Spring Archive

Extra French, Please

by Samer Elatrash Quebec’s “reasonable accomodation” debate, to everyone’s surprise, has turned into a race to see which party can champion traditional francophone values the best. Is this the death of multiculturalism? [full text]

The Old One-Two

by Michael Carbert Boxing may be in decline worldwide, but A.J. Leibling’s “sweet science of bruising” has found a second wind in Montreal. [full text]

My Life in Dépanneurs

by Craig Silverman Author Craig Silverman confesses his long-standing love affair with Quebec’s ubiquitous corner-store-plus-more. [full text]

Scientology’s Defier

by Bruce Livesey Bruce Livesey investigates how former inner-sanctum member Gerry Armstrong became the Salman Rushdie of Scientology. [full text]
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]