This article is part of A\J’s web series Night School.
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Disasters Foretold: Northern Gateway Spill Forecast
Because the Night
THE NIGHT SKY is the biggest idea we know. It’s reality. You can’t run away from it. Pick any historical culture and you’ll find some kind of lore about the sky. The Greeks may have named Orion and his belt, but it is Kulkunbulla to the aboriginal Australians, or Shen […]
Louis Helbig: Sunken Villages
Canada has had its share of massive, global-scale industrial development, including the Alberta oil sands and the James Bay Hydroelectric Project. The construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958 was one of the biggest industrial projects of its time. The US$470-million project, meant to open the Great Lakes to […]
Sage Advice
FRESH HERBS are a wonderful addition to salads, soups and dishes of all kinds. Growing your favourites at home is inexpensive and convenient, but does require a little TLC. We asked a trio of Canadian gardening experts for their top indoor growing tips.
9 Ways to Curb Light Pollution
AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES in darkness, our eyes become up to 30 times more sensitive than they are to bright light. After about a half hour, they become 100,000 times as sensitive.
Slow Trains Mean More Planes and Automobiles
When it comes to high-speed rail in Canada, there is only one statistic that matters: Canada is currently the only G8 country to not have a high-speed rail network. For a dominion founded on a transcontinental railway (an incredible feat of engineering) and featuring a famous passenger train on the […]
Streetlights? Who Needs ‘Em!
I am lucky to live in the heart of the city, where I can walk or bike to work and play, and I’m only a hop and a skip away from a provincial park where I can lose myself in the woods and lakes for days. What I cannot escape […]
They Only Come Out at Night: Photo Gallery & Video
Joshua See’s photos accompanied Burton Lim’s article in the Night issue about bat research in Guyana, They Only Come Out at Night. Here are more of See’s shots, featuring some other rainforest creatures.
Flare Fatale
Oh, and the night, the night, when the wind full of cosmic spaceGnaws at our faces – R. M. Rilke, Duino Elegies (trans. Leslie P. Gartner) IF WE CONSIDER the phenomenon of solar flares, Rilke’s description of how cosmic winds sometimes blow in our faces is surprisingly true. Atmospheric auroras, the […]
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