May, 2025 | The Walrus

Books / June 2025

Mavis Gallant Left a Journalism Career to Tell True Stories

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 - by Dafna Izenberg

Through her fiction, she turned fact into art

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Business

Canada Hands Out Billions to Corporations. What Are We Getting Back?

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 - by Laurent Carbonneau

Business subsidies now outpace child benefits

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March/April 2025 / Poetry

Leaving

May 15, 2025May 14, 2025 - by Pierre Nepveu

the driver is waiting for me to come out, / for me to open the door and sit

Paid Post

Part 8: Why Do We Travel?
For the Challenge

May 14, 2025 - by Guy Nicholson

Guy Nicholson argues that meaningful travel isn’t about escape, but about transformation—the kind that comes from stepping beyond comfort and into challenge.

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Current Affairs

The Limits of True Patriot Love

May 14, 2025May 16, 2025 - by Sarmishta Subramanian

It’s too easy to fall in line, wave the flag, and forget about the country’s problems

June 2025 / World

What Would It Take to Rebuild Syria?

May 13, 2025July 3, 2025 - by Samia Madwar

After fourteen years away, I returned to a home I barely recognized

Business

A 355-Year-Old Document That Helped Create Canada May Be Sold Off in Bankruptcy

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 - by Carmine Starnino

As Hudson’s Bay Company liquidates, its founding charter is up for grabs

A black line across a library floor. In the foreground on a wooden shelf are small American and Canadian flags. Library patrons are seen in the background.

Current Affairs

The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free Library

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 - by Jordan Heath-Rawlings

I grew up among its books. Now Trump has turned the cross-border landmark into a political battleground

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Memoir

How Do You Know When Your Kids Have Outgrown You?

May 10, 2025May 12, 2025 - by Christina Myers

Motherhood is remembering the best days, the loudest giggles, the tightest hugs

Quiz

Weekly Quiz: Shifts at Shopify, Future-Oriented Floristry, and the Pressure on Paramedics

May 10, 2025May 9, 2025 - by Kayla Thompson

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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Month: May 2025

Mavis Gallant Left a Journalism Career to Tell True Stories

Canada Hands Out Billions to Corporations. What Are We Getting Back?

The Limits of True Patriot Love

What Would It Take to Rebuild Syria?

A 355-Year-Old Document That Helped Create Canada May Be Sold Off in Bankruptcy

The Line between Canada and the US Cuts through the Haskell Free Library

How Do You Know When Your Kids Have Outgrown You?

Weekly Quiz: Shifts at Shopify, Future-Oriented Floristry, and the Pressure on Paramedics

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