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Arts & Culture

Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Too often, horror films confuse surprise with fear. A new class of directors is exploring darker places

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A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 - by Sarah Treleaven

Jonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around

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Society

Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 - by Vass Bednar

Counterfeits and junk fees are cheapening what you buy—and draining your wallet

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Arts & Culture

An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

October 28, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none of it is true?

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Society

My Husband Wanted to Have a Child. I Didn’t. Here Is How It Went

October 25, 2024October 28, 2024 - by Nicole Louie

I was afraid we would one day have a conversation ending in regrets

Health

Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Why family medicine is dying

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Business / December 2024

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024 - by Monika Warzecha

Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. What happened to good garments?

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December 2024 / Society

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

October 22, 2024October 23, 2024 - by Trevor Corkum

If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again

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Health

The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick

October 21, 2024October 25, 2024 - by Jonathan N. Stea

Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything

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Justice

Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up?

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 - by Elizabeth Renzetti

NDAs are silencing whistleblowers and sexual assault victims

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Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted

An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up?

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