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How Canada Gains from America’s Brain Drain

A $1.7 billion federal program is attracting leading minds from Harvard, MIT, and more

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Yusur Al-Sharqi

Trump Has His Finger on Canada’s Kill Switch

Patriotic defiance means little if Washington can shut off the systems we need

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Stewart Prest

Drowned Towns, Lost Ships: A Spooky History of Lake Ontario

The unknown is alive in those dark waters

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Mark Leslie

I’m Watching the US Midterms from Canada. I’m Not Feeling Safe

I came of age during Vietnam and watched Watergate unfold. This election frightens me in ways neither did

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Michael Shenker

The Real Reason We Hate MFAs

Writing can’t be taught, say some. Writing programs are for rich kids, say others. No and no

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Thea Lim

How a Puppet Play About a Lost Child Gave Me Release from the Grief of War

I wrote a tale about Ramla, a little girl who searches for her family after they disappear

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Nehal El-Hadi

Trudeau’s Defiance of Trump Set the Stage for Carney

He saw through American designs and called out the president when few other nations dared to

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David Olive

Europe Scraps Offer to Make Canada an Associate Member

An invitation to deepen the relationship has become a dispute over what to call it

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Hans Casteels

Other People’s Houses

In these moments, it feels like anything is possible. Anything at all

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Rebecca Peng

The Billionaire Problem Has Only One Solution: A Wealth Tax

“It is beyond grotesque that a group of men who could fit in a golf buggy own more than the poorest half of humanity”

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Linda McQuaig

What Alberta’s Separatists Can Learn from Newfoundland

The province knows the pull of independence and the compromises that make Canada work

28.10.2026 9

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Jeff Collins

The North’s Vanishing Caribou

To help save the once-thriving Bathurst herd, Indigenous groups confront problems of overhunting

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Pat Kane

Are Immigrants Really to Blame for Canada’s Housing Crisis?

We’re far too eager to pin high prices on newcomers. It doesn’t get to the root of the problem

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Jennifer Elrick

The Conservative Surge Reshaping Quebec Politics

The PQ win dominated headlines, but one young nationalist argues the election was about something bigger than separation

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Carmine Starnino

Mejuri Promised Affordable Luxury. Then the Jewellery Giant Lost Its Shine

Scratching the surface of a retail empire built on dainty chains and cutesy charms

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Kathy Chow

BC’s Conservatives Got the Last Laugh

The NDP wanted a bigger mandate. Voters delivered a brutal correction

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Doug Firby

How to Protect Your Family from Predatory Scams

Our latest print issue delivers the kind of stories you send to everyone you love

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The Love Story of Doug Ford and Mark Carney

Their anti-Trump bromance is paying off politically. What Canadians get out of it is harder to say

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Drew Nelles

Billionaire Nerds Want to End Democracy

How ultra-wealthy fascists will replace nations with corporate city-states

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Gil Durán

The BC Snap Election Is Uniquely Demoralizing

With all the defections and new parties, do voters know who stands for what?

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Michelle Cyca

Canada’s Giant Leap: The Canadarm2 Mission

Season 5/Episode 4 – English Transcript

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Un grand pas pour le Canada : la mission Canadarm2

Season 5/Episode 4 – French Transcript

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Carney Wants the Power to Break Strikes. Unions Vow to Defy Him

Ottawa’s push to keep the economy moving is setting up a showdown with organized labour

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David Moscrop

The Walrus Announces New Canadian Podcast Network

Podcast creators interested in joining the network can submit their show for consideration until November 30

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Chatbots Are Lousy Writers. So Are a Lot of Writers

Humans have been counterfeiting “good” prose for years. AI just sped up the process

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Jason Guriel

The Ontario Town Where (Almost) No One Wants to Be Mayor

Fauquier-Strickland nearly went broke. Other small communities could follow

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Kunal Chaudhary

Doug Ford Is Spending a Lot of Money Ripping Out Bike Lanes

Toronto’s road wars: Millions of dollars, tonnes of emissions, and several arrests

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Marina Black

Miscarriage

I begged you to reverse course, / swore I could fix the breach

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Amanda Merritt

A Mega Farm’s Financial Fall Is Sending Shockwaves Across the Prairies

Monette Farms was seen as the future of agriculture. Now it owes $1 billion

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J.r. Patterson

The Separatists Lost. So Why Does Canada Feel like the Loser?

Albertans rejected the movement in a landslide, but not before it made a mockery of our institutions

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Carmine Starnino

Carney’s Latest Weapon Against Poilievre? Stephen Harper

His embrace of the Conservative icon is making life awkward for the party’s current leader

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Linda Thornback

“Space Between Certainties”

The winning story in the Youth Short Story category of the 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

19.10.2026 10

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Nandini Parihar

Live: Follow the Alberta Referendum with The Walrus

Updates from the province and expert analysis on the historic vote

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What If Alberta Votes to Stay—and the Separatists Don’t Care?

How a referendum defeat could lay the groundwork for American intervention

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Brynn Tannehill

I Had a Dream Life Covering Pop Culture. My Gambling Landed Me in a Vegas Jail

I owed casinos thousands of dollars and was arrested on arrival in Sin City

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Rick Campanelli

Canines, Conductors, and Homeowners

Letters to the editor: November 2026

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Readers

Waking from Anaesthesia

The kind of hand that shakes / the body awake with a cymbal / crash

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Jim Johnstone

Is a Bad Jane Austen Adaptation a Victimless Crime?

Don’t get your bonnet strings in a knot if you’re disappointed by Sense and Sensibility. It was bound to happen

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Amarah Hasham-Steele

Why Do Alberta Separatists’ Grievances Feel Small?

I don’t see a distinct people seeking political expression for a national identity. I see an angry faction

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Carmine Starnino

After Karim Nader Upended the Science of Memory, He Started to Lose His Own

How the esteemed neuroscientist is grappling with a life-changing diagnosis

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Samia Madwar

First Algoma, Now Stelco: Layoffs Tear Through Canada’s Steel Towns

How Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie are feeling the hit of Trump’s tariffs

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Shilpashree Jagannathan

The Walrus Talks at Home: Creativity and Belonging

Exploring creativity, connection, and community

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Scores of Men Are Travelling to Istanbul for Hair Transplants. Is It Worth It?

A clinic. Surgery. A stay at a nice hotel. Thousands of dollars. Why men are going the distance

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Andrew Seale

Danielle Smith Is Making Alberta Great for Trump

Her embrace of MAGA has given separatists powerful American allies—allies who see the province as a prize

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Jeremy Appel

Readers Think They Can Spot AI Writing. They’re Wrong

Every polished sentence isn’t evidence for the prosecution

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Colin Horgan

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tajja Isen