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Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lost
Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lostNew!!

Walk a block in any direction and there are derelict users on the sidewalks: initiates and old-timers, locals and come-from-aways, sisters and brothers

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Tennis has been king for hundreds of years. Here's how pickleball overthrew it

Tennis is steeped in tradition and pickleball is trendy. There is tension between them, but lovers of both call for order on the courts

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Future of 24 Sussex Drive: Here are some ideas from architects on how to fix it
Future of 24 Sussex Drive: Here are some ideas from architects on how to fix it

Among the most difficult housing questions facing Canada, apparently, is where the prime minister should lay his head at night

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Julie Payette’s disastrous reign as governor general: ‘Act of perpetual petulance’
Julie Payette’s disastrous reign as governor general: ‘Act of perpetual petulance’

A new book offers fresh insights into why it all went so badly for the astronaut-turned-viceregal

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As the Blue Jays begin their 50th season, we find the men from the first opening day
As the Blue Jays begin their 50th season, we find the men from the first opening day

A Walmart worker, a sheriff, a college teacher: Finding the little-remembered, forgotten first Blue Jays

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The remarkable story of a Haitian orphan's journey in Canada
The remarkable story of a Haitian orphan's journey in Canada

Maddox Bentley was rescued as a two-year-old from the rubble of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and embraced by a hockey-playing B.C. family

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He stabbed her nearly to death and got five-and-a-half years. Inside Canada’s escalating knife violence
He stabbed her nearly to death and got five-and-a-half years. Inside Canada’s escalating knife violence

Driving a blade into another person's body is a savage, intimate act that nearly killed an Ontario doctor and mother. Why are we paying so little attention to these attacks?

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Coffee shops, retail stores, even hotels are ditching humans to serve you better
Coffee shops, retail stores, even hotels are ditching humans to serve you better

Replacing frontline service staff is the inevitable next step in automation for a consumer well-primed for service by machine

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Residential schools still thrive in the U.S. What they're doing will shock Canada
Residential schools still thrive in the U.S. What they're doing will shock Canada

I visited a Catholic-run residential school in Montana as Joe Biden was giving his national apology. 'Nice school,' says one student

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The insurrectionists are madder than ever and standing by
The insurrectionists are madder than ever and standing by

On the eve of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, we spoke to 'patriots' in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol: 'This time we won't lose'

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