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A Future Without Butter

December 4, 2019December 10, 2019 - by Lenore Newman

Ecological collapse is threatening food systems that have existed for centuries

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Society

Why We Get Nostalgic About Junk Food

December 2, 2019December 10, 2019 - by Emily Baron Cadloff

Modern diets are obsessed with nutrition. But there’s a reason we crave our childhood favourites

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Society

The New Road in the North

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Crystal Gail Fraser

The government framed the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway as a nation-building project. But, for Indigenous people, the road is about connecting with ourselves

December 2019 / First Person

How to Make the Perfect Popcorn

November 22, 2019December 11, 2019 - by Kevin Sylvester

If you microwave your popcorn, never speak to me again

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First Person / Society

Beauty Standards Are a Rigged Game

November 21, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Sarah Trick

If I couldn’t be seen as both disabled and beautiful, I decided I’d win by becoming “the smart one”

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Environment

Rethinking the Colonial Mentality of Our National Parks

November 20, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Jimmy Thomson

The parks were created by removing Indigenous people from the land. Thaidene Nëné begins to repair the damage

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December 2019 / Health

The Hidden Costs of Medical Testing

November 19, 2019December 11, 2019 - by Carine Abouseif

Each year, doctors order more than a million tests that patients don’t actually need. Some are even harmful

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December 2019 / Society

Solving Homelessness Starts With Access to a Safe Bed

November 12, 2019December 18, 2019 - by Sarah Schulman

Lack of sleep compounds the challenges of precarious housing

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Health

How Literature Can Lead to Better Health Care

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 - by Paul Adams

Doctors face constant pressure to be resilient. Can the arts address the deeper problems that self-care can’t?

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Society

Growing Up Mulroney

November 7, 2019November 8, 2019 - by Tessa Lloyd

Their father was prime minister for nearly a decade. What was it like to be his sons?