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ISSUE 42 Winter 2011

online content:

• Our Tar-Sands Man in Washington

  by Eric Andrew-Gee Gary Doer was hailed as one of Canada's greenest leaders. Then he became ambassador to the US—and started shilling for Alberta oil. [full text]

• Against the Memory Industry

  by Christopher Szabla Is the cult of remembrance holding us back? In an era of Google archives and tragedy tourism, we need to relearn how to forget. [full text]

• Someone Has to Save Us From This

  by Kasper Hartman The first-place story from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

• Kingers

  by Gary Leclerc One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

• A Photo Examination

  by Tijana Stojković One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

also in this issue:

• Getting Plowed

  by Selena Ross In this exclusive investigative report from Montreal, Maisonneuve exposes the bid-rigging, violence and sabotage at the heart of an unlikely racket: snow removal.

• In the House of the Lord

  by Andrea Bennett The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.

• After Jack

  by Nick Taylor-Vaisey Last May, Jack Layton led the NDP to the greatest victory in party history. Now that he's gone, will the party be able to maintain its momentum?
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