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The Globe's most memorable stories of 2018, as picked by Globe staff

A murder on the Prairies, a mogul superstar, a couple together until a peaceful, assisted end. These are our favourite reads from 2018. Perfect for your holiday downtime.

The holidays are a great time to catch up on the you missed throughout the year🎄🎁 From a mogul superstar to a couple together until the end, these are our most memorable stories from 2018, as picked by Globe staff.

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George and Shirley met in Halifax in 1944. He was in the Navy, she in the Air Force. Their first date was described as a fairy tale. The couple is one of a few in Canada to receive a doctor-assisted death together, and the first to speak about it publicly

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On a cold night in 2013, three people died in a house fire in a small town in Alberta. It soon became clear that it wasn’t an accident. Amid a tangle of odd theories and mounting evidence, disturbing clues led investigators to the killers and a dark truth

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The Globe’s Atlantic bureau chief is married, has two kids and needed to end a pregnancy. This is the best time in history to try to get an abortion in Nova Scotia, but as she discovered, it is basically impossible if you are less than 8 weeks pregnant

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Thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslims have been detained in a growing network of indoctrination centres as Beijing pushes to erase centuries of religious tradition. Nathan VanderKlippe reported from China’s Xinjiang region to tell this story

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Within moments of Eva’s birth, she was placed on her dad’s chest. Her father, business reporter Tim Kiladze, ended up taking 10 months of parental leave and in doing so experienced a chaotic, thankless realm most men never see

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In 2018, Canadian athletes set a record by winning 29 medals at the Olympics in South Korea. One of those medals was won by mogul skier , who won gold. The Globe’s interactive team took an in-depth look at why he is so good

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In March, Western Arts Correspondent Marsha Lederman wrote about how the movement has led to a reckoning in boardrooms. Ms. Lederman speaks to board members across the country and writes that, for them, looking the other way is no longer an option.

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