The battle against Santa
In 2014, the secularists vs. religionists war on Christmas seemed to be finally over. The winner: Santa Claus.
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Are boys even meaner than ’mean girls’?
Author of a study on relational aggression, found boys use tactics such as rumours and social exclusion to hurt others more often than their female counterparts
Author Marni Jackson’s story of backstage harassment
From 2014: The former TVOntario host recounts ’imaginative acts of harassment’ she suffered from a colleague
My hitchhiker, the Parliament Hill gunman
From 2015: On his way from Vancouver to Calgary, Harry Bekkering decided to pick up a clean-shaven man looking for a lift. His name was Michael.
The Interview: Joni Mitchell
From 2014: Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell on Georgia O’Keeffe, the Kardashians, the men she loved and her life in B.C.
Female teachers: The sex offenders no one suspects
From 2014: How the treatment of female teachers who sexually exploit male students reflects society’s legal and cultural double standards
The sockeye salmon’s incredible, vital journey
From 2014: The 4,000-km migration of sockeye salmon to their Adams River birthplace is the most extraordinary migration in the natural world
What war memorials say about us
The meaning of Remembrance Day and how Canada views its war memorials changes over time
Can you get fitter at 50 than you’ve ever been in your life?
What if it were possible to restore the body to peak physical condition? Author Margaret Webb finds out
After a suicide attempt, football became Jeremy Pearce’s ticket out of a dead-end life
His football coach had never met anyone who had been through so much at his age.