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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fight of My Life

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 28, 2022December 13, 2022

“When my wife and daughter were killed in Iran’s downing of Flight PS752, my life was thrown into total darkness.”

Posted inStory

The Great White Nope

by Soraya Roberts December 11, 2019December 30, 2022

Canada’s old white publishing institutions are a lesson in what happens when your media industry contracts: journalism no longer serves the reality of the country.

Posted inBusiness, Crime, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Who Killed Canada’s Pharmaceutical Giants?

by Aaron Gilbreath October 25, 2018October 19, 2022

The investigation into the murder of two Canadian pharmaceutical giants remains inconclusive.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes

To Your Door: The Human Cost of Food Delivery

by Krista Stevens January 15, 2018October 19, 2022

To earn money during a rough patch as a freelancer, Sam Riches worked as a bike courier, delivering food in Toronto during a six-month period. While the job lacked in pay, it offered one intriguing benefit: a crash course in human nature.

Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Quotes

Birds as an Antidote to Bombastic Noise, or How to De-stress in Stressful Times

by Krista Stevens February 4, 2017October 19, 2022

In this interview, author Kyo Maclear talks of birds and bird-watching as an “ode to the beauty of smallness, of quiet, of seeing the unique in the ordinary… in an age in which bombastic noise often triumphs over quiet contemplation.”

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Debutante in the Amazon Jungle: A 50-Year Adventure

by Krista Stevens January 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Joe O’Connor shares the story of Ruth Thomson, a Toronto debutante-turned-missionary who eschewed society life in 1965 to spend 50 years living with a remote tribe in the Amazon jungle.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Debutante In the Jungle

by Krista Stevens January 6, 2017October 19, 2022

The story of Ruth Thomson, a Toronto debutante-turned-missionary who eschewed society life in 1965 to spend 50 years living with a remote tribe in the Amazon jungle.

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