From Marineland’s last orca to COVID’s urban-rural divide, we’ve selected some of the best long reads of the week on thestar.com. Sign up for the Weekend Long Reads newsletter to get them delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. In a neighbouring tank, several of the theme park’s belugas swim together, separated from the orca by decorative rocks and metal gates. Researchers say Kiska is the only captive orca in the world in this predicament, living in total isolation on public display. He was the poster child for Toronto’s newest law school.

Source: thestar December 11, 2021 12:04 UTC