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Click the play button below to listen to Tom Power's full conversation with Michael Schur on the podcast.

What does it mean to be a good person? Michael Schur attempts to answer that question in his witty and insightful book How to Be Perfect.

The TV writer and producer behind beloved sitcoms like Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine waded into the world of moral philosophy while researching his show, The Good Place.

After the series wrapped, he decided to share what he'd learned by wr

It doesn’t take long to spot the damage. From spinning blocks streaked with black spray paint to profanity scribbled on climbing structures, few surfaces are untouched.

As first reported by NNSL, the inclusive Jumpstart playground at Yellowknife’s Somba K’e Park – created to be accessible to children of all abilities – has been the target of repeated vandalism.

“Everybody needs to show up and say stop,” said Jason Butorac, an owner of Yellowknife’s Canadian Tire. He and wife Karen invested the

When an injury ended her varsity career shortly after it began, Chan, BA’12 (Sociology/French), had to reevaluate her post-grad plans of becoming a semi-pro basketball player. In her newfound spare time, she pursued a hobby that quickly turned into something more.

“I had always loved fashion, and I had all this extra time on my hands, so I started writing,” Chan said.

She began to consider a career in fashion journalism – a trajectory all but cemented when she learned that Western offered a co

From One Treaty Person to Another:

Armand Garnet Ruffo's Treaty #

Ruffo’s examination of history and the present walks the fine line of consistently unsettling the reader without ever coming across as hostile. In “The Claim,” the poet lays bare the image of a van that “scours the streets and alleys for the homeless in a land / that is home.” This despondent image of modern life, heavy with intimations of the lasting legacy of colonization, reverberates throughout the collection’s stories of ab

A treasured area amongst Londoners, the stories behind the buildings that give Old South its charms are as captivating as the area itself.

Located just a short walk south of the downtown core, the district stretches east from Wharncliffe Road South to Wellington Road, with the Deshkan Ziibi / Antler River / Thames River creating the northern border and Commissioners Road enclosing the south edge. Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the land was inhabited by Indigenous peoples, especially