Everyday Poisons
Are fire retardants actually a toxic hazard?
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Who Controls Canada’s Arctic?
Spies, submarines, and foreign ships may signal
that our claim to the North is melting
A Lilac Begins To Leaf
Last night the memory of her mother walked out into the parking lot of the Long Rail Tavern at precisely five minutes to twelve. Where her tears fell, tiny puffs …
Read MoreThe Mystery of Marriage
Half of modern unions end in divorce or separation. Is it just us? Or does the institution itself need to be reconsidered?
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Burma on the Brink
The military junta in Burma has agreed to discuss democracy, but the pace of reform is agonizingly slow
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Amateurs Like Us
Those incredible men and women and their sort of doable, not-too-daunting feats
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A Manual’s Labours
The self-help sex book, like its first readers, has crossed middle age. With Viagra, both get a little lift
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The Sleepers
In the eye of sleep, brushing against some spelunker’s rope, the mind comes undone and stitches memories to dreams. Who will imagine that within the wriggling and miraculous morning estuary …
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Sounds of Motown
Thirty years ago in Windsor, cklw, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll stations ever, lost an angry battle with the newly created CRTC who demanded more Canadian content.
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Rough Justice
Illegal diamonds are the prize. But death in the Amazon rainforest is the price, as Indians, Brazilian miners, and a mysterious third party fight over the richest deposit in South America.
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