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December 2018

Michael Prior
Arts & Culture / December 2018 / Poetry

Grandfather’s Axes

June 14, 2019July 8, 2019 - by Michael Prior

One belonged to a grandfather who wore ugly sweaters

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Oil painting of an older male against a sea background.
December 2018 / First Person

The Importance of a Family Cottage

February 11, 2019March 31, 2020 - by Ian Brown

When my son was born with a rare genetic syndrome, our secluded summer home became the one place he could be himself

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December 2018 / Music

How to Make Opera Cool

January 11, 2019July 12, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

As interest in traditional performance declines, upstart indie companies are fighting to keep the art form alive

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Baby crying in arms of father as wife paints chair
December 2018 / Technology

The Secret to the Perfect Lullaby

December 25, 2018March 31, 2020 - by David Sax

One of the world’s biggest toy makers races to engineer music that will put all babies to sleep

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Sausage shaped diagram meant to illustrate discovery of truth
December 2018 / Fiction

Plastic Parts to Help With Life

December 23, 2018March 31, 2020 - by M.A.C. Farrant

A Lego Farm is an environmentally friendly and vegetarian farm where there are no slaughterhouses, no feeding operations, no toxic lagoons, and no impoverished migrant workers

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storefront for poutine restaurant written in Arabic
Business / December 2018

Poutine in Qatar

December 18, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Corey Mintz

What responsibilities does a Canadian company have when it expands into countries known for human rights violations?

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Pixelated portrait of Vladimir Putin with social media icons around him
December 2018 / Politics

Could the Russians Decide Canada’s Next Prime Minister?

November 21, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Justin Ling

Why the upcoming federal election isn’t safe from manipulation by Moscow

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Illustration of a math professor on a blue background with white stylized formulas over him.
December 2018 / Science

The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

November 15, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Robert Langlands’s work may have no practical applications—and he doesn’t mind at all

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