Culture
Poetry kept Pádraig Ó Tuama alive. Now he’s sharing it with everyone else.
The "Poetry Unbound" podcast host asks readers to slow down their lives for about 15 minutes of spoken word
March 2021
In this issue: An intimate portrait of a family farm and its workers in a pandemic year; A community comes together to help an immigrant family facing deportation; How one gardener is embracing the wilderness.
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Society
How this family farm illustrates Canada’s vulnerable food system
Temporary foreign workers are the backbone of our agricultural industry and have been keeping it afloat during the pandemic
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Interview
Why it’s time to let native plants shine over lawns
Lorraine Johnson wants people to consider the ecological value of their property
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Religion
The highs and lows of the United Church’s first year with COVID
After a hard many months, the denomination may be more united than ever
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Health
For some women, Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t the way
They prefer other programs that focus on empowerment and self-care
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Health
More older women are drinking too much. A new sobriety movement aims to help.
For many, booze is the drug of choice to deal with the losses that accompany aging
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Opinion
What to give up for Lent when we’ve already given up so much
No one feels like abstaining from chocolate after a year of sacrifices
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Society
The heartbreaking and deeply Christian task of presiding over fentanyl funerals
Overdose deaths are surging in Canada, and clergy close to the crisis are doing the hard work of saying goodbye
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Culture
Marilynne Robinson’s new novel explores an impossible love
But at the heart of "Jack" is a question of redemption
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Opinion
How helping a refugee family taught this congregation to be the church
Windermere United was talking about closing before a family came to stay
