Our subscribers received their September-October issue in the mail this week, and the new issue is now on newsstands. As usual it will be available soon on our website, but you might want to run out and get it now. Here are some of the things you’ll find inside: Doug Saunders, Judy Rebick, and six […] More »
Shia LaBeouf’s recent DUI arrest isn’t the only hot news item. There’s big news here at This Mag headquarters. We’ve hired Graham F. Scott as our new editor. Congratulations Graham! Graham has been a freelance writer and editor for the past three years, including a year as our columns editor. He has also worked as […] More »
Dave Bidini first made his name as a member of the seminal Canadian band Rheostatics, but since then has carved out an impressive career as an author–he bears witness to all things music, hockey and politics, infusing his observations with reflections on how regular Joes and Janes fit in the grand scheme of this crazy […] More »
Never thought theatre was political? We’ve got a bundle of features in the new issue of This that says otherwise. Check out political puppets acting up, an award-winning playwright who bolted for TV writing, the inside scoop on a successful prison drama program and much more — and all of it online as of right […] More »
The September/October issue of This was given some airtime on CBC’s The Hour. Stephen Lewis offers his insights, and cradles that magazine like a newborn baby. He can’t seem to put it down. Check it out here, at about 4:48 into the segment. More »
How much can one little letter do to help improve air quality? In week 2 of our six-week Project Smog series, Jesse McLean asks just that. He looks at the AQHI (Air Quality Health Index), a new index that has replaced the AQI (Air Quality Index) in parts of B.C. and Toronto. What’s different? From […] More »
Because it’s time for some good, scary summer reading, this week This Magazine launches a six-week web feature on air quality. The first part of the in-depth series by This‘s own Jesse McLean is now online. Part I, “We don’t need no regulation,” challenges the myth of Canada as an environmental leader by looking at […] More »
As Canadians, most of us have learned about such nation-defining events as the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada or the Red River Rebellion, but in the next issue of This, we chronicle four under-appreciated rebellions that explode the myth of Canada as a place with a peaceful (and boring) history. The July/August issue of […] More »
Hot off the digital presses, it’s the May-June issue of This Magazine! Tired of hearing about how hard cities have it in Canada? In this issue, Geoff Heinricks implores us to get with the program and move back to the land, where sustainability really lies. Meanwhile, we profile Blake Hunter, a 25-year-old Saskatchewan farmer who […] More »
The 2007 National Magazine Awards nominees were announced today, and This was recognized with two nominations: Zoe Cormier’s Playing Dirty in the Science, Technology and the Environment category and Evelyn Lau’s poem Quayside in the Poetry category! As well, Blog This’s own John Degen was nominated in the Service: Lifestyle category for his Cottage Life […] More »
Canada’s place on the world stage has never been more scrutinized than right now. A military campaign in Afghanistan and a federal government that is changing our traditional foreign policy positions are just two of the issues at hand. The March-April issue of THIS examines Canada on the world stage from several angles: What should […] More »