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Nanaimo Pride: The Resistance of Memory

By Daniel Gawthrop | July 7, 2016

Nanaimo, B.C. held its first Pride Parade. But when?

Orlando: Notes on a Massacre

By Stan Persky | July 6, 2016

Reading Orlando. Grieving Orlando.

Mein Trumpf, Brexit, and Europe’s Rising Right: Letter from Berlin

By Stan Persky | June 28, 2016

Austrian elections, British referenda, and The Donald — we’re contemplating almost everything.

Insiders, Outsiders

By Sidney Australia | April 24, 2016

How to keep your head (and mind) when most of the “narrative” about the 2016 U.S. presidential election is b.s.

Twitter Storm Spatters Elderly Writers Talese and Trillin

By Stan Persky | April 13, 2016

Veteran writers Gay Talese and Calvin Trillin come under digital fire. The Old People’s Review of Books rushes to their defense.

Letter from Berlin: The Refugee Referendum

By Stan Persky | March 18, 2016

In Germany, voters go to the polls to assess Angela Merkel’s refugee policy.

Keeping the Peace: A Site C Memoir

By Stan Persky | March 2, 2016

A Site C dam memoir.

Letter from Berlin: What Did You Do in the Cold War, Daddy?

By Stan Persky | February 29, 2016

Eyes on the Spies. Revisiting the Cold War with Steven Spielberg and John le Carre.

Ghomeshi’s Day in Court

By Stan Persky | February 15, 2016

Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi had his day in court. Here’s what happened.

Losing Sleep

By Brian Fawcett | February 14, 2016

Brian Fawcett tries to figure out why Nino Ricci’s new novel, Sleep, didn’t register with Canada’s Book Prize Juries.