Op-Ed

The Big Box Effect

A new wave of soulless retail developments, often tied to condo projects, are erasing the character of our cities.
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Op-Ed, Travel

The Lost Art of Window Gazing

Some airlines are forcibly darkening airplane windows and cockpits on short-haul day flights, taking the magic out of flying.
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Adventure, Features

Hyder & Stewart: A Tale of Two Border Towns

Welcome to Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, B.C., where Canada plays big brother to the USA in an unusual relationship.
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Environment, Indigenous

Canada's Disappearing Giants

Over a century of commercial logging has placed primeval forests, and their thriving ecosystems, on the cusp of extinction.
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Features, Indigenous, Travel

Quebec's Lost Coast

A journey by ship along Quebec's remote Lower North Shore reveals distinct cultures, wild landscapes, and a controversial broken...
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Op-Ed
The Big Box Effect
Op-Ed, Travel
The Lost Art of Window Gazing
Adventure, Features
Hyder & Stewart: A Tale of Two Border Towns
Environment, Indigenous
Canada's Disappearing Giants
Features, Indigenous, Travel
Quebec's Lost Coast
John ZadaThis Website

John Zada is an author and journalist who writes about travel, culture and the interplay between psychology, culture and politics. He is a former news journalist with CBC News and Al Jazeera and has worked in over two dozen countries. John has produced work for the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, explore, BBC, Maisonneuve, Literary Review of Canada, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. 

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