''The Week'' was a seminal

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published between 1883 and 1896. It was subtitled as ''Canadian Journal of Politics, Society and Literature'', and it was "Canada's leading political and literary periodical". The magazine was headquartered in

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. Prominent contributors included poet Charles G. D. Roberts; journalist and novelist

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; and political critic and intellectual

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. Smith also edited the magazine.

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