Alberta’s Referendum Fails Every Democratic Test We Have | The Walrus
The Walrusby Patrick Lennox10d ago
Right now, a central tenet of how Canadians govern themselves is being contested by Alberta premier Danielle Smith.
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The Walrusby Kelly S. Thompson10d ago
In 2013, one of the most famous women in the world revealed that she was having a double mastectomy, despite not having cancer.
The Weather Network Is Canada’s Most Trusted Media. What’s It Doing Right? | The Walrus
The Walrusby Tom Jokinen10d ago
For the fourth consecutive year, Canadians’ most trusted media isn’t the CBC, CTV, or the Globe and Mail.
Under Carney, Canada Is Cooling on Reconciliation | The Walrus
The Walrusby Niigaan Sinclair11d ago
Kimberly Murray is a lawyer who served as executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2010 to 2015.
She Died in a Residential School and Was Buried in Secret | The Walrus
The Walrusby Pat Kane11d ago
This story contains details about residential schools that some readers may find disturbing. A simple hand-crafted wooden box with a painted pink fireweed and wild rose lays beneath the ground at a...
New Brunswick’s Trade Ties with Maine Could Sway the US Midterms | The Walrus
The Walrusby Trevor Corkum12d ago
Before 9/11, it was easy for most New Brunswickers to pop across the border to Maine to buy groceries or gas or to shop for discount clothing at an L. L. Bean outlet perhaps.
Bestselling Novelist Dropped from Major Prize over Suspected AI Use | The Walrus
The Walrusby Steven Beattie13d ago
Another day, another author accused of using artificial intelligence to create fiction. This time, the controversy surrounds C’était ça ou mourir, the first novel by Haitian Canadian author...
How St-Pierre Plamondon Learned to Stop Worrying and Blame Immigrants | The Walrus
The Walrusby Martin Patriquin13d ago
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has a dim view of the province he wishes to make a country.
Wild Buffalo Make a Comeback on the Canadian Plains | The Walrus
The Walrusby Neil Griffin15d ago
In one of my first memories, we are driving in the Canadian Rockies in winter. Thick beds of cloud congeal in mountain cirques, mingling with the snowpack, white on white swirling together like a...
The Billionaires Are Winning | The Walrus
The Walrusby Vikram Nijhawan16d ago
In the first season of HBO’s drama series Succession, media baron Logan Roy awaits a phone call from the president of the United States.
Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
The Walrusby Patrick Lennox16d ago
We must now acknowledge that a contagion is infecting the Canadian polity. This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our...
Bullied by the US, Canada Has a History of Reaching Out to Europe | The Walrus
The Walrusby Kim Richard Nossal16d ago
Canada has had deep connections to Europe for a very long time. These offer us enduring guideposts.
Inside the Heartbreaking World of the Grandparent Scam | The Walrus
The Walrusby Harley Rustad18d ago
I’ve told my parents many times: I will never call them asking for money. If someone does—even if the person claims I’m in trouble, even if the voice sounds exactly like me—it almost certainly is a...
Canada’s $180 Billion Defence Buildup Is Already Out of Date | The Walrus
The Walrusby Stewart Leckie18d ago
Canada is about to spend more on defence than any living Canadian has planned for. We have $180 billion in procurement over ten years, a new agency to run the buying, ten named sovereign...
A Living Agreement: Treaty 6 at 150 | The Walrus
The Walrusby The Walrus Lab18d ago
One hundred and fifty years ago, First Nations leaders and representatives of the Crown gathered on the Prairies to negotiate Treaty 6. But what was written down was only part of the agreement.
Nova Scotia Shut Down Libraries. Then Things Got Ugly | The Walrus
The Walrusby Trevor Corkum18d ago
Geoff Ball’s arrest video is shocking. From a small crowd of protesters, the eighty-year-old is grabbed by two young Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers.
What Americans Get Wrong about Canada | The Walrus
The Walrusby Paul Theroux19d ago
Twenty-eight-year-old Robert Louis Stevenson was in what he called “an immigrant train” travelling from New York to California. He was hurrying to meet his lover in San Francisco.
Alberta Referendum Who’s Who: The Major Players and How They’re Connected | The Walrus
The Walrusby The Walrus Staff19d ago
The Politicians Jason Kenney, former UCP leader and Alberta premier Kenney tried to keep the separatist movement “appeased” but resigned in 2022 after a contentious United Conservative Party (UCP)...
Inside the BC Conservatives’ Spectacular Implosion | The Walrus
The Walrusby Rebecca Gao20d ago
Since August 14, fourteen members of British Columbia’s legislative assembly have left or reportedly been expelled from the Conservative caucus.
Carney’s Splashy Investment Summit Is Over. Now He Has to Deliver | The Walrus
The Walrusby Gregory Jack20d ago
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney officially got down to business with over 100 investors representing trillions of dollars in capital to Toronto for a one-day summit on attracting $1 trillion...