“For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Ivy Knight; David Enrich, Matthew Goldstein, and Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Eva Holland; John DeVore; and Nathaniel Rich.
The Messy Reality of Feeding Alaska
“After Trump threatened Canada, a writer discovers the uncertainty of the state’s food supply chain.”
Becoming El Jefe
“Before Ryan Wedding landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list as a high-level associate of El Chapo, he was a bright-eyed kid from Thunder Bay. The inside story of how an Olympic snowboarding prodigy became one of the world’s most dangerous and powerful drug lords.”
The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario
“But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry we’re witnessing the final wiggles of a once thriving business.”
Whiteouts, Ice Roads, and Wolverines: What Working at a Diamond Mine in the Far North Is Like
“In minus forty, even a twisted ankle can turn deadly if no one knows where to find you.”
Confessions of the Working Poor
“I work hard, buy quality clothes and fake my way through dinner-party conversations. I’m also part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.”
The Cormorant Wars
“Inside the fight between residents, conservationists, and governments over the most divisive and persecuted bird on the planet.”
Living With My Ex
“In the space of two weeks, my partner came out as gay and told me she was pregnant. What could have been the end of our family turned into a new beginning.”
The Dam, the Myth, the Legend: 50 Years of the Beaver
“An exploration of the buck-toothed, flat-tailed, landscape-shifting icon celebrating 50 years as Canada’s national symbol.”
