Dispatches
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Ice Cream Dude
Compassionate, good truck driver, likes kids, likes ice cream—the makings of a no-fail ice cream dude. Read more
Photo by Flickr user Waferboard
Mission
Salmon runs, voodoo juice and chewing the fat in Mission. Read more
Photo by Wikimedia user Thomas1313
After the Money
Notes from the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Read more
Till Talk
Han Fusen navigates multiculturalism and kookoo sabzi from inside a Persian grocery store. Read more
Chicken at Large
What was a lone hen doing in the yard, a few feet from a busy city street? Read more
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Laying on Hands
In Peterborough, Pastor Billy cures arthritis, back pain, bone spurs, lymphoma, stage four liver cancer, sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation Read more
We Smoke Our Smokes
From morning to night, there's always someone coming in for smokes and a chat. Read more
King Zog and the Secret Heart of Albania
The secret heart of Albania is imbued with compassion and a desire to help those in need Read more
K to 7
Veronique Darwin revisits her childhood journal, from hearing ghosts in kindergarten to staring at hotties in grade seven. Read more
Great Historical Curiosity
The facts (and fictions) surrounding the tale of Quebec's most famous murderess, La Corriveau. Read more
What Survives
My great-grandfather exists now only in memory, unacknowledged even by his tombstone Read more
In the Pines
It is a Sunday in August. We drive from London, Ontario, to the Pinery Provincial Park in a new green 1964 Mercury Comet. Read more
Working Life for a Girl in the 1960s
We got paid once a week in cash - it made you feel special the first few times. Read more
Contact No Contact
Personal narratives by Indigenous and settler contributors describing significant first contacts that brought new insights. Read more
