The Invention of Waterloo
Canada’s Technology Triangle has spawned more than 450 high-tech companies, including BlackBerry pioneer Research in Motion. But it didn’t just happen: an upstart university had the brains to embrace mathematics
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Reign Maker
David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy
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Apocalypse Soon
Prophecies of impending doom—based on hard science as well as Scripture—abound. Where does our appetite for retribution come from?
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Adventures of a Supernumerary
My unlikely role in the Canadian Opera Company production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
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A Rock and a Hard Place
The energy industry calls fracking a game changer, but environmentalists compare it to coal and oil. As energy demands collide with climate change, the question becomes whether fracking is worth the risk
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Black Christmas
The holidays can be saccharine, stressful, and often lonely, so it’s no wonder many Christmas tales contain a note of malice. The season, it turns out, has much in common with Halloween
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How Toronto Lost Its Groove
And why the rest of Canada should resist the temptation to cheer
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The Meaning of Hockey
Our game is like no other. Nor is its history
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Glorious and Free
Making Canada a model nation for the treatment of refugees
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Adrift on the Nile
The recent revolution that began in Tahrir Square has taken Egypt into uncharted waters. A report from the new—and chaotic—Cairo
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