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May 2021

Why children’s books need to grow up, revisiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, and how we all became fact checkers. Plus, who gets to choose newcomers to Canada?

Books / May 2021

How to Teach Kids about Impending Doom

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

Award-winning children’s book author Jon Klassen on trusting four-year-olds with difficult realities

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May 2021 / Media

How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?

April 7, 2021April 8, 2021 - by Viviane Fairbank

Why fact-checking alone won’t save us from fake news

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May 2021 / Memoir

When Death Is Preferable to Taxes

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 - by Ken Babstock

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit helped me survive COVID-19’s first wave. Then the government tried to claw back the cash

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May 2021

Editor’s Letter: Fact-Checking

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

There may be fewer “fake news” accusations since Twitter suspended Donald Trump, but the atmosphere has permanently changed

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Why children’s books need to grow up, revisiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, and how we all became fact checkers.

Plus, who gets to choose newcomers to Canada?

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