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On the plus side

Megan Hunt

Rather than relying on fast fashion, fat folks are creating their own clothing economies

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Under the sea, many zebra mussels cling to a fallen log or other submerged object

Muscling through

Neha Chollangi

Invasive mussels could soon enter B.C.'s waterways. If they do, it would be a disaster

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A love letter to Brown people in Vancouver

Shanai Tanwar

During this spike in racism, I hope we look out for each other

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A woman holds a martini and observes a younger woman across a communal table with her chin in her hand, looking sad

The Gala Date

Michelle Poirier Brown

We met them first near the hot food. The catering staff were serving a dim sum shrimp dumpling on a bed of rice at the near end of the table. The caterers must have brought hundreds of ramekins to the venue that night, there was an endless stream of them, a new one for each […]
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Skate culture

Ayesha Habib

How one collective is empowering Indigenous youth

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Liar

Waseem Haja

When I was eight years old, my parents entrusted me with $16 in the form of eight $2 coins, an allowance for a school field trip to La Ronde, Montreal’s amusement park. Until 1996, the year during which the $2 tender in Canada was converted from a paper bill to a coin, my parents would […]
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A person in rainbow clothing tackles another wrestler in the ring

Rebranding the ring

Jamie Burke

Pro-wrestling lays the smackdown on bigotry

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A Stanley quencher water bottle is tinted pink with several hearts around it to signify internet likes

Girl stuff

Sam Nock

It’s silly that women get bullied just for liking things, but there’s a lot more to be said on the subject

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A language learning school has bright bubbles of speech coming from it, each a different colour

More than words

Caelan Beard

How Indigenous children are reclaiming their languages through immersion school

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The Eviction

Carmella Gray-Cosgrove

The guy who bought the house next to my apartment is the heir to a chain of hardware stores. I saw him teaching a young woman about the stock market at a local coffee shop. I watched him as he leaned over the young woman’s laptop, his chubby index finger pressed into the screen, making […]
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The payday loan predicament

Erika Holter

Newcomers to Canada are being forced to navigate predatory debt cycles

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Three adults of various ages stand shoulder to shoulder wearing vests that say "community outreach" on the back.

Healing journeys

Adeline Panamaroff

They’re slumped over on the seat, head almost touching the floor of the train car. The other passengers try to politely look away, avoiding sitting in their vicinity. Is the person asleep, unconscious? Possibly unhoused, with random personal items spilling out of a ripped backpack, they might need assistance. Yet no one moves to get […]
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Growing community

Emesha Boyko

Neighbours are gathering across the country to seize their means of food production

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Thick smoke obscures a thatch of trees as a helicopter flies overhead

Battling burnout

Dan Schertzer

The silent agony of a wildfire off-season

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Two heads make copies of themselves, shifting in and out of shape

Hollywood’s mixed-race problem

Asha Swann

Movies and TV try to get it right, but they’re missing the mark

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