While speedy animals such as cheetahs or antelopes may outrun humans initially, over tens of kilometres humans can chase them down
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Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dead at 92
Alice Munro earned the moniker “our Chekhov,” with PM Trudeau calling her “the greatest writer of the short story form of our time”
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‘Drive like a woman’, French road safety campaign tells men
A French report said 84 per cent of deadly road accidents were caused by men, as well as 93 per cent of those cause while under the influence
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Security guard shot outside Drake’s home in Toronto
A guard was shot while standing outside Drake’s mansion in Toronto by suspects in a vehicle. The guard is alive and recovering: police
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How to nurture neighbours in a lonely landscape
The belonging and membership that emerged organically in the past must now be nurtured intentionally, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
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Rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar explodes
Pulitzer winner Lamar accuses Drake, highest-grossing rapper in the world last year, of being a ‘colonizer’ of Black music and a pedophile
Posted inBooks
Q&A with the author of World’s Fastest Man*: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson
The sprinter should have kept his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and still be the fastest man in the world — without the asterisk
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‘Harry Potter’ author in hot seat again for gender views
The latest row on social media blew up last week after the Scottish government passed a law criminalizing hate speech
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McGill, Concordia sue Quebec over mandated tuition hike
McGill, Concordia fear a decline in enrollment following requirement that tuition for non-residents at anglophone universities will increase
Posted inThe Interview
Q&A with Ryan Keeping, on following Terry Fox’s footsteps
In April, Ryan Keeping will start a run across Canada to raise money for research. He aims to cover almost two marathons a day for 99 days