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January/February 2018

Illustration of a Woman Looking at Shadows on the Kitchen Wall
January/February 2018 / Memoir

Looking Back on My Montreal Kitchens

January 11, 2018June 21, 2023 - by Heather O’Neill

These rooms have always tried to tell me something about my relationships

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Illustration Showing People Wearing a Variety of Historical Outfits
January/February 2018 / Society

Inside the Weird World of Historical Re-enactors

January 10, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Erin Sylvester

From Civil War uniforms to Viking smelts, meet the people who bring history to life

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January/February 2018

I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant

January 4, 2018September 21, 2023 - by Robbie Dillon

The one thing that criminals and philosophers share is a sense of being an outsider

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January/February 2018

How Canada’s Health Care System Helped Create a Killer

December 18, 2017February 5, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

Johnathan Townsend’s family knew he was a danger. Nobody listened

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Environment / January/February 2018

Our Obsession with Glass Is Killing Birds

December 15, 2017July 4, 2022 - by Moira Farr

We’ve designed our buildings with shiny, transparent, or mirrored ­surfaces that hundreds crash into day ­after day

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January/February 2018 / Technology

Toss of the Bitcoin

November 27, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Joshua Oliver

Canadians have poured millions into blockchain, but many don’t know what they’re buying

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