Analyze This: The Authors of the 2023 Amazon Canada Youth Short Story Award

Fiction can be an escape, but as the nominees for this year’s Amazon Canada Youth Short Story category found out, it can also present an opportunity to process larger truths

Environment / Paid Post

Demand for Eco-Friendly Energy Storage on the Rise

May 25, 2023May 31, 2023 - by BLUETTI

Vancouver-based company BLUETTI offering high-end portable energy storage devices, and boosting sustainability practices globally

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Environment

Where There’s Oil, There’s Fire: Lessons from Canada’s Costliest Disaster

May 25, 2023May 26, 2023 - by Harley Rustad

John Vaillant’s Fire Weather proves people are behind ever-worsening wildfires

June 2023 / Politics

ᐊᖓᔪᖃᒻᒪᕆᒃ

May 24, 2023January 11, 2024 - by Julian Brave NoiseCat

ᒥᐅᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᐃᒪᑎᑎᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᓪᓚᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᒐᕙᓄ ᔭᓄᕈ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ

June 2023 / Politics

Mary Simon Is Leading Indigenous Peoples to New Heights

May 24, 2023October 15, 2024 - by Julian Brave NoiseCat

She’s out-debated politicians and outmanoeuvred diplomats. Now, Canada’s first Inuk governor general sets her sights on reconciliation

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Current Affairs

Are We Seeing a Surge in Labour Unrest?

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 - by Emma Buchanan

From Starbucks to the Public Service Alliance of Canada, workers are organizing and rallying

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Society

Noise Is All around Us—and It’s Affecting You More than You Think

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 - by Bojan Fürst

During the pandemic, our noise levels dropped and the world changed. Should we fight for more quiet?

A photo of a sign on a street barricade that says “Hogan’s Alley Revival” at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Vancouver.

Society

A Black Neighbourhood Destroyed Half a Century Ago Is on the Brink of a Comeback

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 - by Sherlyn Assam

Vancouver pushed Hogan’s Alley residents out of their homes. Can a land trust repair what was lost?

A photo illustration of school children crossing a street in front of cars driving on a busy road.

Society

Why We Need Car-Free School Streets

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 - by Taras Grescoe

We are a society obsessed with the safety of our children. But kids are forced to run a life-threatening gauntlet on the way to class

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May 16, 2023July 4, 2023 - by The Walrus

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