the Pink Dolphin

March 5, 2014April 14, 2020 - by David Hayes

Trent University’s wildlife DNA lab equips conservationists with new forensic tools

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Feathers
Education / March 2014

Rising Stock

March 4, 2014October 20, 2021 - by Denise Balkissoon

A young finance star builds an association for Aboriginal professionals

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Cartoon of a man's head with "citizenship," "community," "membership," and "taxes" written in his brain
Feature / March 2014

Happy Returns

March 3, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Timothy Taylor

Why you should look forward to tax time

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / Poetry

Margaret Rose

February 27, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Alexandra Oliver

The females of my family extolled the virtues of our Queen, her cautious charm, the opera glove that sheathed the guiding arm. For this was ours, the Englishwoman’s mould. But …

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Person holding a video game controller, starring at a screen
March 2014 / Society

Moral Code

February 26, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

A new breed of video game challenges your conscience

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