Summer Archive

The Blogfathers

by Lorenzo Tondo Italy’s Senate recently approved a bill that could wipe Italian bloggers off the face of the internet forever. [full text]

Be Afraid

by Christopher Watt Do you believe that illegal immigrants are stealing our jobs? Or that sexual deviants lurk in every neighbourhood? You’re not alone. [full text]

Whoa, Calgary!

by Tadzio Richards With oil workers laid off and construction halted, Canada’s fastest city has discovered the Slow movement (from the Summer 2009 issue) [full text]

In Praise of Devastation

by Jon Evans As developing nations come into their own, environmental destruction may be a necessary part of the cost. [full text]

Places to Drink Outside in Halifax

by Amy Jones Abby has never done this before, but she knows it’s all wrong” [full text]

Three Poems by Damian Rogers

by Damian Rogers “I’m attracted to that sense of beauty, order, shape and form that emerges outside the status quo.” [full text]

The X Factor

by Bruce Livesey AIDS researchers have struggled to find a cure for the disease for thirty years. But what if they have it all wrong? [full text]

Net Loss

by Peter Darbyshire Why the Canadian government must step in to keep the internet free from control and open to innovation. [full text]

Mongolian Invasions

by Dave Bidini In 1206, Genghis Khan forged an empire that stretched from Korea to Kiev. When Dave Bidini visited the country 800 years later, he found a land that dreamed of reclaiming domination—this time with pucks. [full text]

Houseboat Days

by Tim Querengesser; photographs by Fran Hurcomb The bliss and perils of life on Canada’s northern waters.

No Man’s Land

by Rebecca Collard Egypt is shooting them. Israel won’t recognize them. What’s a poor refugee to do?

Nightsticks

by Christopher Miller When getting clubbed by police was funny.

Neither Celebrated Nor Forgotten

by By Éric Bédard The sovereigntist protests over a planned re-enactment of the pivotal 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham offer an opportunity for Quebecers to forge a new relationship with their own history.

The Year the Lights Went Out

by Matthew Kruchak Severe power outages are killing Nepal’s few remaining industries. Matthew Kruchak on life without electricity in the world’s youngest republic.
Winter

ISSUE 42 Winter 2011

online content:

also in this issue:

  • Getting Plowed

    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.
  • In the House of the Lord

    by Andrea Bennett The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.
  • After Jack

    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?
  • [see full issue contents]