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How the Fear of Trump Is Helping Quebec Sovereignty

The US president is making independence look rational in an unpredictable world

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Éric Blais

The Squamish Nation’s Impossibly Simple Solution to Vancouver’s Housing Crisis

Freed from zoning restrictions, Sen̓áḵw will add 6,000 new homes to the city

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Alex mayyasi

Bad as Trump Is, What Follows Him May Be Worse

The fight to define MAGA’s future is turning ugly—and more extreme

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Kyle volpi hiebert

Trump Says “A Whole Civilization Will Die.” Experts See a War Spinning Out of Control

The lack of a coherent strategy on Iran is impossible to ignore

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Various Contributors

An Exclusive Excerpt from Yann Martel’s New Novel, Son of Nobody

A scholar’s encounter with broken Greek pottery uncovers a forgotten Trojan story

tuesday 8

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Yann Martel

Why Your Credit Card Is a National Security Threat

Every Visa and Mastercard purchase runs through a US network that can be weaponized against Canada

tuesday 10

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Vass Bednar

A Daring US Rescue in Iran Highlights a War Going Sideways

Saving two airmen was a tactical success in a conflict with no clear path to victory

06.04.2026 5

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Wesley Wark

Why Pierre Poilievre Suddenly Won’t Stop Talking

The dam has burst. Rigid messaging is ending. Long live the give-and-take of conversation

06.04.2026 10

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Paul Wells

The US Torpedoed an Unarmed Ship. Who Are the Good Guys Again?

The destruction of the Iranian IRIS Dena was a warning about what American power has become

06.04.2026 10

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Patrick Lennox

Weekly Quiz: Algorithmic Warfare, Data Centre Demands, and Gender Scrutiny in Sport

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday

04.04.2026 9

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Ketsia Beboua

How “Casino Shifts” Help ER Doctors Work into the Night and Save Lives

When you’re understaffed and overwhelmed, you have to catch the right signs—and some luck

04.04.2026 10

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Brian goldman

Rum Before Breakfast? How a Tropical Spirit Took Hold of New Brunswick

Maritime colonies ran on liquor revenues, and booze helped water down workers’ wages

03.04.2026 8

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Allan greer

The HarperCollins “Canadian Classics” Is an American Side Hustle

A new reprint line is marketed as a tribute to Canadian literature but folded into a larger US campaign

03.04.2026 6

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Steven Beattie

And the Fish in the Tide

I’ll be / waiting by the water at our table in the shade

02.04.2026 8

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Phillip Crymble

A New Sled Dog Race in the Yukon Tries to Save a Fading Sport

The Yukon Odyssey offers a smaller, more sustainable model as long-distance contests struggle

02.04.2026 10

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Trina Moyles

Data Centres Are on Track to Wreck the Planet. Can We Stop Them?

They will guzzle more water and power than the world can afford—for an AI video of your cat as an astronaut

02.04.2026 10

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Jeremy Thomas Gilmer

The War Against Misinformation Is Over. The Lies Won

New research suggests people know images and headlines are false but share them anyway

01.04.2026 7

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Justin Ling

With the Artemis II Mission, the Lunar Land Grab Begins

The moon once belonged to everyone. Soon it will belong to the rich

01.04.2026 20

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Michelle Cyca

By Choking the Strait of Hormuz, Iran Found America’s Weak Spot

A former US diplomat explains how Tehran is using a narrow trade lane to inflict global pain

01.04.2026 10

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Vikram Nijhawan

Why Does Ottawa Keep Funding Fake Canadian Companies?

Foreign-controlled firms qualify for billions in public contracts under loose procurement rules

31.03.2026 20

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Vass Bednar

The Man Who Put AI at the Centre of America’s War Machine

Drew Cukor wanted to prevent US forces from accidentally killing civilians. It’s already going wrong

31.03.2026 30

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Katrina manson

NDP Leader Avi Lewis Wants to Reverse Carney’s Immigration Cuts

The prime minister has created a deportation system that rivals the US, the new party chief says

31.03.2026 10

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Diary Marif

The Olympics Anti-Trans Policy Is Really about Policing Women

Here’s one more barrier men won’t have to face

30.03.2026 9

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Mel Woods

I Had the Literary Scoop of the Year. The New York Times Stole It from Me

My reporting on the AI-generated Shy Girl became a global headline, but I was reduced to a footnote

