Afghanistan Undone
A journalist returns to the fragile country five years after she was kidnapped
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Memories of Marineland
I worked at the theme park decades before stories of mistreatment broke. It seemed bad even then
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The Meaning of White
Science can explain why my daughter has a genetic disorder called albinism, but it is in stories that I find comfort
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A boomerang child relives her first, pathetic flight from home
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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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