Back Issues
October 2010
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Isabel Foo.
Isabel Foo is a Toronto-based graphic designer who also loves to draw. See more of her work at www.jemappelleisabel.com.
An Exaggerated Demise
Boosted by still-thriving industry, Ontario is headed for an economic renaissance
Dimitry AnastakisCinderella City
How Hogtown transformed itself into one of the world’s great cultural capitals
Trina McQueenA Slippery Debate
Black-and-white moralizing about the oil sands slides too easily into caricature
Patrick BrethourCanada’s Boswell
The country came of age, culturally speaking, through one man’s voice.
Peter C. NewmanParsing Pandemics
The bacteriologists and the ecologists are still at odds, but at least they’re talking.
David Waltner-ToewsStorms Are Easy, Marriage Is Hard
A novel revisits Hurricane Hazel and Marilyn Bell’s famous swim.
Martin O'MalleyOttawa’s Greatest Mandarin
The bureaucrat who steered Canada’s economy through the Great Depression and World War One.
Donald J. SavoieFrom Wedding Cake to Music Garden
The neglected story of Toronto’s public art revolution.
Mark Lovewell