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April 2007
"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."
- John Cage
April 2007
Red Rush
by Patrick White
No longer kept in check by cold winters, the mountain pine beetle has killed $50 billion worth of BC forest in less than a decade. NMA Gold Medal: Best New Writer; NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment…[more]
National Magazine Award Nominee
Driven to Distraction
by John Lorinc
How our multi-channel, multi-tasking society is making it harder for us to think. NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment, John Lorinc…[more]
National Magazine Award Nominee
The Man on the Island
by Wayne Grady
NMA nominee: Fiction, Wayne Grady…[more]
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National Magazine Award Gold Medal
God’s Slow Death
by Daniel Baird
Three atheists argue for reason in the face of faith. NMA Gold Medal: Illustration…[more]
Field Notes
Lords of the Lobby
by Margo Pfeiff
What does it take to join the hotel industry’s elite?…[more]
Field Notes
Cubic Connection
by Siobhan Roberts
A reclusive amateur geometer who hates numbers receives a visitor…[more]
Health
Forgotten, But Not Gone
by Janine MacLeod
Can the Conservatives’ new plan solve the long-neglected problem of chemical pollution?…[more]
Behaviour
It’s a Dog’s Life
by Alison Gillmor
They’re not just pets anymore — they’re teachers, preachers, shrinks, and philosophers…[more]
Letters
April 2007
by The Walrus Readers
Our Story Begins . . .
I greatly enjoyed Don Gillmor’s piece on the Liberal convention (
Poetry
Caledonia
by Ken Babstock
Then we came out in numbers. As Canadians we came out in numbers with flags. With flags aloft and hooting we stepped out in anger and in…[more]
Visual Feature
Johnny Castaway
by Sierra On-Line
A gallery of images from the screensaver featured in Wayne Grady’s “Man on the Island”. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Better Red, Then Dead
by Joshua Knelman
Can a plan to divert the Red Sea save the Dead — and offer new hope for peace?…[more]
Field Notes
Monumental Vibrations
by Ryan Knighton
A blind man listens to the world’s longest song…[more]
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