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September 2012 / Sports

The Ace Age

September 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Richard Poplak

Tennis pro Milos Raonic has poise, drive, and a killer serve. Is that enough to make him a superstar?

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July/August 2012 / Society

Preacher in Practice

July 12, 2012May 1, 2017 - by Daniel Baird

Father Thomas Rosica, Catholic priest and smooth media operator, is an expert at spreading the Word

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Photograph by Landon Nordeman
Arts & Culture / March 2012

A Matter of Taste

March 12, 2012March 23, 2021 - by Sasha Chapman

Mitchell Davis, vice-president of the James Beard Foundation, believes you can’t develop a national cuisine until you create a public conversation about food

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March 2012

Rock of Aging

March 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by John Semley

Notorious punk filmmaker Bruce McDonald grows up—and old—in his candid mockumentary sequel, Hard Core Logo II

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Photograph by Nigel Dickson
January/February 2012

Reign Maker

January 12, 2012January 22, 2021 - by Charlotte Gray

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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Photograph by Jane Gray Morrison/ Dancing Star Foundation
Environment / November 2011

Primate Directive

November 12, 2011July 17, 2019 - by Erin Millar

Biruté Galdikas, the world’s leading orangutan expert and a one-time helicopter mom, struggles to let go

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Education / November 2011

The Observer, Observed

November 12, 2011July 22, 2021 - by Daniel Baird

New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik is an aesthete of the ordinary, and this year’s Massey lecturer

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October 2011 / Technology

Food for Thought

October 12, 2011July 22, 2021 - by Craille Maguire Gillies

Mirko Betti, university researcher and self-made philosopher, represents the vanguard of a brand new technology: in vitro meat

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Media / September 2011

Giving Offence

September 12, 2011July 22, 2021 - by Alexandra Molotkow

Gavin McInnes co-founded Vice magazine. As it got big, he got ousted

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Business / September 2011

The Money Tree

September 12, 2011July 22, 2021 - by Arno Kopecky

Climate change provides a tree planter with the business opportunity of a lifetime

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