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All the lonely people

Yasmin Afshar

The discourse has moved on since the lockdowns lifted, but Canada’s loneliness epidemic remains

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The Operation

Nathaniel G. Moore

He did not hate the winter now, for he knew it was merely the Spring asleep, and that the flowers were resting. – Oscar Wilde, “The Selfish Giant”

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Talking with the dead

Lesley Buxton

Across time and cultures, humans have sought to communicate with loved ones who have died. As the lone survivor of a family, I need those conversations

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Sea of Love

Kiley Best

We need to rekindle our relationship with blue spaces

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An image of kelp cultivators in a boat recording their observations of the kelp in the wild.

Seaweed solutions

Fatima Aamir

The Kwiakah First Nation’s slow, intentional approach to kelp cultivation

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This Magazine is hiring a News Editor!

Sarah Ratchford

Applications are due Friday, May 26, 2023

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What can fungi teach us about healing trauma?

Katarina Sabados

What fungi taught me about connection and healing in community

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Constellations

Kawai Shen

New fiction from our January/February issue

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The perfect assist

Thomas O'Donnell

How the NHL helped me transition

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You are not your own

Samantha Purchase

What is learned and lost when you grow up in purity culture (and yes, it's here in Canada too)

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Seoul mates

Zeahaa Rehman

A dearth of good rom-coms coming out of Hollywood is fuelling an appetite for K-drama

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Prairie queens

Jacqueline Salomé

How the Bannock Babes are creating a space for Indigenous drag

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