January, 2024 | The Walrus

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World

Did the Israel Defense Forces Underestimate Hamas?

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 - by Carmine Starnino

An interview with a former Canadian ambassador to Israel

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Books

Why So Many Authors Are Writing Multigenerational Stories

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 - by Samia Madwar

Several new books grapple with displacement and diasporic living in ways that feel particularly resonant in this moment

December 2023 / Poetry

Things to Do around Banff When You’re Black

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 - by Michael Fraser

Act surprised whenever bartenders or / wait staff reveal they’re Aussies

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January/February 2024

Editor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine

January 19, 2024January 18, 2024 - by Carmine Starnino

Online platforms are becoming more “enshittified” by the day

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Society

Please Don’t Make Me Use Another QR Code Restaurant Menu

January 18, 2024January 19, 2024 - by Anne Thériault

My complaints are minor but many

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January/February 2024 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: January/February 2024

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 - by Readers

On Kabul, Leonard Cohen, and the Trudeau split

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Society

Will Canada Ever Have High-Speed Rail?

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 - by William Eltherington

A better, faster train network has long been a dream for many. It doesn’t seem to be happening anytime soon

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Arts & Culture

Joni Mitchell’s Best Album Is Turning Fifty. It’s Not Blue

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 - by KC Hoard

For Court and Spark, Joni the lonely, Joni the soloist, did something nobody expected her to do. She hired a band

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Current Affairs

Canadians Keep Forgetting about the North

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 - by Eva Holland

The territories are such an integral part of our national brand. Yet most of us pay them little collective attention

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Health

The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 - by Miranda Schreiber

Dying with Dignity Canada played a huge part in the legalization of MAID. Few have the resources to oppose them

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Month: January 2024

Did the Israel Defense Forces Underestimate Hamas?

Editor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine

Please Don’t Make Me Use Another QR Code Restaurant Menu

Will Canada Ever Have High-Speed Rail?

The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

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