February, 2020 | The Walrus

A man wearing a checkered blazer, glasses, and a fedora smiles and stares downward, against a bright pink background.

April 2019 / Poetry

Crossing the Seine

February 14, 2020February 6, 2024 - by James Pollock

A thousand brazen love locks thronged the fences, / weird erotic spells inscribed with black magic / marker

A black and white shot of Clifton Hill's storefronts at night. Visible signs include a Travelodge, a Ruby Tuesday, and the Guinness World Records Museum.

Arts & Culture / March 2020

Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 - by John Semley

Why I wouldn’t change a thing about my hometown

The Walrus Talks

The Walrus Talks Energy at GLOBE 2020

February 12, 2020February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Canada’s role in the global energy transition

A hand hovers over a Samsung phone. The phone background is an image of Mackie Basil.

March 2020 / Society

The Search for Mackie Basil

February 12, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Annie Hylton

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her

A silhouette illustration of a man dangling from a cliff, papers falling out of his pockets, as he hangs from the end of a fishing line held by another man who sits on the cliff's edge.

Society

How a Good Scam Can Bypass Our Defences

February 11, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Bruce Grierson

Cons exploit our cognitive biases. I learned the hard way that some of us are more vulnerable than others

Two rows of people are lined up to walk through a door marked with a red cross symbol. About half of the people are clad all in white, while the other half are clad in colours representing the Pride rainbow.

Health / March 2020

How Universal Health Care Fails Queer Communities

February 10, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Brianna Sharpe

A lack of data from LGBTQ Canadians creates holes in our medical system

An illustration of a car about to collide with a white goat, illuminated in its headlights. On the side of the road, a crowd of people watch and react in surprise.

Fiction / March 2020

Witness

February 7, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Kaie Kellough

In this short story, a family in Guyana visits a cousin in a state asylum

A boy and girl groom a large, fluffy alpaca. In the background, the sun shines on a small grove of trees.

Business / March 2020

The Age of Alpacas

February 6, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Ellen Himelfarb

Step aside, sheep: alpaca fleece is the new star of sustainable clothing

A brown bear swims across a lake. In the background are the trees and mountains of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Environment

The World’s Last Rainforests Are Under Threat

February 5, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

A $25 million carbon-offset project is struggling to find buyers, and the Great Bear Rainforest is on the line

A crowd of protestors marches toward camera, carrying Black Lives Matter signs.

Society

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

February 3, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Janaya Khan

Freedom fighting doesn’t happen by some twist of fate. It’s a spark lit by daily indignities and humiliations

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Month: February 2020

Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls

The Search for Mackie Basil

How a Good Scam Can Bypass Our Defences

How Universal Health Care Fails Queer Communities

Witness

The Age of Alpacas

The World’s Last Rainforests Are Under Threat

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

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