Not a day at the Beaches
March 18, 1998
When you're a WASP living in the Beaches, where do you go to find Canadian culture?
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Is Quebec culturally superior?
March 18, 1998
What do French-Canadians know about Canadian culture? Paul Stark believes they can actually teach the rest of us a thing or two
What happened to Amistad?
March 4, 1998
By Saada Branker When Steven Spielberg’s film Amistad graced movie theatres late last year, the reaction was bittersweet. Some movie moguls hyped it as being an important epic about African slavery. Cynics denounced it as another feel-good Hollywood flick for bleeding heart liberals. With only four Oscar nominations — none of which are for best […]
Co-operate and save
February 18, 1998
You can save money and have a social conscience using consumer co-ops
A story for Chisani
February 18, 1998
What does a parent do when they don't like the books being offered at their children's school? How one parent took matters into his own hands
Love your hair love your roots
November 19, 1997
After years of chemically straightening her hair, one girl discovers that going natural isn't easy
Canada’s native tongues disappearing
November 5, 1997
By Vanessa Thomas In order to make room for their expansion in Canada, Europeans killed natives, like the Micmac and Beothuks, who they saw as impediments to their expansion in places like Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. But in this century, aboriginals do not live in fear of being hunted, killed and scalped for 10 pounds […]
Aboriginal students come full circle
November 5, 1997
By Vanessa Thomas A musky scent is released into the halls of Jorgenson Hall as Mark Bell burns traditional sweet grass in room 345A, the office of the Aboriginal Student Circle (ASC). Weekly meetings are home to a purification ritual called smudging, meant to cleanse the mind, body and spirit. Besides being a place to […]
Beavers and Buttheads
March 5, 1997
Polite Canadians and obnoxious Americans - stereotypes, assumptions and stupid questions create an invisible barrier between the two countries
Shaky steps
February 19, 1997
April 27, 1994. Finbarr O'Reilly writes of his experiences as an election monitor in South Africa
About last night
February 12, 1997
By Kerrie-Lee Brown Imagine you and your partner are having sex when the condom breaks or slips off. Did you forget to take your regular birth control as well? What is your first thought? Pregnancy? Maybe. Maybe not. But if it is, you will most likely spend the next morning wondering if you are pregnant. […]
Identity crisis
February 5, 1997
Caught in between cultures, Canadian-born Chinese discover a bridge leading to the best of both worlds
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