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FEATURES

Enough already

Editor’s Note By Jessica Johnston [Read more]

Better red than dead

Why compassionate conservatism will never go to its grave
By David Olive [Read more]

Minority report

It’s been a year since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives came to power. Here are eight reasons to take it back again
By Mitch Moxley [Read more]

Native theatre’s curtain call?

Twenty years later, the medium is set for a new stage
By Drew Hayden Taylor [Read more]


THIS & THAT

Greening the farmMontreal housing complex goes social and sustainableBy Aimée van Drimmelen

Girls gone LuluA clothing chain’s promotion leaves the ladies coldBy Allison Gifford

Harper IndexBy Matthew Elliot

Couchsurf’s upWhen the popular site wiped out, its members didn’tBy Krisztina Kun

The virtuous Valentine’s guideHow to be good to your sweetie — and the rest of the world — on February 14 By Jennifer O’Connor

Progressive DetectiveThis month: safely disposing of old technology

Meet HALA Montreal collective’s “digital jukebox” projectBy Misha Warbanski

Blog LogThis time around: podcastingBy Ron Nurwisah

Freedom 85?Why working longer may be good for everyone but youBy Ellen Russell

Hook, line and singerThe Canadian Coalition of Music Creators has new ideas about the old issue of copyrightBy Terence Dick

FICTION & POETRY

A matter of letting goFiction by Claire Chippindale

Two poems by Souvankham Thammavongsa The heart
Thermometer, a diagram of
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ARTS & IDEAS

Capturing the sensesWhat happens when documentary meets travel research?By Ron Nurwisah

Pac-Man it ain’tHomeless game gives insight into life on the streetBy Jeff Nield

Putting the “art” in apartmentBuzz 312 for Mark Prier’s home moviesBy Sean Flinn

“Got it. Got it. Want it.”Artist trading cards are one of a kindBy Alexis Dobranowski

Read This Poetic Justice: Satirical Verse from The Globe and Mail, by John Allemang. Review by Chris Chambers
This Will All End in Tears, by Joe Ollman. Review by Mark Medley
The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit, by Margaret Somerville. Review by Nicholas Bradley

The Cape May rises againCalgary trio leaves behind the curse and the cult with its new releaseBy Colin Smith

Essay of Borat and Sarah Silverman for make benefit of cultural learnings about racismTo get the joke we have to comprehend the contextBy Pike Wright

Then & Now Can you hear me now?Before everyone and their dog owned a mobile, phones had to be transported in cars, bags and bricksBy Sarah Ferguson



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