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Chrystia Freeland: Carney Was Right to End Trade Talks with Trump

The former NAFTA negotiator argues that giving ground only makes the president demand more

yesterday 10

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Wendy Kaur

YouTube Influencers Are Cashing In on Alberta Separatism

The payouts run into the tens of thousands. Some creators don’t even live in the province

yesterday 10

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Emma Paling

The Cosmos Brought Back My Ex. Did It Also Give Me Cancer?

What my first love taught me about a terminal diagnosis

saturday 10

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Ellen Vanstone

Calling All Readers: Do You Struggle to Stay Focused?

The internet is full of tips on how to pay attention. Our advice columnist wants to hear yours

09.10.2026 10

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The Walrus Staff

Nonfiction Is Struggling. Publishers Are Making It Worse

The industry faults readers for declining sales, but its own decisions are to blame

09.10.2026 10

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Tajja Isen

Trump’s Real Genius Is Selling Himself as a Dealmaker

What he won in Greenland falls well short of his boasts—and offers Canada a lesson in holding firm

08.10.2026 4

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Peter Jones

Quebec Wants Artificial Intelligence. Just Not on America’s Terms

Local developers are building medical tools that follow the province’s rules and speak its language

08.10.2026 20

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Toula Drimonis

Europe Isn’t a Quick Fix for Canada’s Trade Crisis

A partnership still needs twenty-seven countries to agree. And then there’s the ex to deal with

08.10.2026 10

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Cameron McNeill

Alberta’s Separatists Are Auditioning to Be the Fifty-First State

They promise freedom from Ottawa while courting a US president who wants the province on his map

07.10.2026 4

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Max Cameron

The Canadian Connection: 150 Years of the Telephone

Season 5/Episode 3 – English Transcript

07.10.2026 10

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Allô, le Canada? 150 ans de téléphone

Season 5/Episode 3 – French Transcript

07.10.2026 10

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One Year On, Gaza’s Ceasefire Deal Remains Stalled

Despite Israel and Hamas signing an agreement, Palestinians are no closer to rebuilding their lives

07.10.2026 40

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Samia Madwar

Canada Has a New Apple. Its Story Is Bananas

The Sunpunch features tropical notes and twenty-five years of research and testing

07.10.2026 10

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Andrew Seale

Patricia Lockwood Is Figuring It Out as She Goes

The viral poet and Booker judge talks her new book, finding inspiration in group chats, and not knowing how to cross the street

06.10.2026 10

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Ariella Garmaise

Quebec Just Became Carney’s Latest Headache

The PQ’s return opens another front for a prime minister already managing a fractured country

06.10.2026 20

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Alex Cool-Fergus

The PQ Wins Election, Setting Up a New Fight over Quebec Separation

St-Pierre Plamondon takes office determined to put independence back to a vote

05.10.2026 10

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Philippe J. Fournier

Is It Treason to Ask America to Help Break Up Canada?

The growing relationship between Alberta separatists and US political actors demands a response

05.10.2026 10

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Stewart Prest

Carney Wants to Privatize Airports. It’s a Terrible Idea

Be ready to pay more for everything

05.10.2026 20

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Isaac Peltz

Pierre Poilievre’s Alberta Problem

The separatist movement is putting the Conservatives Party’s loyalties—and its rhetoric—to the test

05.10.2026 20

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Claire Porter Robbins

New in New York, I Walked Everywhere—Even Fifty Blocks Away

For six months, I didn’t take the subway

03.10.2026 20

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Zalika Reid-Benta

Jack Austin’s $25,000 Gift Opens The Walrus’s Seventh Regional Bureau, in British Columbia

The former senator becomes the first individual Canadian to fund the launch of one of our bureaus

02.10.2026 10

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The Walrus Staff

Quebec Sovereigntists Are Back. This Time They’re All Young

The new separatists were barely born the last time the province came close to leaving Canada

02.10.2026 20

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Caitlin Walsh Miller

Why Is Joan Barfoot’s First Novel Catching Fire Fifty Years Later?

