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Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

Amanda Perry

Referendum? What Referendum?

A constitutional expert argues that the federal insistence on clarity has paid off

Sujit Choudhry

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Stephen Marche
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May 2026

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May 2026 front cover by Yiren Tang.
Yiren Tang is a 3-D illustrator and motion designer who studied at OCAD University and now splits her time between Toronto and Seattle. She has worked with the likes of RBC Amplify, the Grand Slam of Curling, and the "Globe and Mail."

With Integrity

Ten historic days in space

Kyle Wyatt
An illustration by David Parkins for Asa McKercher’s May 2026 review of “The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King,” edited by Patrice Dutil.

King without a Crown

Essays on a defining prime minister

Asa McKercher
An illustration by Matthew Daley for Kyle Wyatt’s May 2026 review of “Democracy’s Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public,” by Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson.

Some Assembly Required?

What could be next for democracy

Kyle Wyatt
A photograph by Nathan Denette for Amy Spurway’s May 2026 review of “Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet: A Memoir in Pieces,” by Mary Walsh.

Our Princess Warrior

This memoir has twenty-two stories

Amy Spurway
A photograph by Ian Barrett for Graham Fraser’s May 2026 review of “De combats et d’amour: Mémoires,” by Lisette Lapointe.

Life of the Parti

From where Lisette Lapointe stands

Graham Fraser
An illustration by YQ Huang for Elaine Coburn’s May 2026 review of “Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope,” by Kevin Van Tighem.

Parks and Wrecks

Lessons from wild places

Elaine Coburn
An illustration by Natàlia Pàmies Lluis for Todd Dufresne’s May 2026 review of “In Trees: An Exploration,” by Robert Moor.

Knock on Wood

The forest and the trees

Todd Dufresne

The Western Walls

In the wake of the Balfour Declaration

Michael W. Higgins
An illustration by Tessa Presta for Aaron Kreuter’s May 2026 reviews of “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About it,” by Cory Doctorow and “Needy Media: How Tech Gets Personal,” Stephen Monteiro.

Screen and Shout

The origins of our digital nightmare

Aaron Kreuter
An illustration by Christian Quesnel for Amanda Perry’s May 2026 reviews of “Transmissions: Les Héritages de la Baie-James,” by Annie Desrochers and “Marche au pays réel,” by Samuel Lalande-Markon.

Northern Writes

Two journeys to new understanding

Amanda Perry
An illustration by Paige Stampatori for David Marks Shribman’s May 2026 review of “Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson,” edited by Goldie Morgentaler.

Between Survivors

Friendship blooms in dark places

David Marks Shribman
An illustration by Dave Murrary for David Macfarlane’s May 2026 article, “Wisdom Well Done.”

Wisdom Well Done

In the kitchen with Elizabeth David

David Macfarlane
An illustration by Sarah Farquhar for Lisa Gregoire's May 2026 article "What She Wrote."

What She Wrote

A mother’s personal archive

Lisa Gregoire
An illustration by Silas Kaufman for Nicholas Bradley’s May 2026 review of “Between the New Country and the Old World: William Chapman and French-Canadian Literary Nationalism,” by Erin E. Edgington.

Nobel Intentions

Looking for laurels in all the wrong places

Nicholas Bradley
An illustration by Blair Kelly for Sam White’s May 2026 review of “Smash & Grab,” by Mark Anthony Jarman.

They Linger

Stories from Mark Anthony Jarman

Sam White

Water Ways

Lisa Robertson’s new novel

Emily Mernin
An illustration by Mateusz Napieralski for Rose Hendrie’s May 2026 review of “Variations on a Dream” by Angélique Lalonde, “Mainstreaming Porn” by Elaine Craig, and “Sex Work in Popular Culture” Lauren Kirshner.

Once Upon a Mattress

Intimacy is changing

Rose Hendrie
An illustration by Sandi Falconer for David Venn’s May 2026 review of “Northern Bull,” by Michelle Swallow.

Yellowknife Didn’t See It Coming

Michelle Swallow’s comedy of errors

David Venn
An illustration by Gwendoline Le Cunff for Catherine Khordoc’s May 2026 review of “L’Obsession du rouge,” by Dany Laferrière.

In Port-au-Prince

The latest from Dany Laferrière

Catherine Khordoc
An illustration by Karsten Petrat for Stacey May Fowles May 2026 review of “The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts,” by Kim Fu.

Home Is Where the Horror Is

Kim Fu’s uncanny real estate

Stacey May Fowles

Better Call Saul

Richard Wagamese’s masterpiece

Arjun Basu