Blessing for Twitter
The icon’s head / is too thick for its hopeful wings / but responds to my thumb
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Corey Mintz wins the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism for “Land of Plenty”
The Walrus proudly announces the winner of the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism
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Why It’s Impossible to Buy a House
Canadians used to live in a country that built housing with everyone in mind. What happened?
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The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation
Efforts to preserve ocean life are meaningless if governments don’t enforce standards of protection
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When Male Writers Confront Toxic Masculinity
It’s easier than ever for men to speak the language of feminism. It’s harder to act like they mean it
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Canada’s Greatest Playground and Its Visionary Designer
Fifty years ago, he transformed a children’s park into a social utopia
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The Undeniable Queerness of Superhero Stories
The genre is built on themes of transformation, disguise, and duality—a reality that LGBTQ folks live every day
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Is Cannabis the Answer to Everything?
Weed has been rebranded as a cure-all for modern life. As a stressed-out, overworked thirtysomething, I decided to try it out for myself
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What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta
The province’s failure to consider climate risk may lose it billions in global investment
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What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash
The University of Guelph PhD student was one of 175 who died on Flight 752. Friends remember a conservationist who fought to put Indigenous needs first
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