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Arts & Culture

What Is the Point of Literary Translation?

July 20, 2021August 4, 2023 - by Katia Grubisic

Translators may alter the composition of a line, a paragraph, or a stanza. But when do their choices overstep, and where do the changes stop?

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Society

How Empty Storefronts Are Killing Our Neighbourhoods

July 19, 2021February 7, 2023 - by Lucy Uprichard

All over North America, speculators are raising rents and pushing out tenants. Will our cities ever be the same?

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Science

Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 - by Sarah Everts

Smell is often dismissed as the least important sense. But it’s the funk that draws us together

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Society

Gotta Catch ’Em All: Why Old Pokémon Cards Are Suddenly Worth Thousands

July 13, 2021September 27, 2021 - by Mel Woods

Thanks to online marketplaces and nostalgic millennials, the prices of old trading cards are rising to dizzying new heights

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July/August 2021

Editor’s Letter: The Plot Twist in COVID-19’s Story

July 13, 2021July 16, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

Our drawn-out, often convoluted fight against the pandemic has been a narrative nightmare

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Society

Reflections on the London Terrorist Attack

July 12, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

With each new act of racist brutality, another piece of me shuts off from the world

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September/October 2021

Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

July 9, 2021January 30, 2022 - by Connor Garel

Sports bring people together in living rooms, in crowded bars, and in the streets. Mohamoud seeks to expose the monstrous underbelly of all that winning

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Uncategorized

What Television Gets Wrong about Poverty

July 8, 2021March 4, 2022 - by Daniel Panneton

Shows like The Crown offer a romanticized view of economic austerity. But, now more than ever, we need to see the true cost of budget cuts

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Society

Anti-Asian Racism Is More than a Trending Topic

July 6, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Anita Li

When it comes to combating racism, marginalized groups shouldn’t have to compete for attention

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Letters / September/October 2021

Letters to the Editor: September/October 2021

July 5, 2021January 6, 2022 - by Readers

On the monarchy, loneliness, neuroscience, and more

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What made this political season especially exhausting, aside from Trump’s incendiary rhetoric, was the tidal wave of misinformation. As we brace for Canada’s own national election, the need for reliable information is more urgent than ever. If you want a fearlessly independent media source you can trust amidst the bots and billionaires with agendas, you’ve come to the right place.

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