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May 2016

Kerry Gold investigates Vancouver’s housing crisis; Teva Harrison illustrates her life with cancer; Larry Krotz asks if the United Church can survive without God; Miranda Elliott explains access to abortion on PEI; Naben Ruthnum considers rewiring the mystery novel for the digital age; Omar Mouallem goes camping with new Canadians…

Photograph by Karin Bubas
Feature / May 2016

Why It’s So Impossible to Buy a Home in Vancouver

May 30, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Kerry Gold

Foreign investors are squeezing out the city’s middle class

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Illustration by Tim O'Brien
Feature / May 2016

Atheist at the Pulpit

May 11, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Larry Krotz

Can the United Church survive without God?

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Painting by Kris Knight
May 2016 / Visual Art

Pretty Boys

April 19, 2016April 6, 2017 - by Sasha Chapin

Kris Knight’s paintings won’t give up their secrets

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Illustration by Jessica Fortner
May 2016 / Society

The Shag Harbour Incident

April 18, 2016April 29, 2020 - by Chelsea Murray

One town’s mission to become the Roswell of Canada

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Illustration by Kyle Metcalf
Books / May 2016

Narrative Devices

April 15, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Naben Ruthnum

Rewiring the mystery novel for the digital age

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Illustration by Teva Harrison
May 2016 / Memoir

Three Ways to Disappear

April 14, 2016April 29, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

A visual essay on living with cancer

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Courtesy of the Estate of Alex Colville
Fiction / May 2016

Witness

April 13, 2016June 12, 2017 - by K.D. Miller

As soon as Harriet’s in, the second she hears the screen door bang shut behind her, she feels an arm come round her neck. “Ranald?” She can hardly gasp the …

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Illustration by Jeannie Phan
Health / May 2016

The Tragedy of Anorexia

April 12, 2016March 31, 2020 - by David Goldbloom

She’s been suffering for years—and there’s nothing her psychiatrist can do about it

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Illustration by Jessica Fortner
Education / May 2016

How to Pitch a Tent

April 12, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

Schooling new Canadians in the ancient art of camping

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Illustration by Jessica Fortner
May 2016 / Poetry

Bells, Liberty, Undue Exultation

April 11, 2016April 11, 2020 - by Linda Besner

a poem

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