Corporate Cannabis
Will a new marijuana mist become the Aspirin of the twenty-first century?
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Talking Through Divorce
boston—Copley Square is a study in contrasts. At the south end sits the stately Boston Public Library, founded in 1848 and built “for the people and dedicated to the advancement …
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Missing Marshall McLuhan
toronto—A trumpeter stands beside a bus shelter belting out jazz riffs, while out on the street a man on stilts galumphs past as a juggler tosses fire. On this warm …
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A Very Civil War
Prime Minister Paul Martin is trying to articulate a vision that will knit Canadians together and push the Liberals to majority status in the next election
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Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where author Wayne Johnston is a “distinguished professor of creative writing.” / Image courtesy of Hollins University roanoke, virginia—I was recently offered and accepted a …
Read MoreThe Wilcox Manuscripts
Père Murray teaching a class at Notre Dame library in Saskatchewan, c.1950. / Image courtesy of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Archives wilcox, saskatchewan—Here are a few things you’ll …
Read MoreThe Brain Trainer
How to focus, focus, focus
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Studies Show…
. . . that maybe you should, um, eat more chocolate ?
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The Fruit-Punch Tree
santiago — Luis Carrasco’s invention is, at first, hard to make out among the shrubs, trees, and rose bushes in his large backyard in an upscale neighbourhood at the foothills …
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Life, at What Price?
Canada does not have universal health care, but it could. The secret might lie in the Oregon experiment, a radical and life-promoting solution
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