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Capturing life in the shadows of Canada’s largest oil refinery

The Cloud Factory — Growing up on the fringes of Saint John, New Brunswick, the Irving Oil Refinery was ever present for photographer Chris Donovan. His new photobook explores its lingering impacts on the city’s landscape and people.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

An indigenous mountaineer and triathlete search for healing in the backcountry

Athletes Adam Campbell and Sandy Ward cross paths along their healing journeys in this beautiful film from Breaking Trails, a new online series from The GORE-TEX Brand.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Huck HQ

Life on the edge of Canada’s eastern shores

Melinda Blauvelt’s intimate photos of a small fishing village in New Brunswick offer a look inside a way of life that is quickly receding into the past.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Photos giving a rare glimpse inside Hutterite colonies

Away from the world — Since 2009, photographer Tim Smith has been documenting a small Christian sect in the hope of addressing the stigma and stereotypes which surrounds this community.

  • Culture
  • Huck

The criminal lawyer who was outed as a sex worker

How to rebuild — Nadia Guo’s professional reputation was wrecked by Canadian tabloids, forcing her to rebuild her life from the bottom up.

  • Activism
  • Victoria Chan

Out in the wild with Canada’s off-grid communities

Life in Yellowknife — Shacks, houseboats, and extreme weather: photographer Pat Kane shares a glimpse of his rollercoaster life as a Yellowknife resident.

  • Photography
  • Pat Kane

Surreal snapshots of Canadian city life

Weird in Winnipeg — Karen Asher’s ‘ambiguous and chaotic’ photography offers a new perspective on life in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • Photography
  • Karen Asher

Does nature free creativity? Find out in Canada's wilderness

A digital detox in Algonquin Park — In this new short film, members of the Huck team tested the ‘Three-Day Effect’ with First Dates' Fred Sirieix.

  • Film
  • D'Arcy Doran

The war photographer who reinvented himself off-the-grid

Processing trauma — Rafal Gerszak had to witness war in order to document history, but it almost cost him his life. Out in the wild of Canada’s north, he found his way back from the brink.

  • Magazine
  • Andrea Kurland

The female artists taking inspiration from ancient erotic poems

Happy Valentine's Day — In 2017, there are still many parts of the world where celebrating female lust is an act of revolt in itself. These international artists find inspiration in ancient Arab poems to render radical love.

  • Art
  • Marta Bausells

Tackling porn addiction: a musician speaks up

An artificial intimacy — For Jesse Mac Cormack, the world of online porn can be seductive in all the wrong ways: a source of disconnection that messes with your brain and alters expectations in the bedroom.

  • Music
  • Cian Traynor

Capturing the strength of Canada's indigenous women

Strong, resilient, beautiful — The family members of Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, captured by Canadian photographer Jon Adaskin.

  • Photography
  • Khadija Ahmed

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