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July/August 2022 / Poetry

Tears of Things

August 5, 2022August 16, 2022 - by Susan Musgrave

how I desired, / beyond all reason, those unreachable sweets

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Fiction / July/August 2022

The Click

August 5, 2022 - by Sarah Totton

Sometimes we look younger than we are, sometimes much older, depending on how we’ve chosen to live with what we’ve seen

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Fiction / July/August 2022

Saving Robert Zimmerman

August 5, 2022August 15, 2022 - by Jay Teitel

They saved Bob Dylan. I know, because I was there

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As the arts and culture sector navigates through the pandemic, what role are the arts and art organizations playing in connecting Canadians?

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What Is the Cost of a Cashless Society?

August 4, 2022September 5, 2023 - by Lucy Uprichard

The trend toward digital payment could shortchange the country’s most vulnerable

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Are Quebec’s Most Beautiful Islands Doomed to Disappear?

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 - by Taras Grescoe

The Magdalen Islands are being swallowed up by rising sea levels, leaving islanders with a stark choice: flee or stay

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The Walrus 2021 Year in Review

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2021 was a big year for The Walrus

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

How Canada’s Bob Dylan Ended up a Taxi Driver

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 - by Marcello Di Cintio

Poet and songwriter Bill Hawkins rubbed elbows with Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and other stars. Why didn’t he become one himself?

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The 5 Cs and the Care Economy

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S3E28 of The Conversation Piece

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The Gate of Heavenly Peace

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 - by Yan Xi Li

I hoped my aunt had found peace, even if the revolution hadn’t

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