“Faced with an uncertain future, young Canadians are racking up more debt than ever before. Portrait of a generation on the instalment plan.”
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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.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Notable longform stories written by David Farrier, Luc Rinaldi, Claire Gagné, Jonathan Weiner, and Dave Holmes.
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Schools vs. Screens
“This fall, provinces from coast to coast confidently announced that they were banning phones in the classroom. It’s not going well.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Highlighting stories from Evan Malmgren, Thea Lim, Beth Raymer, Kasey Butcher Santana, and Nico Madrigal-Yankowski.
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The War Over Safe Drug Supply in Vancouver
Are they “martyrs in the war on drugs or reckless agitators”?
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My Trans Awakening—at Age 66
“The day I came out to her, it was like the sun shone for the first time.”
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The Incel Terrorist
“Oguzhan Sert was 17 when he walked into a Toronto massage parlor and killed an employee with a sword. The Crown argued the attack wasn’t just murder, but an act of terror against women. The hard part would be proving it.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Notable reads by Marco Giancotti, Jessica Davey-Quantick, Reeves Wiedman, Emily Fox Kaplan, and C Pam Zhang.
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I Evacuated From Yellowknife This Summer. Coming Home Was The Hardest Part.
“I evacuated from Yellowknife this summer. Coming home was the hardest part.”