The cult classic about a woman who deserts her family is more relevant than ever

02.10.2026 20

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Emily Donaldson

An American Company Could Soon Be Handling Your Financial Data

Moneris manages one in three Canadian payments. US private equity is buying it

02.10.2026 100

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Renée Sylvestre-Williams

Canada Is Building Its Own Military Satellite Network. The US Still Holds the Keys

Space sovereignty won’t be easy when so much of the infrastructure remains American

01.10.2026 10

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Wes O’donnell

Alberta’s Referendum Fails Every Democratic Test We Have

Danielle Smith’s ten-question ballot doesn’t just measure discontent with Canada. It helps manufacture it

01.10.2026 10

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Patrick Lennox

The Weather Network Is Canada’s Most Trusted Media. What’s It Doing Right?

Its success complicates everything we think we know about objectivity

01.10.2026 20

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Tom Jokinen

No One Told Me I Was at High Risk for Breast Cancer

It took years to learn just how vulnerable I was

01.10.2026 20

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Kelly S. Thompson

Under Carney, Canada Is Cooling on Reconciliation

Three experts on the need to keep challenging denialism

30.09.2026 10

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Niigaan Sinclair

She Died in a Residential School and Was Buried in Secret

It took eighty-three years to bring Denise Boucher home

30.09.2026 30

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Pat Kane

New Brunswick’s Trade Ties with Maine Could Sway the US Midterms

The province holds economic leverage over Republican senator Susan Collins’s re-election fight

29.09.2026 20

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Trevor Corkum

Bestselling Novelist Dropped from Major Prize over Suspected AI Use

The Thélyson Orélien controversy raises new questions about whether detection software can be trusted

28.09.2026 10

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Steven Beattie

How St-Pierre Plamondon Learned to Stop Worrying and Blame Immigrants

The Parti Québécois leader built his comeback on the bigotry he once condemned

28.09.2026 50

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Martin Patriquin

Wild Buffalo Make a Comeback on the Canadian Plains

Herds are returning to lands they haven’t roamed in generations

26.09.2026 30

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Neil Griffin

The Billionaires Are Winning

They don’t just have more money. They have more power over politics, technology, and the rest of us

25.09.2026 20

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Vikram Nijhawan

Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie

Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis

25.09.2026 40

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Patrick Lennox

Bullied by the US, Canada Has a History of Reaching Out to Europe

The strategy hasn’t always paid off. Will it for Carney?

25.09.2026 10

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Kim Richard Nossal

Inside the Heartbreaking World of the Grandparent Scam

The investigative report you need to share with your family

24.09.2026 30

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Harley Rustad

Scammers Pretending to Be Grandchildren Are Robbing the Elderly

A made-up family emergency. A desperate call. And a fraud designed to make you believe every word

24.09.2026 40

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Rachel Browne

Canada’s $180 Billion Defence Buildup Is Already Out of Date

Warfare is changing faster than Ottawa’s procurement system can keep up

23.09.2026 30

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Stewart Leckie

A Living Agreement: Treaty 6 at 150

Season 5/Episode 2 – English Transcript

23.09.2026 90

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Un traité toujours vivant : le Traité no 6, 150 ans plus tard

Season 5/Episode 2 – French Transcript

23.09.2026 20

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Nova Scotia Shut Down Libraries. Then Things Got Ugly

Premier Tim Houston’s cuts to cultural funding have ignited a backlash his government can’t seem to shake

23.09.2026 20

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Trevor Corkum

Alberta Referendum Who’s Who: The Major Players and How They’re Connected

Keeping track of those angling for separation—and the groups pushing back

22.09.2026 50

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The Walrus Staff

What Americans Get Wrong about Canada

Our closest neighbour has never really understood us

22.09.2026 30

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Paul Theroux

Carney’s Splashy Investment Summit Is Over. Now He Has to Deliver

Forget the pitchbook. What matters is what actually gets built

21.09.2026 10

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Gregory Jack

Inside the BC Conservatives’ Spectacular Implosion

How Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s turbulent leadership led to a caucus exodus and her own resignation

21.09.2026 20

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Rebecca Gao

Canada Is Fracturing. That’s Why We’re Focusing on Local Stories

Our latest issue goes inside Alberta’s upheaval and what you may be missing in other communities

21.09.2026 30

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Get Your Squishmallows Out of My Kid’s Scholastic Book Catalogue

The fairs used to encourage children to read. Now they make them want to shop

21.09.2026 30

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Michelle Cyca

Pierre Poilievre’s Great Unravelling

He looked destined to become prime minister. Now he’s struggling to find his place in Carney’s Canada

21.09.2026 50

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Lori Turnbull