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Some Assembly Required?

What could be next for democracy

Very Big in Sheboygan

Why we still love John Candy

Terrors of the Unknown

Adriana Chartrand’s eerie debut

Evelyn C. White

Evelyn C. White is the author of Alice Walker: A Life. She lives in Halifax.

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Evelyn C. White

Worth a Thousand Words

It all started with a picture November 2026
As a child of the 1960s, with a diehard tie‑dye dependency, I’ll never be mistaken for a fashion plate. Still, I recently found myself inside a shop in downtown Halifax that sells “refined European garments with an authentic Canadian sensibility.” There, on the boutique’s austere, cream-coloured walls, I noticed a framed black and white photograph of Toni…