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Spring Archive

Diseases of Affluence

by Kevin Patterson Everywhere Western ideas touch down, people get fatter. Urbanization is literally making us sick. [full text]

In Defense of the Taliban

by Jon Evans As poverty’s historical enemy, technology will always defeat extremism. [full text]

The Incredible True Story of Mr. Markarian

by Bruce Livesey One man’s battle against CIBC exposes the billion-dollar scams behind our country’s “stable” financial sector. [full text]

13 Aphorisms

by George Murray A selection from George Murray’s new book, Glimpse. [full text]

Mean Streets

by Elaine O'Connor Sex tourism destroys the lives of millions of children every year, but activists are getting better at stopping Canadian predators in their tracks. [full text]

I Dream a Highway

by Christopher DeWolf To fix a crumbling emblem, Montreal must think big once more. [full text]

True Gender

by Paul Gallant When the Ontario government stopped funding Sex Reassignment Surgery, transsexuals panicked—then embraced the opportunity. [full text]

Shoot it Harder, Lads!

by Dave Bidini At a soccer tournament in Melbourne, a recovering drug addict and ex-soldier taught Dave Bidini that when you love the beautiful game, talent is optional. [full text]

When Canadian Jazz Was Good

by Chantal Braganza Nelson Symonds is a guitar legend few can name now. In his day, though, he earned the admiration of Davis, Coltrane and King. [full text]

Shock of the Old

by Drew Nelles Luddites moan the iPad, Kindle and other e-readers spell the death of books. The ongoing popularity of vinyl records proves otherwise: the best technologies stick around. [full text]

Shockwave

by Dany Laferrière 150,000 people have already been laid to rest; 300,000 are injured; one and a half million homeless. The 2009 winner of the Prix Médicis tells the story of a people dealing with disaster. [full text]

Breaking and Entering

by Don Gillmor A new short story by the author of Kanata. [full text]

Light Bulbs

by Christopher Miller Illuminating the bright-idea symbol.

Family Dinners

by Rhea Tregebov Three new poems
Tenth Anniversary: Spring

ISSUE 43 Tenth Anniversary: Spring 2012

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also in this issue:

  • Face the Music

    by Tim Falconer How can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness.

  • The Big Job

    by Deni Y. Béchard As a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past.

  • The Homesickness of Astronauts

    by Johanna Skibsrud "She felt a great sadness. She would remember next to nothing of this, even soon."
  • [see full issue contents]