#A Killer Among Them – Macleans.ca

#A Killer Among Them – Macleans.ca

The Manwin Hotel, which sits next to several shelters and drop in centres in the Point Douglas area, is one of the most notorious and violent locations in WInnipeg They began to disappear in the winter. In February of 2022, a woman named Rebecca Contois was seen for the last time in downtown Winnipeg. Weeks…

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#The Rise of the One-and-Done Family

#The Rise of the One-and-Done Family

(Photograph by Markian Lozowchuk) I became a parent in the summer of 2021, at the age of 42, partway between Delta and Omicron. While the world was fretting over Pfizer versus Moderna, my partner, John, and I were going back and forth on baby names. One night in late June, I fell asleep watching yet…

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#How Calgary’s Kablusiak made Inuit art pop 

#How Calgary’s Kablusiak made Inuit art pop 

The Inuvialuk artist’s oeuvre—complete with Furbies, soapstone tampons and satirical selfie backgrounds—has garnered plenty of attention, a bit of outrage and even a Sobey Art Award (Photography by Allison Seto) Artists run wild in Kablusiak’s family, on both sides. Their childhood homes in Yellowknife, and later Edmonton, were filled with relatives’ creations, including a painting…

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#The Big Idea: How open banking can fix Canada’s financial security issue

#The Big Idea: How open banking can fix Canada’s financial security issue

Canada’s risk-averse banking system is full of potential dangers for customers. A simple security update would change everything.  (Illustration by Pete Ryan) Alexander Vronces is the executive director of Fintechs Canada. He writes about the intersection of financial technology and public policy in Canada. When I started working as a policy analyst in Canada’s financial sector a…

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