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Anne Thériault

Anne Thériault

UC Observer

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The surprising science behind miracles

How an an inexplicable healing led one Canadian doctor to discover where medicine ends and miracles begin

08.05.2025 9

UC Observer

Anne Thériault

The rise of the religious influencer

In Robertson Davies’ 1970 novel, Fifth Business, the eccentric saint enthusiast Dunstan Ramsay reflects on the significance of canonization, noting...

18.10.2024 1

UC Observer

Anne Thériault

Kingston United church’s plan to host sleeping cabins in limbo

Allan Baer had his first brush with activism was in 1973, in his hometown of Kitchener, Ont., when he tried to persuade city council not to scrap...

30.09.2024 3

UC Observer

Anne Thériault

Uncertainty clouds future of tiny cabins for Kingston’s unhoused

“I’m old. I’m cranky. I’ve been here for two and a half years now.” This is how Ron Durston introduces himself. The 69-year-old lives in one...

09.09.2024 1

UC Observer

Anne Thériault

Stop Panicking about Your Kid’s Screen Time

B efore the pandemic, my son didn’t get much screen time. We didn’t own a television, and long days of school and work meant that dinner, homework,...

29.07.2024 1

The Walrus

Anne Thériault

Beheading Virgin Mary statue proved a point about gender equality

Earlier this month in Linz, Austria, vandals beheaded a controversial sculpture of the Virgin Mary. The piece was part of a modern art installation...

25.07.2024 3

UC Observer

Anne Thériault