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A man posing seated in front of a painting, which depicts a scene of various people on a beachfront
November 2019

One Photographer’s Artistic Encounters with the Selfie Generation

November 14, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Aaron Peck

Four decades into Jeff Wall’s career, the artist is still pushing the limits of what a photograph can be

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bundles of lumber on a lake
Environment / November 2018

People vs the Planet

October 15, 2018April 22, 2020 - by Edward Burtynsky

In the Anthropocene, the argument that deforestation’s economic benefits overrule its environmental impact no longer holds weight

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Man cutting a bonsai tree
Environment / October 2018

How I Learned to Love Bonsai

October 2, 2018February 13, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

When my amateur attempts at the art weren’t working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders

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Photograph by Whitney Light
June 2018

Beyond Bilingualism

May 30, 2018March 3, 2022 - by Mark Abley

The Official Languages Act will soon turn fifty. Have we outgrown it?

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Illustration of a Bear being hunted
Environment / May 2018

The Value of a Bear

April 18, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Gloria Dickie

Why some Indigenous communities in BC won’t rejoice over the NDP’s decision to ban the grizzly hunt

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Illustration by Nimit Malavia
Books / May 2018

Candidate

April 13, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Michael LaPointe

I dream of a candidate who steps out of the margins already complete—fluid and faceless, a total negation

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Photograph of Yemeni Family
April 2018 / World

Unwelcome to Canada

March 26, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Kamal Al-Solaylee

We opened our homes and hearts to those fleeing war in Syria. But we aren’t doing the same for people in Yemen

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Pae White's Lucky Charms (2014/2017) is installed between levels two and three of the Remai Modern.
Arts & Culture / March 2018

Will Anybody Visit Saskatoon’s New $85 Million Museum?

February 21, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Daniel Viola

Inside the prairie city’s gamble to build a world-class art gallery

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tree on a plain in winter
Paid Post / Uncategorized

Winter is the Time of the Story

February 13, 2018December 13, 2019 - by Canada Council for the Arts

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award winners on the art of storytelling

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birds flying in front of glass building
Environment / January/February 2018

Our Obsession with Glass Is Killing Birds

December 15, 2017July 4, 2022 - by Moira Farr

We’ve designed our buildings with shiny, transparent, or mirrored ­surfaces that hundreds crash into day ­after day

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