Tom Wolfe on how he wrote ’Back to Blood’ in 2012
The writer and journalist on being recognized at a Miami strip club and inventing punctuation
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10 famously spooky Canadian ghost tales
Ghost stories are a worldwide phenomenon, and Canada has its share. Here are 10 of our best-known tales of hauntings, poltergeists and ghostly villains:
Richard Wagner: The political son not named Justin
Unlike Justin Trudeau, Wagner’s role in shaping Canada’s future is assured
10 over-the-top warnings from Americans about Canadian health care
Easy on the rhetoric ... we’re not dying in droves up here
How the GoldenEye 007 video game brought Bond to a new generation
The classic Nintendo 64 video game turns 20 in August, marking two decades of serving as an odd kind of cultural touchstone
Canada: Home to Pikangikum, suicide capital of the world
In Pikangikum, gas sniffing is rampant and young people are taking their own lives at a shocking rate. A 2012 feature report by Martin Patriquin.
Gord Downie on playing Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door at the Great Moon Gathering
’This wasn’t my first canoe ride. I know what happens next; if I don’t take charge, half the band goes one way and half goes the other,’ The Hip frontman writes
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Before moving in with your boyfriend, make sure you know about his ‘quirks,’ including pet issues
Aretha Franklin on Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and Halle Berry
From 2011, our conversation with the queen of soul before she put on a show at the Toronto Jazz Festival
On Michael Wilson’s death at 81, his 2009 exit interview as ambassador to the U.S.
From our archives, Wilson’s insights on Canada-U.S. relations, the post-Cold War era, and how Americans are different from Canadians