Controversy Archive
by Bruce Livesey
Brilliant, arrogant, cunning and inscrutable—for fifty years, the best legal minds that money can buy have been the tobacco industry’s secret weapon.
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by David Solway
Are Western intellectuals apologists for terrorism?
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by Brent Lewin
A long stretch of beach in Bangladesh is the final destination for the world’s oil tankers.
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by Tadzio Richards
Welcome to a picture-perfect green valley of happy tourists, young families and corporate goodwill. Too bad you can’t drink the water. Tadzio Richards documents a community’s concern over irresponsible mining practices.
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by Brian Bartlett
New verse by Brian Bartlett
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by Noémi Lopinto
Hot summer nights, old toys, new tricks. A coming-of-age memoir.
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by Christopher Frey
Documentary filmmaking is being crippled by the rising costs of copyrighted footage. Christopher Frey tells us how filmakers are struggling to adapt.
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by Christopher Frey
Controversy in Contemporary Canadian Art: A Retrospective
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by Jonathan Kiefer
The new Battlestar Galactica has done away with bumpy-headed aliens and thespian histrionics. Jonathan Kiefer explains why it’s the best “frakking” show on earth.
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by Michael Byers
After five years of efforts by American, British and Canadian troops, southern Afghanistan has become more, not less, dangerous.
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by François Ricard
Are Modern Eurpoean Writers ungrateful brats or sublime moralists? Critic François Ricard and novelist Nancy Huston square off.
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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.
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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.
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by Kasper Hartman
The first-place story from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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by Gary Leclerc
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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by Tijana Stojković
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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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.
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by Andrea Bennett
The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.
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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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