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How AI is impacting Canadian society, arts, and culture

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March/April 2024 / Media

My Guilty Pleasure: I’m Addicted to Bad News

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 - by Casey Plett

The world may be awful, but if I know about it, then at least I know

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March/April 2024 / Poetry

Two Poems by Michael Ondaatje

February 20, 2024February 16, 2024 - by Michael Ondaatje

a bowl to beg with, / a howl to scent a friend

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Fiction / March/April 2024

Two Female Modes of Transportation

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 - by Jowita Bydlowska

The boy watches as the girl slumps over herself, the fire hair like a warning against coming closer

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Media

Could a Paywall Have Saved Pitchfork?

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 - by KC Hoard

The influential music publication is being folded into GQ, but only because Condé Nast fumbled a good thing

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Politics

The Emergencies Act Is Outdated and Polarizing

February 15, 2024February 16, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

Will it ever be appropriate and reasonable for the government to shut down a protest again?

January/February 2024 / Poetry

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February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 - by Rhea Tregebov

Though there is / the buttercup war I keep waging, kneeling

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Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne: Louis Riel and the RCMP – How the Northwest Resistance Contributed to the Foundation of Canada

February 14, 2024February 22, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 1/Episode 2 – English Transcript

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Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne: Louis Riel et La GRC – Comment la Résistance du Nord Ouest a contribué à la fondation du Canada

February 14, 2024November 6, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 1/Episode 2 – French Transcript

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Des fugitifs et des orateurs: les personnages qui ont façonné l’histoire complexe de la GRC

February 14, 2024June 25, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 2 – French Transcript

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My Guilty Pleasure: I’m Addicted to Bad News

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