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June 2014

Chris Turner details how Calgary survived its flood; Hugh Brewster recalls the early years of gay rights; Dave Cameron and Jim Cameron study the psychology of goalie brains; Stacey May Fowles reviews new books by Heather O’Neill and Miriam Toews; Jesse Brown asks who holds journalists to account in Canada; fiction by Eliza Robertson…

Cartoon of a policeman standing on the left, and a man walking on the right. The man on the right has a think bubble coming out of him that is in rainbow
Feature / June 2014

Outcasts

June 26, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Hugh Brewster

Fifty years ago, a gay activist met a Maclean’s journalist. Together, they helped start a revolution

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Different drawings of hockey masks
Feature / June 2014

Behind the Mask

June 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Dave Cameron

The oddly familiar psychology of goalies

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / June 2014

The Art of Betrayal

June 11, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

Days in the lives of Ottawa staffers

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A group children sitting around a campfire
Film / June 2014

Lucky Number Seven

June 10, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Matthew Hays

The Canadian behind Britain’s iconic documentary series

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Illustration by Melinda Josie
Fiction / June 2014

Who Will Water the Wallflowers?

June 9, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Eliza Robertson

The day before the flood, the girl slices lemons into a wide-mouthed Mason jar. She has been reading about storage devices in the sunroom. Jars will replace Tupperware, she reads, …

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June 2014 / Poetry

The Child and the Man

June 5, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Peter Norman

As a tot, inspired by some adventure In a picture book, you buried treasure Far in the back of your parents’ unkempt yard. You dug bare handed, and the soil …

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Man wearing a hat that says "Press"
June 2014 / Media

Nobody’s a Critic

June 4, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jesse Brown

Who holds journalists to account in Canada?

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Director filming a scene of a comedic play
Film / June 2014

Canned Laughs

June 4, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jason Anderson

A government agency tries to make our movies funnier

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Illustration by Emily Taylor
June 2014 / Society

The Groundskeeper

June 3, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Anik See

Tending graves at Bény-sur-Mer

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Aerial photo of houses in a field
Feature / June 2014

How Calgary Survived the Flood and Why Other Cities Won’t

June 2, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Chris Turner

Why we need to better plan for extreme weather

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