Edmontonian Time
The clock in my hometown ticks toward a once-distant optimism. Rollie Pemberton on leaving – and coming – home
City of Tastemakers: Inside Edmonton’s Culinary Boom
From the Aboriginal chef reinventing the restaurant industry’s idea of dinner to the baker changing the pastry business one macaron at a time, Edmonton has hit its culinary stride. Jennifer Cockrall-King talks to the city’s top chefs to find out why us – and why now
‘God Knows What Canada Is’: What It’s Really Like to Be a Refugee
After the election of the Trudeau Liberals, Canada swiftly rebranded itself as a tolerant, open-armed society. But as alt-right sentiments seep across the border, how welcoming is the country? Omar Mouallem meets the refugees facing racism, xenophobia and the very idea of Canadianness
Stitch by stitch: weaving the story of queer Edmonton
I remember the day 40 years ago – 1977 – that Anita Bryant took a pie in the face on live television. I remember it because it was an ugly media moment – an angry gay activist tossing baked goods to score political points; a homophobic crusader and former Miss America covered in whipped cream, tearfully […]
Cheap Seats: 39 Hours on the Greyhound – With a Toddler
Three summers ago, I took the Greyhound from Vancouver to a family gathering in Winnipeg with my two-year-old son. When I mentioned to friends that I was taking the bus, they were surprised. With a toddler? Was it safe? Did the passengers stink? The choice wasn’t difficult. My partner and I didn’t own a car. […]
Walmart in Whitehorse: searching for culture in a consumerist paradise
Our writer hits the aisles in Canada’s storied frontier city
Pantry in the permafrost: Inside the arctic doomsday vault
Thousands of seeds are locked in a frozen mountain in Norway to protect our global food supply. Should we be worried? Our writer bundles to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Born to run: meet Ed Whitlock, the octogenarian marathon man
He doesn’t have a ‘workout regime’ or a special diet, he just hits the ground running. So how has Whitlock become one of the finest athletes of the last thirty years?
Trump in Technicolor
Washington never saw the Donald Trump presidency coming – but Hollywood did
Life near the red zone: the scars of the Lac-Mégantic oil disaster
In July 2013, a runaway train ploughed through this small town east of Montreal and exploded, killing 47. Photographer Michel Huneault visited more than a dozen times over a year to tell the stories of survivors. This is what he found