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April may well be the cruellest month, but as any Canadian music lover knows, it’s the storms of November that show no mercy. Thanks to folksinger Gordon Lightfoot, the cruel abyss that is Lake Superior and its “never-give-up-its-dead” late-autumn tempests are legend. The […]

The Girls Are So Nice Here Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Simon & Schuster There are times when the very act of writing scares rising Canadian novelist Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. And the source of that fear is — herself. It happened when she was writing books for young adults. And it happened again […]

It’s hard not to become all doe-eyed at the most dominant feature of Quebec’s largest island. Bigger by some margins than Canada’s smallest province — Anticosti Island clocks in at nearly 8,000-square-kilometres, compared to Prince Edward Island’s 5,600 — its […]

Clutter, clutter, everywhere — everything but the kitchen sink! If it’s clear your home needs a good spring cleaning, but you haven’t yet mustered the strength to tackle it, let The BIG Downsize be the nudge you need. The docuseries is launching its third season April 5 on […]

Before streaming, before on-demand impatience, before robotic voices issuing weather forecasts from a gadget in the corner, there was a campfire of the imagination propped on the mantelpiece or standing sentry in the sitting room: the remarkable radio. They got a lot smaller over the years, […]

After months of lockdown and COVID restrictions, not to mention cold winter temperatures, it’s hard to imagine a spring season more eagerly anticipated than the one this year. It’s a safe bet to assume that many of us look forward to spending more time outside, in the sun and (socially […]

Douglas says work fuels him At 76, Michael Douglas is grateful that acting remains a driving force in his life. “Work keeps you going, keeps you sharp,” he told AARP the Magazine. “Of course, these days I’m looking around the set, like, I’m the oldest person here, man. […]

It’s no stretch to say staycations have become a byword for recovery in a world still churning through the pandemic wringer. But a company of artists emerging from the world’s last devastating plague a century ago — the Spanish flu — were well ahead of the domestic tourism […]

Glamour is on a terminal decline, as hygiene is set to top Hermès.

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