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September 2019

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Arts & Culture / September 2019

Céline Dion Is Everywhere

August 28, 2019January 13, 2023 - by Suzannah Showler

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world’s most talented singer to finally become cool?

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September 2019

A Controversial Playwright Takes on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 - by Dimitri Nasrallah

Eight years ago, Wajdi Mouawad left Canada after his plays faced censure and cancellation. Now he’s back

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Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

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Justice / September 2019

The Whistleblower Who Got It Wrong

August 14, 2019January 25, 2021 - by Kerry Gold

Six years ago, seven health care researchers were fired by the BC government for alleged misuse of data. They’re still trying to understand what happened.

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Current Affairs / September 2019

What Do We Do About SNC-Lavalin?

August 13, 2019August 14, 2019 - by Max Fawcett

How to deal with companies that misbehave

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Memoir / September 2019

The Truth about Wanting to Die

August 6, 2019September 23, 2022 - by Anna Mehler Paperny

Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, Anna Mehler Paperny writes in her new book. And we need to be far more honest about it

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September 2019

Charles Manson and #MeToo

July 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Brian D. Johnson

New films from Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron reflect on the Manson killings—and show starkly different sides of their industry

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