July 1, 2018

JULY 2018

July 1, 2018

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THE WAR ON THE WEST COAST

Economy

THE WAR ON THE WEST COAST

By Joe Castaldo15 min

New solitudes

National

New solitudes

By AARON HUTCHINS14 min

THE MARIJUANA NIGHTMARE

National

THE MARIJUANA NIGHTMARE

By JOHN GEDDES13 min

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THE WAR ON THE WEST COAST 4041

Economy

THE WAR ON THE WEST COAST

Garish wealth. Scarce rental housing. A government that sees the middle class as stinking rich. No wonder Vancouverites are at each other’s throats.

By Joe Castaldo15 min

New solitudes 2829

National

New solitudes

A comprehensive survey exposes a chasm between Canadians and their government on Indigenous issues

By AARON HUTCHINS14 min

THE MARIJUANA NIGHTMARE 2425

National

THE MARIJUANA NIGHTMARE

Meddling senators, confusing laws and troubling new health research—Justin Trudeau’s legacy legislation legalizing weed is happening, but it won’t be pretty

By JOHN GEDDES13 min

THE INTERVIEW 2021

National

THE INTERVIEW

Jason Kenney talks to Paul Wells about fighting climate change, his vision for a wealthy Alberta and why he respects Rachel Notley

Beep-boop, you're under arrest 3839

International

Beep-boop, you're under arrest

They’re already patrolling malls and airports— watching, recording. But what will happen when our lives are truly in the hands of robot police officers?

By ALLEN ABEL10 min

LETTERS 67

LETTERS

Nicholas Kohler’s article misrepresents the criticism levelled at Jordan Peterson’s followers, creating a smokescreen that allows for their failings to go unquestioned (“Jordan Peterson’s people,” Culture, June 2018). No, Peterson’s following is not made up entirely of white, alt-right men.

SWIMMING AGAINST THE BITUMEN TIDE 3233

National

SWIMMING AGAINST THE BITUMEN TIDE

It isn’t easy being green when your entire province identifies with a pipeline

By JASON MARKUSOFF7 min

A fishy way to sell a fillet 3435

National

A fishy way to sell a fillet

Canadians unwittingly ate the country’s first shipment of genetically modified salmon. Why all the secrecy?

By ALEX GILLIS7 min

The private lives of pandas 1415

NATIONAL NOTES

The private lives of pandas

An itch of the throat, maybe; a tingle in the chest, it might’ve been, but not when the noise came from this bear, Er Shun, a diplomatic investment from China for whom the affliction was documented at 16:00 on Feb. 2, 2017, and investigated by zookeepers who took blood samples, considered listening to her lungs and were prepared to sedate her to examine her gastrointestinal tract.

By MEAGAN CAMPBELL6 min

The loneliness of elder orphans 1213

NATIONAL NOTES

The loneliness of elder orphans

To have nobody means to have no children, spouse or friend still alive. It is to have no church group to belong to, no neighbour to eat a sandwich with or sibling to come over. If someone has a mailman or even a hydro meter reader who says hello, that greeting is a connection, but when somebody has nobody, the option is 911.

By MEAGAN CAMPBELL5 min

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