Loud sounds are ubiquitous in the workplace. From the relentless racket of machinery at factories and warehouses, to the incessant drone of voices and equipment in offices, restaurants and retail ...

A sound artist listens for quiet in Grasslands National Park A pale dome of light is spreading in the eastern sky. Gordon Hempton hits the gas. The eyes of rabbits and deer glint in the headlights, ...

With six novels behind him, five works of non-fiction, one play in print and one in production, Toíbín, going strong at 55, is briefly interrupting the flow to promote his second collection of ...

Manitoba · Opinion Sound of silence increasingly rare as noise pollution rises Background music, blaring movie theatre sound, omnipresent headphones make silence a luxury, says Jo Davies ...

Take note as you focus on the different sounds what happens inside of you. If anything changes as you bring the sound forward, you may become distracted until you tune it out again.