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Free Rein
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Free Rein

When therapy didn’t work out, I turned to horseback riding

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April 2019
The Art Of The Strike
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The Art Of The Strike

In May 1919, more than 30,000 workers walked off the job and shut down the city of Winnipeg. A hundred years later, the same rights they fought for are under threat

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June 2019
Tails Of The City
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Tails Of The City

Michael DeForge’s wildly successful comic shows Toronto as he sees it: beautiful and falling apart

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June 2019
Parks To Wreck
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Parks To Wreck

Social media has made natural spaces more popular. It could also destroy them

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June 2019
A Place To Belong
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A Place To Belong

Souvankham Thammavongsa finds her home in poetry

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June 2019
Change Of Pace
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Change Of Pace

In ultramarathons, women are starting to outperform men

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June 2019
​Out Of Bounds
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​Out Of Bounds

Award-winning author Esi Edugyan reimagines the slave narrative

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October 2018
Split Tooth
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Split Tooth

IT’S EARLY MORNING. The Frosted Flakes have grown soggy. I’m stuck staring at one of the half submerged flakes, half-crispy, half-mushy. Tap tap tap the spoon against the ceramic bowl; it seems to help shake off the sleep that refuses to lift from the top of my head. It feels fuzzy and numb. Boredom hangover. It’s pitch black outside.

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October 2018
Class Divide
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Class Divide

Some parents say their children need gifted-education programs. But not all kids are benefiting from the public-school streaming system

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October 2018
Views Feed
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Views Feed

Meet the Facebook group trying to reshape Canadian politics

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October 2018
Call To Comfort
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Call To Comfort

How to give solace when there are no words

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November 2018
Ripple Effect
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Ripple Effect

One physicists quest to find universal patterns in nature

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November 2018
Ahead Of The Pack
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Ahead Of The Pack

Go bags are setting a new standard for disaster preparedness

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November 2018
People Vs. The Planet
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People Vs. The Planet

The age-old argument that the economic benef its of deforestation overrule our environmental impact no longer holds weight

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November 2018
Crossing Lines
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Crossing Lines

In Manitoba, a struggle to unite against Canada’s quiet pipeline.

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July - August 2018
Unnatural Resources
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Unnatural Resources

Why I quit my day job to become a Bitcoin miner

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July - August 2018
Reasons To Rhyme
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Reasons To Rhyme

How abba and Humpty Dumpty helped me teach English in Ethiopia

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July - August 2018
Big Plans
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Big Plans

Canada isn’t known for its groundbreaking design. An upstart f irm is trying to change that.

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July - August 2018
Caribou Heard
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Caribou Heard

Jeneen Frei Njootli is making noise with antlers and amplifiers

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July - August 2018
This Wicked Tongue
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This Wicked Tongue

Here beginneth a short treatise of contemplation taken from the Book of Alice Nash, Ancress of Shere, c. AD 1372.*

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January/February 2019