IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets Every time the names of products or microcelebrities appear in a book, they prick us like a targeted ad The Walrus · Nov 1, 2024
The Walrus Talks at Home: Polarization Don’t miss this urgent discussion about social division and how Canadians can find common ground The Walrus · Oct 31, 2024
The Walrus Talks Canada’s Health Security How are we preparing to manage and support Canada through the next pandemics, wildfires, droughts, floods, and military conflicts? The Walrus · Oct 31, 2024
Confessions of a Candy Hunter The variety and inventiveness of American treats—it’s pure magic The Walrus · Oct 31, 2024
Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian Too often, horror films confuse surprise with fear. A new class of directors is exploring darker places The Walrus · Oct 31, 2024
Canada’s $32.5 Billion Tobacco Settlement Is a Hollow Victory As the smoke clears from epic lawsuits against three tobacco companies, who really won the day? The Walrus · Oct 30, 2024
Canada’s Casinos: Are They Still Fueling the Entertainment Economy and Boosting the Jobs Market? Canada’s casino industry adapts, balancing post-pandemic challenges, online gaming, and new venues The Walrus · Oct 30, 2024
A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It Jonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around The Walrus · Oct 30, 2024
Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted Counterfeits and junk fees are cheapening what you buy—and draining your wallet The Walrus · Oct 29, 2024
An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none of it is true? The Walrus · Oct 28, 2024
My Husband Wanted to Have a Child. I Didn’t. Here Is How It Went I was afraid we would one day have a conversation ending in regrets The Walrus · Oct 25, 2024
Part 4: Why Do We Travel? To Make Family Memories Heather Greenwood Davis reflects on how family travel, despite its chaos, creates lasting memories that can bond and shape us for life. The Walrus · Oct 23, 2024
We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. What happened to good garments? The Walrus · Oct 23, 2024
The Walrus · Oct 22, 2024 The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again
The Walrus · Oct 21, 2024 2024 Amazon Canada Shortlisted Youth Short Stories The shortlisted stories in the Youth Short Story category
The Walrus · Oct 21, 2024 The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything
The Walrus · Oct 18, 2024 Smokehouse It was as if I’d swallowed the forest fire itself, all of it burning and alive inside of me
The Walrus · Oct 18, 2024 Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up? NDAs are silencing whistleblowers and sexual assault victims
The Walrus · Oct 17, 2024 Menopause Is a Pretty Damn Fine Stage of Life The joy of aging like a “space crone”
The Walrus · Oct 16, 2024 The $20 Sandwich That Could Topple Trudeau Consumer rage is real—and it’s shaping the next election
The Walrus · Oct 15, 2024 The Walrus Announces the 2024 TD Fellow on Disability and Inclusion The Walrus and TD Bank Group welcome Stephanie Watterson as the newest recipient of the fellowship
The Walrus · Oct 15, 2024 Undoing the Fairy Tale of Alice Munro For years, I helped spread a glowing narrative about one of Canada’s most famous authors
The Walrus · Oct 14, 2024 To Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness But then came a question I wasn’t prepared for
The Walrus · Oct 11, 2024 The Quebec Secession Crisis Is Coming, and Canada Isn’t Ready Why sovereigntists see their chance now