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March 2017

Hadiya Roderique reveals what she learned about racism from her online quest for love; Joseph Rosen asks if resenting his ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbours makes him a bad multiculturalist; Brett Popplewell profiles Canada’s most famous living sniper; Max Fawcett looks into pipeline safety; Maija Kappler explores tattoo removal…

Illustration by Jason Logan
Letters / March 2017

Letters

March 1, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Readers

Wrong Side of History; True North; None of my Business; Jail to Table; Saving Throw

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Illustration by Chloe Cushman
March 2017

The Long Shot

February 28, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

After his tour in Afghanistan, Canada’s most famous living sniper came home to a different kind of fight

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Illustration by Jason Logan
March 2017 / Poetry

And What Of

February 27, 2017 - by Erín Moure

And what of the grammar we were griven those years, Or the one we invernted, Elaborate, full of beasts of the stupendous cortex, crawpling Or were they sparrows? Were they …

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Illustration by Jason Logan
Business / March 2017

Lessons from the Largest Law-Firm Implosion in Canadian History

February 27, 2017January 5, 2023 - by Jonathan Kay

The demise of Heenan Blaikie is proof that big firms need bean-counters, not visionaries, in the corner offices

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Illustration by Mary Sanche
Environment / March 2017

Searching for Nova Scotia’s Phantom Cougars

February 24, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Dozens of people report sightings of big cats in Atlantic Canada, but are their eyes playing tricks on them?

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Photograph by Ashley Fraser
March 2017

The Ambassador of Art

February 23, 2017May 1, 2020 - by Caoimhe Morgan-Feir

At the American embassy in Ottawa, Obama’s cultured emissaries say goodbye to a golden age

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Illustration by Jason Logan
March 2017 / Poetry

Transfusion

February 22, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Bardia Sinaee

I walk most days before dinner now that the air is finally calm and clear, and each time the horizon admits more of the visible world. The windowsills are lined …

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Illustration by Tine Modeweg-Hansen
March 2017

Among the Hasidim

February 22, 2017April 9, 2020 - by Joseph Rosen

Did resenting my ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbours make me a bad multiculturalist?

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Illustration by Meredith Holigroski
March 2017 / Technology

Pressure Test

February 21, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

Can a pipeline ever be 100 percent safe?

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Illustration by Kellen Hatanaka
March 2017 / Sports

Philosopher Up to Bat

February 21, 2017January 5, 2023 - by Mark Kingwell

Baseball is the sport that brings jocks and nerds together

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