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Taxi Driver Syndrome

Behind-the-scenes immigration changes are creating new problems on top of old ones

Liberal Interpretations

Making sense of Justin Trudeau and his party

Booze Cruise

Tales of Canadian prohibition

Eric Wright

Eric Wright has lived as a student, teacher and writer in three provinces. One of his novels, Moodie’s Tale (Key Porter, 2002), is about a young Englishman in the Canadian bush.

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A Watery Reading of the Land

The essence of Canada, reflected in its lakes December 2009
Ever since I landed in Canada, more than half a century ago, I have been looking for the book to send home to let my siblings (and now my nieces and nephews) know what kind of country I live in. Frustrated by my own failure to convey an idea of the new country adequately (a failure reflected in their puzzled…