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Vintage and damaged photo of a girl and her father playing outdoors. The father is wearing a yellow shirt and shorts and carrying his daughter, a child with pigtails. They are standing in front of a bungalow with an open door.

Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 - by David Berry

For hundreds of years, doctors thought nostalgia was a disease. Now, it’s a name for our modern condition

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A black and white shot of Clifton Hill's storefronts at night. Visible signs include a Travelodge, a Ruby Tuesday, and the Guinness World Records Museum.

Arts & Culture / March 2020

Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 - by John Semley

Why I wouldn’t change a thing about my hometown

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When Pop Culture Pretends to Be Gay

May 6, 2019August 26, 2019 - by Stéphanie Verge

Why same-sex attraction on TV panders to straight audiences

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Illustration of a woman in a white shirt surrounded by leaves

Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry

October 31, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Anita Lahey

The Montreal poet’s timeless world of leaves, rain, snow, wind, sidewalks and shadows

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A woman sitting at a desk, petting her cat

September 2014 / Theatre

Finding the Words

September 9, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Eric Andrew-Gee

Linda Gaboriau’s struggle to translate a hit Quebec play

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