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The Big Box Effect
October 7, 2025
A new wave of soulless retail developments, often tied to condo projects, are erasing the character of our cities.
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The Lost Art of Window Gazing
January 9, 2025
Some airlines are forcibly darkening airplane windows and cockpits on short-haul day flights, taking the magic out of flying.
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Post-Assad Syria Faces a Long and Uncertain Road Ahead
December 9, 2024
In the aftermath of Assad’s ouster, Syria has a rare opportunity to forge a new era—but only if old political patterns don’t prevail.
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Uncovering Canada’s X-Files
April 3, 2023
Matthew Hayes’s Search for the Unknown: Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory chronicles Canada’s little known history of government flying saucer investigations.
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Tim Harford’s ‘How to Make the World Add Up’
March 24, 2022
In How to Make the World Add Up, economist Tim Harford offers 10 rules to help us navigate the tricky and often deceptively confusing world of data and statistics.
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Sasquatch Sleuthing in Harrison Hot Springs
April 2, 2019
A group of die-hard Bigfoot enthusiasts look for the legendary creatures along the remote logging roads of Harrison Lake, British Columbia—near to where the term ‘Sasquatch’ was coined.
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