The Last Post?
As Canada Post wrestles with its bottom line, a letter carrier addresses the nation
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The Missing Piece
A son’s cross-border search to find the war trophy that may have killed his father
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Black Christmas
The holidays can be saccharine, stressful, and often lonely, so it’s no wonder many Christmas tales contain a note of malice. The season, it turns out, has much in common with Halloween
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Goin’ Down the Road
In which the writer recalls a lifetime of Trans-Canada road trips, first with her parents, then with her family, and, with her nest now empty, alone with her husband. Is this the end of something or the beginning?
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The Archivist
How I found Stieg Larsson’s inner sanctum
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Approximate Directions to a Burial
A son retraces his father’s death
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The Sophisticate and the Simple Ones
The allure of the dancing Na Nach of Tel Aviv
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My Dad, the Movie, and Me
On the set of Barney’s Version, with Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, and the ghost of Mordecai Richler
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The Flight Album
When in doubt, there’s always New York
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