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Harley Rustad

Harley Rustad (@hmrustad) is a features editor at The Walrus and the author of Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees.
Business

How MEC Lost Touch with Its Roots

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

Mountain Equipment Co-op was always key to my life as an adventurer. Now, I barely recognize it

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Old love letters in envelopes lined up in rows.
Memoir / November 2018

Love Letters from the Battlefield

November 9, 2018February 11, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

How words kept my grandparents connected during the Second World War

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Man cutting a bonsai tree
Environment / October 2018

How I Learned to Love Bonsai

October 2, 2018February 13, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

When my amateur attempts at the art weren’t working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders

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Man walking over wooden bridge in rocky valley
First Person

Out of the Shadow of a Mountain

June 17, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

I travelled to the Himalayas with my dad to better understand his history. I left understanding my future

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Grayscale Photograph of a Pier
Books

The Stories We Tell About Our Fathers

May 22, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

Bill Gaston’s new memoir examines his dad’s life—and our fears that we all become our parents

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Photo by Drantcom
Books

The Quiet Pursuit of Extreme Solitude

May 4, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

What we can learn from a man who spent twenty-seven years alone in the woods

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Illustration by Janice Wu
Business / December 2016

Bitcoin for Bohemians

November 21, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

Salt Spring Island, BC, prints its own money—and is an ideal site for a local currency experiment

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Photograph by Harley Rustad
Sports

Bring Back Cracker Jack

October 7, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

The Blue Jays’ stadium has replaced the legendary caramel corn—and removed one of baseball’s greatest icons

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Feature / October 2016

Big Lonely Doug

September 19, 2016August 25, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

How a single tree, and the logger who saved it, have changed the way we see British Columbia’s old-growth forests

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Courtesy of Aquarium du Québec—Sépaq
Environment

Walrus Baby Boom

May 10, 2016October 16, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

The first calf has been born at a Canadian aquarium. Will it survive?

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