30.03.2026 8

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Thad mcilroy

Avi Lewis Wins Leadership of the Federal NDP on First Ballot

The longtime activist now faces the hard task of rebuilding the party and re-engaging disaffected voters

29.03.2026 20

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Alex Cool-Fergus

Weekly Quiz: Art Activism, Superpower Strategy, and Evolving Energy Policy

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday

28.03.2026 10

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Ketsia Beboua

I Found Out the Truth of the “Most Haunted House in Canada”

What our enduring fascination with ghosts says about us

28.03.2026 10

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Ann mcdougall

I Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone

The world will need to adjust to a less dominant United States

27.03.2026 7

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Thomas a. bernes

Tiffany

In the moment that followed the big announcement, our tangled histories were now more pronounced

27.03.2026 10

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Julie Mannell

After Intense Lobbying, Carney Allows Gas-Powered Data Centres in Alberta

Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector

27.03.2026 30

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Taylor C. Noakes

The Walrus Debate: Can Politics be Civil Again?

Three parties. One debate. Join us in Calgary or online.

26.03.2026 10

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The Walrus Lab

Wish You Were Here

Paint’s a skin / and then it’s a sinking dream / for the gaze

26.03.2026 10

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Sadiqa De Meijer

The Doctor Behind One of Canada’s First MAID Deaths Speaks Out

Ian Ball was among the earliest to administer the procedure. He recalls the anxiety ten years later

26.03.2026 10

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Kevin andrew heslop

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is All Fury, No Strategy

Even the most powerful predator should know there are limits to how far its military can stretch

25.03.2026 10

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Michael Ignatieff

“The Cruelty Right Now Is Horrific”: A Veteran Reporter Recalls Her Most Challenging Assignments

Michelle Shephard has written from Guantánamo, Somalia, and Sudan. How does she cope with the violence she uncovers?

25.03.2026 30

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Nathan Whitlock

I Flew Across the Country to Look at the Most Controversial Work of Art in Canada

Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?

24.03.2026 20

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Ariella Garmaise

Manitoba Moves Against Retailers Charging Different Prices for the Same Goods

The bill would outlaw using personal data to determine what customers pay—a first in Canada

23.03.2026 10

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Carmine Starnino

Ontario Schools Are Getting More Violent. Don’t Blame the Kids

Ford’s Conservatives have spent the last eight years stripping the education system of resources

23.03.2026 20

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Kunal Chaudhary

Weekly Quiz: Falls, Forced Disappearances, and the False Face of Albertan Identity

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday

21.03.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

What Happens When Chatbots Get a Body?

We might not get The Terminator, but autonomous machines will disrupt life as we know it

21.03.2026 20

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Ibrahim j. gedeon

The Sad State of 24 Sussex Says a Lot about Canada’s Cheapness

Ottawa’s reluctance to fix the prime minister’s crumbling residence betrays a country afraid to invest in itself

20.03.2026 20

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David Moscrop

Media Barons Are Cutting Back, but The Walrus Can’t Afford To

Jeff Bezos is robbing the Washington Post of political bite. Our goal is to leave a mark

20.03.2026 20

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Carmine Starnino

Frankenstein Taught Me the Classics Are Alive, They’re Really Alive!

The books are seen as difficult and unrelatable. But there’s a reason they endure

20.03.2026 30

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Maggie yang

Canada Is Ramping Up Deportations, with 400 a Week

A focus on criminality has echoes of the early immigration crackdown under Trump

20.03.2026 30

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George Abraham

I Love the Em Dash—Too Bad If AI Does Too

I won’t abandon the controversial punctuation mark just to prove I’m human

19.03.2026 40

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Mihika Agarwal

What I Learned from Breaking My Pelvis for the Second Time

After a freak fall, I’m rethinking the balance between independence and safety

19.03.2026 20

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Sandra martin

How Alberta’s Separatist Movement Could Shake North America

The resentments, politics, and risks behind their push to leave Canada

19.03.2026 30

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Christopher hernandez-roy

How to Say No—And Feel Good about It

We’re uber-connected and uber-tired. Turning things down has become an urgent skill

18.03.2026 30

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Courtney Shea

Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy

The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality

18.03.2026 40

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Timothy Caulfield

How Will the Iran War End? Even Trump May Not Really Know

As the conflict drags on, it looks increasingly like the president is making it up as he goes

17.03.2026 20

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Peter Jones