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The Green Gospel

by FRASER LOS

March 11, 2010


Evangelical Christians have started to hear a new sermon from the pulpit: conservation. Not everyone within the church is happy about it.

A More Perfect Union

by LES HORSWILL

March 1, 2010


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.

The Blogfathers

by LORENZO TONDO

February 26, 2010


Italy's Senate recently approved a bill that could wipe Italian bloggers off the face of the internet forever.

Be Afraid

by CHRISTOPHER WATT

February 17, 2010


Do you believe that illegal immigrants are stealing our jobs? Or that sexual deviants lurk in every neighbourhood? You’re not alone.

Montreal: The Olympic Legacy

by DICK POUND

February 14, 2010


Back in 2003, when Vancouver was putting together its bid for the 2010 Winter Games, Dick Pound -- a member of the International Olympic Committee -- defended the legacy of the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics in Maisonneuve.

The Happiness Project

by SHAUN PETT

February 10, 2010


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.

African Gothic

by CHRISTOPHER FREY

January 25, 2010


After decades of international aid and global trade, many African farmers are still only one step ahead of starvation.

A Nakba of Olives

by MARCELLO DI CINTIO

January 14, 2010


For Palestinians, the West Bank Wall is a potent symbol of the Occupation. In this exclusive excerpt from his highly anticipated book-in-progress, Marcello Di Cintio gives an account of an anti-Wall demonstration in the Palestinian village of Jayyous.

Interview with Les Horswill

by CHRIS EMMERLING

December 29, 2009


Should we give up on Canada and merge with the United States? Chris Emmerling speaks to the author of our provocative Winter 2009 cover story, "A More Perfect Union."

Books Not Bombs

by MARCELLO DI CINTIO

December 11, 2009


A profile of a literary landmark: Jerusalem’s Tmol Shilshom café.

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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.

    [Full Text]
  • 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.

    [Full Text]
  • My Choice

    by A.M. HINTON

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

    [Full Text]
  • 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?

    [Full Text]
  • 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.

    [Full Text]
  • The Fox

    by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

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

    [Full Text]

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

[see full issue contents]