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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…

Illustration by Graham Roumieu
Feature / March 2014

The Story behind the Rob Ford Story

March 17, 2014August 13, 2019 - by Ivor Tossell

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

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Photograph by Benoit Aquin
Feature / March 2014

Sledgehammer

March 17, 2014August 17, 2017 - by Drew Nelles

Will the Sochi Paralympics propel disabled sport into the mainstream?

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms
March 2014 / World

Dear John

March 11, 2014July 14, 2016 - by The Walrus

Emails to a friend imprisoned in Egypt

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms
March 2014 / Poetry

Unification of Church and State

March 10, 2014June 13, 2016 - 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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Photograph by Michael Slobodian
March 2014 / Theatre

Body Politics

March 6, 2014April 6, 2017 - by Kaija Pepper

Ballet BC leaps into the twenty-first century

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms
March 2014 / Technology

The Case of the Pink Dolphin

March 5, 2014July 25, 2016 - by David Hayes

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

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Illustration by Patrick Doyon
Education / March 2014

Rising Stock

March 4, 2014August 22, 2017 - by Denise Balkissoon

A young finance star builds an association for Aboriginal professionals

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Illustration by Alain Pilon
Feature / March 2014

Happy Returns

March 3, 2014August 5, 2016 - by Timothy Taylor

Why you should look forward to tax time

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms
March 2014 / Poetry

Margaret Rose

February 27, 2014June 13, 2016 - 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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Illustration by Sam Island
March 2014 / Society

Moral Code

February 26, 2014July 11, 2016 - by Emily Landau

A new breed of video game challenges your conscience

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