Solving Canada’s Innovation Problem
Why do we export so many world-class business ideas to the rest of the world?
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Why We Care For the Dead
An interview with Thomas W. Laqueur, winner of the Cundill Prize and author of The Work of the Dead
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No Vacancy
For the disabled, finding a place to live often takes years
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‘Alt-Right’ and the Danger of Euphemisms
The media should not help white nationalists rebrand bigotry
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On Going to Art School in My Sixties
Why I gave up writing to become an artist
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Writers, Do Better
Last week’s tribal defence of Steven Galloway bulldozed the rights of the people who came forward
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Bitcoin for Bohemians
Salt Spring Island, BC, prints its own money—and is an ideal site for a local currency experiment
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The New Colonialism
Legend has it that Jimi Hendrix released a mating pair, an Adam and Eve, from the balcony of his Carnaby Street apartment in the ’60s. Others claim they flew the …
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Justin Trudeau v. Oil Tankers
The prime minister has promised a moratorium, but loopholes could still turn the West Coast into a shipping superhighway
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A System from the North
For losing a child, she knew she would be fired. She had plenty of experience with fireable offences
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