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That Jimothy has certainly scurried his way into the hearts of internet denizens. The collective social media cooing and escapist ruminations over a raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighbourhood have become a panacea for people trying to flee the dumpster fire that is the 24-hour news cycle. His Gollum-esque skitter across […]
My aunt texted me two weeks ago to say she got my book. She said she’d read it and pass it along to my cousin, adding that it was something to be proud of. I was chuffed. Almost eight months ago, Eerie Whispers: Exploring Canada’s Reluctant Relationship with Its Ghostly […]
When I was in Grade 9, Darlene Brownell asked me if I watched The X-Files. It was one of those lazy first days for us freshmen. We were all from different feeder schools, still getting used to each other. I think it was English class, and our teacher, Miss Madill, […]
My son has been talking a lot about God lately. And he’s asking me — an agnostic atheist — questions. You’re not laughing with me, I can gather, because you can’t hear my internal dialogue. I’m laughing at the irony. And flashing back to a scene from the 1990s sitcom […]
June 13, 2014 — A quiet announcement from the Vatican slipped almost unnoticed through the headlines, but its impact was anything but small: for the first time, the Catholic Church officially acknowledged the existence of spirits — ghosts included. What should have been a theological earthquake barely made a ripple. […]
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” — Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park Amidst the Christian nationalist-tinged chaos in the United States, Dallas lab denizens from Colossal Biosciences have decided to “de-extinct” a carnivore that died out […]
Warning: The following editorial is packed with pop culture references. Viewer discretion is advised. The world is what we make of it. It’s one of those lines that toxic-positivity enthusiasts love to spew into the aether. No matter how bad things get, they preach, we should “Always look on the […]
Courses in parapsychology have become as spectral as the phenomenon they teach. But, I somehow managed to earn myself a certificate in an introductory class to parapsychology. It’s nice to see experienced organizations teaching the history of parapsychology since more traditional institutions are dropping it from their programs. My course […]
A common marketing ploy used by realtors these days is the “Not Haunted” atop the curbside FOR SALE sign. Now, it was charming at first, especially in the case of the Middlesex County house, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. I mean, the Conjuring House in Rhode Island is just an […]
If you are a 1990s kid like me, some of your favourite memories revolve around Halloween. I especially love all the old Disney movies like Halloween Town and Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus was filmed in Salem, Mass. and I dreamed of going there my entire life. In 2016, I finally […]