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It’s stronger than heroin and more potent than OxyContin. It’s also cheap, ubiquitous, and incredibly deadly. Inside the rise of fentanyl.

Injury-prevention expert Mariana Brussoni on anxiety-based caregiving, risk-taking, and why unsupervised play teaches social skills

The mania for Ruby Rose on ’Orange Is the New Black’ has sparked an odd backlash, writes Emma Teitel

Study after study show vitamins don’t lower cancer or heart-disease risk. In fact, they may create problems.

Olympic bronze medallist and champion synchronized diver Jennifer Abel straps on a GoPro camera to show you exactly what it feels like to dive from a three-metre springboard.

If you’re trying to summon the courage to go skydiving, living vicariously through these tandem jumpers may convince you to suit up. See all the smiles, from more than 3,500 m up, as these skydivers capture their epic jump with a GoPro camera.

There’s a reason St. Lawrence Market is one of Toronto’s top tourist attractions. With merchant stalls boasting local produce and culinary treats, the historic marketplace is a great place to tap into Canada’s food scene.

As far as Canada’s honky-tonks go, Ranchman’s Western bar in Calgary is ground zero for those with a little boot-scootin’ boogie in their step. This is what it’s like to go a little bit country on Ranchman’s dance floor.

This is what it’s like to attend Jumu’ah (Friday prayer) at Canada’s largest mosque, Baitun Nur, which means “house of divine light.” Built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Calgary, the mosque covers 4,500 sq. m and is intended to be a symbol of peace for the city.

From Bud Light Lime Straw-ber-rita to Sleeman Lift, our selfless columnist tries the season’s ‘hot’ beers and tastes the adventure