February 2007
Separate and Unequal
by Larry Krotz
Money for crimes committed at residential schools may be forthcoming, but problems with the reserve system remainphotography by Eamon Mac Mahon
Architecture
The Other Side of Darkness
by John Bentley Mays
Out of the ashes of the World Trade Center comes a new vision for tall buildings in the contemporary world
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Media
Good To Go
by Semi Chellas
A military-run course designed to prepare reporters for combat raises some thorny questions about journalistic ethics
Field Notes
Arctic Cabaret
by Margo Pfeiff
When you hail a taxi in Nunavut’s capital, you’re in for quite a trip
National Magazine Award Nominee
Veils for Western Women
by Marni Jackson
Beauty burkas and vanity veils. NMA nominee: Humour
Books
Europe’s Original Sin
by Randy Boyagoda
After a bloody twentieth century, the continent may now be ready to come to terms with its dark history
Field Notes
Against the Grain
by Megan Williams
At an international cook-off in Sicily, judging couscous proves a rough business
Language
Gertrude Stein’s Radical Grammar
by Kay Armatage
“Revolting” question marks, codependent commas, and the apostrophes that speak to our weakness
Field Notes
Dem’s Fightin’ Birds
by Larry Frolick
In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song
Sightings
Nation Proliferation
by Ken Alexander
By 6 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, a not-unusual clutch of characters had gathered inside the Rose Donut shop at the
Politics
Once Upon a Country
by Don Gillmor
In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts.
Sporting Life
First on the Hill
by John Fry
The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians
