Pick a Colour

A group of women in a salon turn to look at a pigeon sitting on the widow ledge. The workers are in dark clothing with their hair in buns on the top of their heads. The customers are wearing white dresses and their blonde hair is worn down.

Fiction / July/August 2024

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Souvankham Thammavongsa

She hasn’t really looked at me. She knows I am there and what I do

A girl with short pink hair looks across the room at an identical girl sitting and writing in a journal. Silhouettes of trees are seen through the windows.

Fiction / July/August 2024

August 2150

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Tomas Hachard

The latest rain event had been scheduled for the night before, but something had gone wrong

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Heartwood

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Bruce Taylor

It’s pleasant work, / I get to see the insides of some trees.

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Love Letter to My Recent Poems

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Ellie Sawatzky

I was trained to be secretive and lovely. I’m like / any mother, I love and hate you, and I want / to give you everything.

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Prime Location

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Karen Solie

And the owner will say it’s for the best, / he couldn’t give that place away.

Illustration of a couple camping. In the foreground, the man's worried face is visible in their tent while behind him the woman is swimming in a blue lake.

Fiction / July/August 2024

Heaven on Earth

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Dimitri Nasrallah

That was no raccoon. They both knew it sounded bigger than that

A foggy, dark scene lit by lamposts of Mont Royal in Montreal

Memoir

What Cruising Taught Me about Love

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 - by Peter Dubé

I found connection in hidden trails, the flicker of cigarette ends, and fleeting encounters

Media

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

As the industry decays, social media has become a go-to place for tips and quotes. That’s a problem

The green and red monster, that acts as the Just For Laughs mascot, in a trash can

Arts & Culture

“Meh”: Some Comics Aren’t Mourning the Demise of Just for Laughs

July 24, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Sheima Benembarek

Comedy in Canada is due for an update

A black-and-white photo illustration of Scott Moe, behind a podium, gesturing back to a giant photo of himself, similar to the scene from the movie Citizen Kane

Politics / September/October 2024

How Scott Moe Moved Saskatchewan—and Canada—Further Right

July 23, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Annie Hylton

The quiet rise and loud populism of one of the country’s most popular politicians

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