March, 2024 | The Walrus

A man in an orange vest uses a tape measure while building a wooden frame house surrounded by trees.

Environment

Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing

March 20, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

Treating the two calamities as separate issues misses a huge opportunity to address both

A family, pictured from behind, carry luggage on Roxham Road in the background while a girl's golden hightop sneaker hitting the pavement is seen in the foreground

Society

“You Close Roxham Road, People Are Just Going to Cross Somewhere Else”

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 - by Toula Drimonis

How a dirt path changed Canadian immigration policy forever

Brightly coloured squiggles and shapes cluster around a cell

Health / May 2024

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help

A series of people looking forlorn, depicted within three pentagons.

Society

Exclusive: The Meeting House Megachurch Faces New Lawsuits

March 15, 2024March 21, 2024 - by Rachel Browne

The multi-million-dollar civil suits add to a growing list of legal woes for the church formerly led by Bruxy Cavey

An aerial view on Montreal, looking down on lush trees and the rooves of buildings

Environment

Cities Are Good at Planting Trees. They’re Not So Good at Keeping Them

March 14, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Mira Miller

One city managed to buck the trend, and its urban canopy is flourishing

A black-and-white photo of Galen Weston Jr. wearing a red vest against a red backdrop

Business

Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company

March 13, 2024June 14, 2024 - by David Moscrop

The grocery chain is now involved in pharmacare, financial services, and real estate—with no signs of slowing down

Paid Post

Du champagne à Charlottetown: L’Î.-P.-É. et le chemin vers la Confédération

March 12, 2024June 25, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 4 – French Transcript

Paid Post

Champagne in Charlottetown: PEI and the Road to Confederation

March 12, 2024March 14, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 4 – English Transcript

A woman holds the receiver of a rotary phone while gazing out the window in a still from In the Mood for Love

Memoir

The Perks of Yearning

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 - by Victoria Chan

Nostalgia has always seemed more bitter than sweet to me. But every time I indulge in it, I find it serves a purpose, even if I know I won’t be satisfied

Three men, one holding a coffee, another leaning on a rake, chat together outside amid a street's trees and bushes

Society

You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home. There’s a Better Way

March 11, 2024March 15, 2024 - by Cathrin Bradbury

A bold experiment in elder care is giving Canadians control over where and how they grow old

Sections

Explore

Support

Follow

Month: March 2024

Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing

“You Close Roxham Road, People Are Just Going to Cross Somewhere Else”

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

Exclusive: The Meeting House Megachurch Faces New Lawsuits

Cities Are Good at Planting Trees. They’re Not So Good at Keeping Them

Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company

The Perks of Yearning

You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home. There’s a Better Way

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.