December 2024

An illustration of sound waves on a blue background. Several white bars flank a red heart made up of sound waves. It's encircled by blue heart shapes extneding outward.

Arts & Culture / December 2024

My Guilty Pleasure: Voice Notes Give Me Butterflies

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 - by Pacinthe Mattar

So much is said in the hesitations, the silences, the meanderings, the confessions in low, hushed tones

An illustration of man in a lab coat against a blue-green background. His face has no features but a spider web and spider.

A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 - by Sarah Treleaven

Jonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around

An illustration of several women modelling clothes. The ground is covered in discarded garments. Behind them are three towers of clothing, sorted by colour into red, yellow, white and blue piles

Business / December 2024

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024 - by Monika Warzecha

Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. What happened to good garments?

In an illustration, a boardwalk with footprints connects to a sandy shore and rolling green hills with a lighthouse and a colourful cluster of buildings. On top of a revolving door with broken windows is a sign that reads Welcome to Atlantic Canada

December 2024 / Society

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

October 22, 2024October 23, 2024 - by Trevor Corkum

If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again

Against a green backdrop with multi-coloured splotches of yellow, purple and orange, a curly white line connects the black-and-white, cropped photos of one man's eyes and nose to another's nose and mouth. There's a question mark on one man's face.

December 2024 / Memoir

How to Talk to People When You Live Alone

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 - by Ian Williams

“Once it became apparent how underused my voice was by noon, I couldn’t stop noticing”

In a grey illustration, two men, one with a rifle strapped to his back, look through the bombed out hold of a city wall. In red uniforms, girls play soccer. The corners of the illustration feature a watchtower, searchlights, a wall with barbed wires, and people milling about cars

December 2024 / World

Did Canada Betray Afghanistan’s Female Soccer Players?

October 8, 2024October 9, 2024 - by Annie Hylton

When the Taliban retook the country in 2021, Canada promised its national team visas—tickets to safety. Years later, players are still waiting

A man nearly kisses a woman whose skin is made of circuits.

December 2024 / Technology

When Your Lover Is a Bot

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 - by Mihika Agarwal

Artificial intimacy is taking over the dating world—and leaving us lonelier

Winston Churchill stares directly into the camera in a starkly black and white portrait

December 2024 / Society

The Strange Theft of a Priceless Churchill Portrait

September 13, 2024October 9, 2024 - by Brett Popplewell

The inside story of one of Canada’s most brazen, baffling, and mysterious art heists and how the police cracked it

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My Guilty Pleasure: Voice Notes Give Me Butterflies

A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

Did Canada Betray Afghanistan’s Female Soccer Players?

When Your Lover Is a Bot

The Strange Theft of a Priceless Churchill Portrait

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