D escending into Diavik is like landing on a distant moon, the world sealed in a hard sheet of ice and snow stretching in every direction. The plane circled a few times and then slid into a landing ...

Jeremy Thomas Gilmer is a writer of short fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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With my new puppy by my side, I’m having meaningful, even difficult, conversations about politics for the first time in years ...

What we do is connect the solitary work of creation to a broader public conversation. And we try to make something that lasts ...

Matthew S. Wiseman is a Canadian historian whose research concentrates on science, technology, and medical research ethics in the Cold War. He is currently a lecturer in the department of history at ...

Calling it the “Safe Borders Act” is just a screen. That in itself brought dark thoughts to the mind of at least one ...

In 1949, the US Congress agreed to co-finance radar construction with the Royal Canadian Air Force—RCAF. Officials in Ottawa ...

Being a millennial has also been a key to my caregiving experience. And I’m not unique. According to the American Association of Retired Persons, or AARP, as of 2020, approximately 24 percent of ...

A figure in a black hoodie enters the frame, the pixels reconfigure, reconfigure. He stops right in front of the cans and is ...

During his father’s funeral, Khalid looked like he was returning from the dead. He escaped the crowds to meet me behind the ...

and true my lie. Your hand is still. I’m catching it in mine. Your words are still to my looking. A stillness in your hands I ...