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Denise Balkissoon
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Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.

(Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
Accessible and actually quite engaging given the subject matter. Ignore goofy cover and focus on the specific anxiety of being a parent in the year 2025!
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Is there a way to stop your eyes watering when it's -20 outside
If no
Is there a way to stop all the eye water causing a rash
If no
Is there a way to switch to a rash-free head when needed
February 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I did it, I made it happen
January 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Vass Bednar's Regs to Riches is one of the most approachable policy hot takes in Canada. Here she is on why wooing foreign grocers won't solve our competition problem: Loblaws et al are hardly just "grocers" anymore www.regs2riches.com/p/lob-lament...
February 11, 2024 at 11:46 PM
January 11, 2024 at 2:51 AM
As is
December 18, 2023 at 1:18 AM
I, a coastal elite except not on a coast, spent $9.25 on this "trout pate with port wine" and it tastes like literal nothing, a bland mush akin to the bland jarred mush my baby always refused to eat, except four times as expensive.
November 23, 2023 at 5:59 PM
In amazing news, it's not being fat. Also revolution, obviously
October 24, 2023 at 1:14 PM
quintuple speed? indeed
September 15, 2023 at 1:13 AM