Our magazine’s plastic problem
"While I can easily defend the use of a polybag on financial grounds, it would be unconscionable to deliver a cover story
How plastics are threatening our Great Lakes
Program director for Environmental Defence Keith Brooks reminds us why we shouldn’t forget the Great Lakes when discussing plastic pollution.
New project invites people to share memories of 1988 United Church decision
On the thirtieth anniversary of the United Church vote to include LGBTQ ministers, a new project invites people to share their stories
Visiting Walden Pond: The roots of simple, spiritual living
Henry David Thoreau's iconic refuge is where he learned to live simply, intentionally and at one with nature.
‘A good death is being at peace with God, with others and with the self’
Anglican professor Donald Grayston made dying in peace a lifetime project. His example is inspiring others to plan a meaningful exit.
A minister talks about growing up in Adolf Hitler’s Germany
Martin Rumscheidt on his father’s complicity in the Nazi extermination of Jewish people.
I want to get friendly with death
"We spend our lives acting as if we are never going to die. But maybe getting used to the idea and mulling
A tale of two cancers
One year after the writer discovered she had breast cancer, her sister in California received the same diagnosis. They both recovered, but
Ideologies are colliding at Canadian universities, and free speech is caught in the crossfire
"Universities are supposed to be places for the exchange of ideas, not for ideological war."
The race to save Canada’s fragile bat population
One of nature’s least loved creatures is in crisis — and we could all end up paying the price
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September/October 2025 In this issue: A new look at the sun, a 4.6-billion-year-old star; How Qualicum First Nation awakened its language; Is prison labour rehabilitation or exploitation? |
