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Memoir / September/October 2020

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

September 8, 2020January 4, 2021 - by Russell Smith

The AI of the internet determines what’s relevant. One day, it decided my work wasn’t

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Arts & Culture

Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal

May 7, 2020December 21, 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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Arts & Culture

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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Poetry

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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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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