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COVID-19 has triggered my long-buried eating disorder
I'm using one of my most deeply-ingrained coping mechanisms to achieve control during a pandemic.
Grampa Joe
A reflection on my grandfather’s cancer diagnosis.
A letter to my opioid-addicted father
A daughter reflects on growing up in the shadow of Oxycontin.
Who is Alex Trebek?
This beloved game show host, pop culture icon and sesquicentennial ambassador—plus newly inducted officer of the Order of Canada—is a lifelong champion of his home country.
Cross-country couch surfing
The Red Couch Tour, a Canada 150 Signature Project, invited Canadians from coast to coast to coast to sit down and say what this country means to them.
The Trailer Park Boys' favourite things
The boys have charmed audiences across the country as the foul-mouthed, low-brow trio behind Trailer Park Boys—a comedic mockumentary turned mini-empire that now spans 11 television seasons.
They were five: the Dionne quintuplets
Revisiting the shameful treatment of the world's first surviving quints—who were made wards of the Ontario government, and put on public display as tourist attractions.
On the road again
Cruise back to the early '90s with CrossCountry Canada, the low-tech, long-haul trucking simulation that taught geography to a generation of gamers.
Girl power
In praise of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley: The heart of Anne of Green Gables, she's a literary heroine for the ages—and all ages of readers.
Life as a Lunatic
Monthly coping skills and lessons gleaned from life as a lunatic.