by Inori Roy As the city runs out of burial space, a series of boardroom and legal battles in the booming bereavement industry could determine the future of death in Toronto. In a corner of the basement of the Humphrey Funeral Home—a red-brick building with white columns in a wealthy North Toronto neighbourhood—is a nondescript Read More…
How did a cemetery group amass $1.2 billion in assets—and so much power? by Inori Roy This story was originally published as “Death and the Salesmen” by our friends at The Local. It has been reprinted here with permission. In a corner of the basement of the Humphrey Funeral Home—a red-brick building with white columns Read More…
This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current. For much of my life, I thought the line between alive and dead was irrefutable. During the ten years I worked as a paramedic in the Toronto area, I saw the body as simple: oxygen flowed into lungs, was absorbed Read More…
Why an increasing number of young people are writing their wills and arranging their funerals by Sam Juric Morgan Harrietha was sixteen when she gathered around the kitchen table with her brother and father to plan for the one thing in life she knew would happen: her death. Three years before, Harrietha’s mother had come Read More…
by Bardia Sinaee Generative AI is mechanizing writing itself. Is poetry far behind? In November 2022, OpenAI released a free research preview of ChatGPT, a large language model that identifies patterns in a vast collection of data to teach itself how to generate human-like responses to user prompts—a prediction machine for language. The prediction power Read More…
Machines are putting out astonishingly human writing. What does that mean for the future of art? by Carmine Starnino Illustration by Celina Gallardo This story was originally published as “Poetry & digital personhood” by our friends at The New Criterion. It has been reprinted here with permission. When a book of brazenly surrealistic poetry and Read More…
Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions by Kevin Patterson Illustration by Kyle Scott What goes into a Nanaimo bar? Answer: a Hells Angel, a bouncer, Read More…
11KVIEWS (Natural News) The founder of the leading Hispanic food brand says that the Western globalist elite has unleashed an “evil” plan on billions of people in order to exert infinite control over them. Bob Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods, said during an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that the “New World Order” cultists Read More…
