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September 2014

Painter John Hartman surveys Georgian Bay; Micah Toub explores new research that could save your sex life; Jeet Heer on voter suppression; Michael Crummey on the accidental birth of Confederation; Heather O’Neill ponders the feminism of photographer Petra Collins; Angelo Muredda reviews David Cronenberg’s debut novel; poetry by Elise Partridge…

People in a town looking at a circus
Feature / September 2014

The Circus Comes to Charlottetown

September 25, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Michael Crummey

The accidental birth of a nation

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A bed with cement blocks on top of the mattress
Feature / September 2014

Just Do It

September 18, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Micah Toub

Sex researchers have found a new way to keep the spark alive

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / September 2014

Coalition Conundrum

September 10, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

This appeared in the September 2014 issue.

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A woman sitting at a desk, petting her cat
September 2014 / Theatre

Finding the Words

September 9, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Eric Andrew-Gee

Linda Gaboriau’s struggle to translate a hit Quebec play

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A hand-drawn map
Feature / September 2014

If We Build It, They Will Stay

September 8, 2014April 13, 2020 - by John van Nostrand

Instead of extracting resources and leaving, we could populate the mid-Canada corridor—and create a bigger, better country

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Different windows showing different people doing various activities
Poetry / September 2014

A Late Writer’s Desk

September 4, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Elise Partridge

They couldn’t give it away, I guess, so left it by the side of the road, where, obdurate, it warps. No gnawed pencils now, no fingers drumming— just catkin loads …

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A football field
September 2014 / Sports

Skin in the Game

September 3, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Will Di Novi

A conflicted fan comes to grips with the violence of football

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Canoes and paddles by a shallow creek
Environment / September 2014

Mr. Weaver Goes to Victoria

September 2, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Chris Turner

A renowned climate scientist gets political

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Artwork by John Hartman
September 2014 / Visual Art

The Map-Maker

September 1, 2014April 13, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

John Hartman’s Georgian Bay

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A table with food on plates
September 2014 / Society

Loaves and Fishes

August 28, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Mark Mann

Dining with the pious at the National Prayer Breakfast

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