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Clothespin Encounters

by ANITA LAHEY

March 8, 2010


In search of the perfect peg.

Confessions of a Teenage Fabulist

by "KATE JACKSON"

March 6, 2010


What happens when a scholarship student at a top Canadian journalism school fabricates close to a dozen stories? Nothing, apparently.

3D Games Wait for Their Avatar Moment

by CHRIS LAVIGNE

March 5, 2010


3D movie-making is Hollywood's latest obsession, but major game companies—and gamers—are giving the technology a pass for now.

Death of a Sports Fan

by SALVATORE CIOLFI

February 22, 2010


A lapsed sports believer spends a day watching ESPN classics in an attempt to get that lovin' feeling again.

Whipping Boys

by BRUCE LIVESEY

February 19, 2010


Bruce Livesey rebuts the McGill Daily's dismissal of his controversial Summer 2009 cover story as "pseudo-scientific."

The Dead End of Anti-Olympic Rants

by TIMOTHY TAYLOR

February 8, 2010


Vancouver novelist Timothy Taylor thinks that if you're going to slag the Olympics, it helps to get your facts right.

The Blue Heron Apartments

by DANIELLE EGAN

February 5, 2010


Nesting habits on the edge of Stanley Park: a letter from Vancouver

My Choice

by A.M. HINTON

January 20, 2010


For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

Disaster Myths

by SETH R. REICE

January 18, 2010


Six years ago, a tsunami obliterated South Asia's coastal towns, killing over a quarter of a million people. With Haiti's earthquake on our minds, we republish Seth R. Reice's thoughtful article on natural disasters from issue 14.

Pod People

by SALVATORE CIOLFI

December 26, 2009


Nespresso—a widely popular espresso machine that uses individual capsules or pods—is the latest thing in high-end coffee. Fans call it the future of coffee. The experience, however, may not be all it's cracked up to be.

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Winter

ISSUE 34

Winter 2009

ON NEWSSTANDS

  • A More Perfect Union

    by LES HORSWILL

    The border between Canada and the United States pits two great countries against each other. Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation.

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  • The Happiness Project

    by SHAUN PETT

    Endless economic growth hasn’t made us happier, so why do governments still tie well-being to wealth? Presenting a new, made-in-Canada benchmark for progress.

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  • My Choice

    by A.M. HINTON

    For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

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  • Generation Geek

    by JOHN SEMLEY

    At a time when comic book culture has never been more mainstream -- or more lucrative -- where’s the line between wannabe and true believer?

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  • The Not-Quite Novel

    by NATHAN WHITLOCK

    In their scramble to find the next breakthrough book, publishers are marketing awkward hybrids that are neither literary enough to last nor commercial enough to entertain.

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  • The Fox

    by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

    The prize-winning story from last year’s Quebec Writing Competition

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Soldier's Heart

    by JOEL ELLIOTT

    You’ve returned from a traumatizing tour of duty, suicidal and haunted by images you can’t forget. Why won’t the military help?

  • Flappers

    by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

    Cute, skinny and scantily clad, flappers gave the rough-and-tumble funnies a much-needed sexual charge.

  • Kill Them All

    by STEPHEN O'SHEA

    Eight hundred years ago, crusaders slaughtered twenty thousand people in Languedoc, France. Today, fascination with the massacre has turned the region into a tourist trap.

  • Old Gays

    by JEAN-YVES GIRARD

    The generation that launched the queer-rights movement is entering its golden years. Some are still in no hurry to step out of the closet. Translated by Valerie Howes.

  • Four Seasons

    by SUSAN BRISCOE

    Four poems

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