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Stories that have audio components. In many cases, these are stories that have been read aloud by our partners at AMI.

Illustration by Kinomi
June 2017 / Science

How Squirrels Took over Our Cities

May 23, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Colleen Kimmett

We imported these fluffy colonists to fill our urban parks. They’ve been getting stronger ever since

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Memoir

Death by a Thousand Cuts

May 19, 2017January 29, 2020 - by Carol Cowan-Levine

How an army of mental health professionals let my daughter down

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Photo by Jell Bell/Ultiphotos
June 2017 / Sports

The Sport with No Referees

May 18, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Hadiya Roderique

As Ultimate Frisbee makes a bid for the Olympics, can it maintain its trust-based system?

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Photo by Nik Mirus
Cover Story / June 2017

Canada’s Middle Class Is on the Brink of Ruin

May 17, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Raizel Robin

Why we’d rather binge on cheap credit than live within our means

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Illustration by Hayden Maynard
June 2017 / Society

Wheelchair Parkour

May 15, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Stephen Trumper

When you live with a serious disability, your own home becomes an obstacle course

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Photo by megaflopp
Books

What Happens When Authors Are Afraid to Stand Alone

May 9, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Jason Guriel

Writing as an individual pursuit has been replaced by “community”—and literature is the worse for it

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Illustration by Katie Carey
Feature / May 2017

Big Agro on Campus

April 11, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Bruce Livesey

Universities claim industry-funded research on chemical and pesticide safety is scientifically sound. Not everybody is convinced

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