Seeing Red
No other sport reveals a country’s soul as well as soccer does (yeah, we said it, Don Cherry). So what does our neglect of the beautiful game say about us? A patriot explains why it should be Canada’s national sport
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When the World Was Watching
As the Mandela era is overtaken by African politics as usual, a Canadian diplomat shares his personal account of the end of apartheid
Read MorePizza Night
A quiet meal at home becomes fodder for market research
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Adventures of a Supernumerary
My unlikely role in the Canadian Opera Company production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
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A Rock and a Hard Place
The energy industry calls fracking a game changer, but environmentalists compare it to coal and oil. As energy demands collide with climate change, the question becomes whether fracking is worth the risk
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Black Christmas
The holidays can be saccharine, stressful, and often lonely, so it’s no wonder many Christmas tales contain a note of malice. The season, it turns out, has much in common with Halloween
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Modern Inconveniences
A design writer and self-confessed slob seeks transformation in a year of living minimally
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How Toronto Lost Its Groove
And why the rest of Canada should resist the temptation to cheer
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Disturbing Content
Montreal FX artist Rémy Couture may face imprisonment for gory images he disseminated on his website. In horror terms, he’s made it
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Revisionist Chinese
What began in immigrant-owned diners and evolved into the more authentic fare of urban Chinatowns is now giving rise to something called modern Chinese. Updated ancestral dishes, however, are not to everyone’s taste
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