On our cover, Dan Bransfield and art director Nancy Pavan illustrate a postage stamp highlighting a symbol of the Canadian public service, accompanying a feature by Stephan Boissonneault on the existential crisis at Canada Post. 

Saylor Catlin reflects on the fate of a rare white grizzly bear and the uneasy relationship between conservation and tourism in the Rockies.

Jac D.B. argues that a new movement in clowning, from LA to Montreal, is ditching the red nose and offering the cutting-edge comedy we need.

Larissa Diakiw examines the rise in AI-powered journal apps and an uncertain future of our private selves.

Larayb Abrar writes that for Toronto’s South Asian diaspora, the dancefloor has long been a crucial meeting place.

Daniel G. Wilson reviews Joseph Hillel’s new documentary At All Kosts—the latest work in a rich Haitian Canadian cinema of resilience. 

Plus fiction by Paige Cooper, poetry by Lise Gaston Davidson and Jennifer Bowering Delisle, a comic by Caite McNeil, and much more.