Dispatches
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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 Albanian 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
Stories from a West Coast Town
Very quietly, very slowly, happiness can take over a person's life Read more
Candy Cap Magic
Forgotten cutlery, missing mushrooms and lingering doubt: a recipe for bewilderment. Read more
Treaties
A young Indigenous woman deals with hippy-artist-pothead boyfriends and car troubles. Read more
Corpse Reviver
The restaurant had white concrete walls and chrome lights dangling from the ceiling that gave the place an operating theatre vibe. Read more
