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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…

Health / June 2014

Presumption of Choice

May 29, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Miranda Elliott

Access to abortion is not as universal as we think

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Drawings of different faces
June 2014 / Poetry

The Finder

May 28, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Elise Partridge

How can you tell where things hide? How do you hear their drifting as they leave snail-like clues shifting through solid wall? You’ve reconciled lost spouses of earrings, netted a …

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A compass, map and feather
Environment / June 2014

Tuktoyaktuk or Bust

May 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Kate Harris

Taking the road less travelled, while it still exists

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A campsite with tents by the water and trees
June 2014 / Sports

Bad Call

May 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by The Walrus

The NHL confronts the dawn of television

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Two women talking
Books / June 2014

Blood Ties

May 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Stacey May Fowles

Heather O’Neill and Miriam Toews examine the fraught relationships between siblings

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The Walrus (Volume 11, Number 5)
June 2014 / Media

Editor’s Note

May 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Until recently, reinventing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation seemed merely desirable. Now it’s imperative. The public broadcaster is struggling to stay afloat in the face of a perfect storm: ongoing cuts …

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