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D escending into Diavik is like landing on a distant moon, the world sealed in a hard sheet of ice and snow stretching in every direction. The plane circled a few times and then slid into a landing ...

Jeremy Thomas Gilmer is a writer of short fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Saint John, New Brunswick.

With my new puppy by my side, I’m having meaningful, even difficult, conversations about politics for the first time in years ...

Calling it the “Safe Borders Act” is just a screen. That in itself brought dark thoughts to the mind of at least one ...

What we do is connect the solitary work of creation to a broader public conversation. And we try to make something that lasts ...

In 1949, the US Congress agreed to co-finance radar construction with the Royal Canadian Air Force—RCAF. Officials in Ottawa ...

Being a millennial has also been a key to my caregiving experience. And I’m not unique. According to the American Association of Retired Persons, or AARP, as of 2020, approximately 24 percent of ...

Potash isn’t just a commodity. It’s a pillar of the planet’s food system. Along with nitrogen and phosphates, the potassium it provides is critical for fertilizer. Without fertilizer, global crop ...

O ne day, I was leaving the church where I work when an angry woman stopped me. She threw a bag of garbage into the ...

Fair Play argues that when one person assumes full CPE responsibility for something—kids’ dental care, mortgage payments, garbage—the other person can save time and brain power. Maybe even carve out ...

No. 861851624-RR0001 As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was ...