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East End Girls

Photos by Rick Indeo. Styled by Charlie Indeo. Full story

Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight

Mik Mann is the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa lookalike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives out in Port Alberni, a pretty remote town on Vancouver Island where he grows medicinal weed from… Full story

Syrian Rebels Are Getting Serious Help from a House in Suburban Ontario

The Syrian Support Group is doing a tremendous amount of work to help organize the Free Syrian Army, mainly through Skype and Paypal. One of the group's founders, Louay Sakka, works out of his home in Oakville, Ontario, and we called him to learn what the group's been doing latel… Full story

Some Photographs from the All About Pets Show

After 20 years, the All About Pets Show remains Canada's largest pet convention. Our pal Nathan Cyprys went out to take photos of all the cute animals and their weird owners. He spent his time being surrounded by howling kids and animals and he loved it. Full story

The Company Helping Movie Studios Sue You for Illegal Downloading Has Been Using Images Without Permission

Canipre, the company in question, has written "they all know it's wrong and they're still doing it." Referring to copyright theft. On top of an image that they are using without the permission of the copyright holder. On their official website. Whoops! Full story

A JPEG Interview with Douglas Coupland

Author Douglas Coupland is pretty tired of email interviews, and who can blame him? To keep things fresh, Nadja Sayej interviewed him with JPEGs of handwritten questions, and Douglas responded in kind. Full story

Montreal’s Food Truck Plan Is a Symbolic 'Screw You' to Poor People and Immigrants

As those who are attentive to gastronomic rumblings in Canada are doubtless already aware, a few weeks ago it was announced that Montreal is finally lifting its 60-odd year ban on street food, although it is doing it in a way that is as perversely overregulated and ass-backward a… Full story

Hamilton Is a Paradise

Hamilton, the land of Canada's finest confederate flag waving BBQ restaurant, is a veritable paradise. We sent our pal Kelly Nguyen out to photograph its numerous wonders. Full story

Trampoline Parties and Burning Cars: The Photography of Carl Heindl

Carl has the unique ability to strain the best parts of life through his camera and pull out dark and gritty images that make everything seem much more interesting than it actually is. He also manages to be very lucky when it comes to being at the right place at the right time, a… Full story

Can MDMA Cure PTSD?

Trials Are Set to Begin in Vancouver

Last year, a study showed that MDMA works like a therapeutic catalyst. Patients’ scores when measuring common PTSD symptoms such as anxiety, paranoia, nightmares and depression, consistently dropped by over 75 percent. A new study in Vancouver is set to begin, though not without… Full story