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Mr. Sue-per-man

by Richard Vanderford Jonathan Lee Riches seems determined to drag every star athlete, dead monarch and inanimate object into court—that’s if the zombies don’t get him first. [full text]

Drawn and Quartered

by Kelly Ebbels Montreal’s plan to turn a square kilometre of downtown real estate into a “republic of culture” has left smaller arts communities afraid for their survival [full text]

The Great Comeback

by Dave Bidini Twenty years ago, Dave Bidini’s musical career was in a funk. Then a chance encounter with a jazz legend turned it all around. [full text]

Free for All

by Chris LaVigne No-cost software can lead to an unexpected boon: better government. [full text]

Books Not Bombs

by Marcello Di Cintio A profile of a literary landmark: Jerusalem’s Tmol Shilshom café. [full text]

Hardwater

by K.D. Elkins ” It’s not your fault, Jimmy says, and he starts crying too. Somebody said they thought he slipped you something …” Winner of the 2008 SLS Non-Fiction Contest [full text]

Pure Laine Ponzi

by Sarah Colgrove The Quebec connection that turned Charles Ponzi into history’s most notorious scam artist. [full text]

Citizen Uprising

by Ira Basen The newspaper is dead, but can an upstart citizen media really replace it? The definitive Canadian account of journalism’s changing face. [full text]

What’s Wrong with Africa

by Jon Evans Africa is awash in Western aid, but technology, not handouts, will bring real change. [full text]

You Guys

by Damian Tarnopolsky “He likes to tell these stories, war stories, but this one’s different” [full text]

SIzzling Art

by By Sophie Doucet. Translation by Valerie Howes. Made-in-China culture is flooding the West. Here’s the scoop on who and what to look out for.

The Suicide Club

by Christopher Hazou Velupillai Prabhakaran died in May, but the Tamil Tiger leader survives through his most famous innovation: the suicide bomb.

Alley Cats

by Christopher Miller Favourite target of a well-hurled bootjack, alley cats are one of the most punished cartoon creatures.
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]