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July/August 2017

Illustration by Jason Logan
July/August 2017 / Poetry

In Cloud Country

June 30, 2017May 21, 2020 - by Michael Prior

Within our borders, / your hair frays cirrus into sky, while that bride, / so serious in every photo, never had to be you.

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Illustration by Mügluck
July/August 2017 / Society

Road to Everywhere

June 29, 2017May 21, 2020 - by Noah Richler

The Trans-Canada Highway killed our sense of adventure. Here’s how to revive the thrill of the unknown

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Illustration by Jonathan Dyck
July/August 2017

The Strange History of ‘O Canada’

June 27, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Peter Kuitenbrouwer

Disliked by the French and misunderstood by the English, what the anthem says about our nation

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Illustration by Irma Kniivila
July/August 2017

Anger and Indifference on Lake Winnipeg

June 26, 2017June 4, 2020 - by Mark Mann

Is the viscous green sludge that coats the water an ecological disaster—or just a nuisance for beachgoers?

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Illustration by Lynn Scurfield
Fiction / July/August 2017

Boat Trouble

June 23, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Susan Swan

There was no moon the night they ran into boat trouble. The delicate crescent had set at five minutes to eleven while they drove up the lonely northern highway. The …

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illustration of two children looking into a cellar
Fiction / July/August 2017

In the Palace of Cats

June 23, 2017April 5, 2020 - by C.P. Boyko

Hillary was weeding the flower bed, and questioning the weediness of weeds, some of which were just as beautiful as any flower, when an urgent message reached her from the …

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Image Courtesy of Robert Cordier, Steven Palmer, and Library and Archives Canada.
July/August 2017

The Movie That Shocked Canada

June 21, 2017May 21, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

Fifty years ago, Miracles in Modern Medicine brought the uncensored human body to the big screen—and into popular culture

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Illustration by Joren Cull
July/August 2017

The Handyman from Hell

June 20, 2017September 13, 2022 - by Jamie Levin

How a nightmare renovation nearly destroyed our relationship

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Illustration by Benoit Tardif
July/August 2017 / Memoir

Every Stepfather Has His Day

June 16, 2017May 7, 2020 - by Kevin Chong

People say your life changes when you become a dad. Mine changed when I met my wife’s son

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Fiction / July/August 2017

The Love Nest

June 16, 2017May 7, 2020 - by Julia Zarankin

october 10, 2013 Dear Lucy and Dennis! Thank You from bottom of my heart for super stay! We from Los Angeles (before that from Moscow), and you helped to make …

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