The Virus in You
Why are so many new strains targeting humans?
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Re: AIDS/Africa
Dispatches from Lesotho, a small, landlocked state struggling with infections
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A Gentle Revolution
All they wanted was to slow the pace of development in their territory. But by the time their 254-day sit-in concluded, the elders had reshaped the Tahltan Nation
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Water to Burn
Iceland’s experiment with hydrogen points toward an oil-free world.
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Non-commercial Farmers are Facing Extinction
With the family farm suffering, some enterprising growers are counting on “agritourism” to bring in revenue
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To Skate, Perchance to Dream
Ottawa’s ribbon of ice, the Rideau Canal, beckons.
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The Eyes of the Tigers
mulaittivu—Shortly after the tsunami demolished much of the coast, beneath the shade of coconut trees, Regita collects palmyra leaves from the forest floor to stoke the cooking fire. Her face …
Read More Tea of Tranquility
halifax—I’m a coffee drinker of the four-cups-a-day, black-no-sugar variety. But that wasn’t what worried me about the ceramic bowl of thick green tea gently placed before me in a Halifax …
Read More The Greater Goal
freetown—On a dusty pitch, on the edge of one of the poorest countries in the world, a one-legged man is playing soccer. There is skill here. A trapped ball, a …
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Schooling: Repeat After Me
My first teaching experience was in the late 1980s at Westwood Secondary School, located north of Toronto’s airport in Mississauga. The local population was clearly transient, “just off the plane” …
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