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November 2017

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November 2017

Scenes from Canada’s First Indigenous-Owned Railway

December 7, 2017August 9, 2021 - by Chloë Ellingson

The Tshiuetin bridges the vast distance between southern and remote central Quebec

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November 2017 / Society

Why Royal Canadian Legion Halls Are Now Hipster Havens

November 7, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

Has Canada’s most prominent veteran’s organization abandoned its members?

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Books / November 2017

The Other Worst President

October 27, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Stephen Marche

To understand Trump, we need to examine the man who failed America during the Great Depression

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Arts & Culture / November 2017

Canada’s Bid to Create a World Chess Champion

October 26, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Sasha Chapin

Montreal’s Eric Hansen is a self-described Chessbrah, but he could also be the best player this country has ever had

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November 2017

How Pickled Lettuce Got Me to Oxford

October 25, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Gail Singer

I’d always longed to attend the storied university. I had no idea an old family recipe would get me there

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Health / November 2017

Why Is No One Talking About Hospital-Acquired Delirium?

October 24, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Sydney Loney

Every year, bad care leaves hundreds of thousands of patients with a devastating mental disorder

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November 2017

Inside the Controversial US Evangelical Movement Targeting Indigenous People

October 23, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Joel Barde

How modern-day apostles and prophets are waging spiritual warfare in the North

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Justice / November 2017

Fixing Our Convoluted, Inaccessible Court System

October 20, 2017December 8, 2020 - by Gerard J. Kennedy

Until we simplify civil ligation, there will only be justice for the few

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Fiction / November 2017

Lynch Law

October 16, 2017September 29, 2021 - by Marina Endicott

They said it was us carrying on that led Willis to do himself the injury

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November 2017

Cottage Country Murder

September 15, 2017February 5, 2020 - by Zander Sherman

Police have dragged the lake. They’ve dug up property. They’ve brought in dogs. But after twenty years, they still can’t find the bodies of the four missing seniors in Muskoka

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