When Mailboxes Exploded: A Graphic Novel Revisits Quebec’s Separatist Uprising - Fifty years later, Chris Oliveros gives the FLQ crisis a fresh perspective
Fleeing Foreign Correspondents, Trouble with Trudeau, and the Rise of the REITs - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.
- When Your Landlord Is a Billion-Dollar Corporation - Real estate trusts are sending rents soaring and reshaping Canada’s cities
- Justin Trudeau Might Be the Only One Who Still Believes in Justin Trudeau - When stubbornness becomes a political strategy
- Amid Crackdown, International Reporters Leave India - Journalists from Canada, France, and Australia describe a hostile environment for foreign media
- Trump 2.0: The Shock That Could Reshape Canada - An era of disruption might just be the wake-up call we need
- How an Astrophysicist Became the Most Accurate Political Forecaster in Canada - Philippe J. Fournier has called elections across the country—with a 90 percent success rate
Do you know a teen who dreams of being a writer?
The 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award is now accepting submissions for the Youth Short Story category. The winning story will receive $5,000. The deadline to submit is February 9, 2025.
Inside the January/February issue of The Walrus
➔ The climbing costs of raising a kid in Canada
➔ Should the Arctic begin bracing for battle?
➔ Broken promises and betrayal at an elite law school
➔ The robots are coming—and they behave just like us
➔ How consumer rage is shaping the next election
Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, and A Safe Girl to Love, and the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers. She is also the publisher at LittlePuss Press. Her most recent book is On Community, published in 2023 by Biblioasis. In this episode, Casey and Nathan talk about her terrible author signature, surviving the first days of the new Trump regime, and the shift in approach she is taking with her novel in progress.
In 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada after two heated referendums and intense debate. This episode explores the province’s journey to Confederation, with Mark Manning of Rum Ragged reflecting on its cultural legacy and Dr. Jeff Webb examining the political and economic controversies that still resonate today.
Navigating the health care system after a perimenopause diagnosis can be uniquely difficult, especially without a clear script for what questions to ask. Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe is the Medical Director of Primary Care Outreach at Women’s College Hospital; she is the Health Expert for CTV’s The Social; and she is an advocate and author. This special episode of The Conversation Piece features content from her presentation at The Walrus Talks Menopause, supported by Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health.
- When Mailboxes Exploded: A Graphic Novel Revisits Quebec’s Separatist Uprising - Fifty years later, Chris Oliveros gives the FLQ crisis a fresh perspective
- Why Rich Nations Must Help Poorer Countries Face Climate Change - At COP29, the fight shifts to funding countries hit hardest by global warming
