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Making Montréal-Est
The history of this small city is intertwined with heavy industry, as are the plans for its revitalization.
In the Swim of Things
Launched amid a public health crisis, Montreal’s pool system remains deeply embedded in the lives and hearts of residents.
The Sandwich Generation
A growing cohort of adults is saddled with the responsibility of caring for both children and aging parents.
A Grief Unshared
After the death of a parent, only children are often left to weather the storm alone.
The Pigeon’s Plight
After adopting a pet dove, the writer started to see the metropolitan birds in a new light.
The Seymour Giant
As BC’s upper Seymour River Valley faces logging threats, a journey inside is undertaken in search of a legendary tree.
Giving a Hoot
The story of a lonely owl and a group of photographers in Toronto’s High Park is a lesson on interacting ethically with nature.
Memetropolis
Young people’s online jokes about transit reflect a real desire for change, but government priorities aren’t matching up.
Rude Awakening
Pills are often prescribed to seniors as a quick fix for sleep issues, but they aren’t a sustainable solution.
Nowhere to Rest
A new wave of bylaws sweeping Canada threatens to make public space more exclusionary.
Bitter Roots
Guyana’s festive national dish is a marvel of Indigenous knowledge and heritage.
For Peat's Sake
When a bog is transported to Montreal only to be abandoned, there's much we can learn about our approach to nature.
Breaking the News
Amid a crisis of trust in media, live journalism seeks to reconnect journalists and audiences.
Missing Values
As policymakers set their sights on frameworks beyond GDP, the question of what it means to quantify a nation's wellbeing becomes pressing.
Word Search
As AI elbows its way into the translation industry, our machines—and their creators—are taking the humanity out of language.
Exit Music
DIY shows have been a lifeline for musicians. Now the tech industry wants to bring the scene above-board.
The Mother Load
Mom guilt isn't just a feeling; it's an entire industry perfected over centuries.
Burning Up
The climate is boiling over and so is our health-care system; there's a future in which communal care addresses both problems.
The Prescription
There is a pill that makes Fawn Parker happy, she writes, and another that makes her see her own death.
Vanity Fair
It’s not easy being hot and serving ice cream waffle sandwiches at the Ex, Alexandra Kimball knows—but someone has to do it.
Reap What You Sow
Right-wing populism is on the rise in some Canadian farming communities, reports Sophie Kuijper Dickson. Will it put our food systems at risk?
Saving Seeds
As climate change threatens global food security, Ruth Kamnitzer explains how seeds of the past are safeguarding food for the future.
The Path Forward
Jesse Galganov disappeared while backpacking in Peru nearly five years ago. When a friend goes missing, writes Ben Libman, there’s both everything and nothing to do about it.
Where There's Smoke
In the Okanagan, reports Paloma Pacheco, wine and wildfires make for a problematic pairing.
Against the Clock
Time restraints in long-term care homes create tension for residents and workers. Jackie Brown and Leanna Katz consider alternative ways to structure their days.
A Life in Limbo
Applying for permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds is a last resort for migrants in Canada. Christopher Chanco explores a convoluted system.
Giving Up Glyphosate
The forestry industry’s prized pesticide may be harming people and nature. Is it time to stop spraying?
Mushroom Medicine
A terminal diagnosis can leave patients with anxiety, depression and countless questions. Could psychedelic therapy give them the answers they’re looking for?
Occult Following
Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness, Daniel Allen Cox was taught to believe in imaginary threats. In retrospect, he writes, that only made it harder to see the real dangers around him.
Warning Signs
Acts of anti-Asian racism have increased at an alarming rate since the pandemic began. Fiona Tinwei Lam tries to make sense of senseless hate.
Saving Finn Slough
In British Columbia, a historic Finnish fishing village has weathered many storms. Now, its residents face their biggest battle yet.
Seeking Sanctuary
Toronto’s homelessness crisis has reached new heights. Stephanie Bai meets members of a community fighting for their lives.
The Men in Apartment 4C
When Isaac Würmann’s relationship began to crumble, he started seeking out examples of queer love elsewhere. It turns out, he didn’t have to look far.
Genetic Mapping
DNA tests promise to tell people who they are and where they’re from. But for Emma Gilchrist, a search for answers only led to more questions.
Tethered Together
How far would you go for your friends? On a canoe trip along the Ottawa River, Nathan Munn dives deep for the answers.
Bought the Farm
Small family farms are disappearing, but not for the reasons people tend to think. As investors rush in, farmers can’t hold on to their land.
Walking on Water
Streams gushed freely through cities—until they were seen as a nuisance. Now, we need them back.
Pathfinding
It took years for journalist Jody Porter to see that writing about other people’s pain can be a way of hiding from your own.
Labour of Love
Politicians have whittled down public health care for years. While caring for his dad, Ryan David Allen learned who picks up the slack.
Face to Face
Holed up, Suzannah Showler asks what we really owe the outside world.
The Hand That Feeds You
How did we end up with a farming system that endangers both its workers and the people it feeds? Experts say this is Canada’s Gordian knot, but Francesca Bianco tries to unravel it anyway.
Tout le Monde en Parle
Jasmine Irwin went to rural Quebec for adult summer camp and learned that French immersion is not for the weak.
Degrees of Freedom
Secularism supposedly only limits public life, but hundreds of thousands of Quebecers know it’s not that simple.
Flipping Out
Montrealers have always fought to keep rent low. What happens when they no longer know who or how to fight?
Habitat Loss
A man arrived in Grand Bend, Ontario, believing it was a refuge for strange species. Kieran Delamont observes the fallout.
Testing the Waters
A few citizens in Saskatchewan doubted the official account of an oil spill, Lauren Kaljur reports. But what could they do?
Broken Up
These days people love the idea of interracial marriages, Natalie Harmsen writes, but that’s different from trying to make one work.
Mine Reading
Reckoning with a homegrown hell showed that turning around emissions can also mean turning a profit.