The pressures put on the environment by human consumption, and the ensuing changes to the landscapes we occupy, are nothing new. But more sustainable sources of energy come at their own price, forcing the question: is something worth preserving if your children may never see it?

In rural New Hampshire, residents are opposing a hydro line, built in partnership with Hydro-Québec, that would bring relatively clean power from the province to New England. But Coos County locals don't want to live out their lives in the shadow of steel-frame towers.

In our Issue 51 cover story, Michael Lee-Murphy captures the tension between progress and preservation. 

Eva Holland speaks with the survivors of the forgotten Aleutian internment. 

Drew Gough goes looking for Al Purdy. 

Hamutal Dotan on why city halls feel like parodies of parochialism. 

Ryan Healey parses the quenelle, France's disturbing photogenic phenomenon. 

Ryan Kohls on the business of baseball garbage. 

Bill Reynolds remembers Kurt Cobain. 

G. Robert Ogilvy explores Stephen Leacock's Montreal. 

Will Sloan on small-town gambling. 

Tina Hassannia reviews Denis Villeneuve's latest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal opposite himself. 

Seila Rizvic examines the role of the body in Christian worship. 

Plus, the debut of a new comic series from Roman Muradov, original fiction from Malcolm Sutton, poetry from Jeff Latosik, an illustration by Barry Blitt, Writing from Quebec, the Book Room, the Music Room and more!

On newsstands March 21st. Buy the issue here!