Richard Poplak | The Walrus

A helicopter lands while a soldier in the foreground covers his head.

Our year-long mission in Mali is nearly done. But it was never clear what we were doing there in the first place

How a Federal Agency Helps Finance Some of the World’s Most Corrupt Regimes

December 19, 2017July 16, 2019 - by Richard Poplak

Export Development Canada has perfected the art of lending billions of taxpayer dollars to scandal-ridden foreign buyers. But its transparency could use some work

Feature / November 2016

Canadian Mining’s Dark Heart

October 24, 2016September 17, 2018 - by Richard Poplak

Tallying the human cost of gold in one of the most remote places on Earth

Sports / Web Exclusives

Canada Will Never Beat Iceland

June 28, 2016August 17, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

We have the population of 100 Icelands, and we still can’t field a decent soccer team

Feature / September 2015

Dr. Shock

September 19, 2015August 23, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

How an apartheid-era psychiatrist went from torturing gay soldiers in South Africa to sexually abusing patients in Alberta

Feature / June 2013

The Game Not Played

June 15, 2013March 25, 2018 - by Richard Poplak

Christine Sinclair, the greatest female soccer player in the world, won’t get the career she deserves

January/February 2013 / Music

The Deadmau5 Trap

December 17, 2012April 5, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

How the success of electronic dance music heralds its demise

September 2012 / Sports

The Ace Age

September 12, 2012August 23, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

Tennis pro Milos Raonic has poise, drive, and a killer serve. Is that enough to make him a superstar?

Feature / March 2012

Seeing Red

March 12, 2012August 18, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

No other sport reveals a country’s soul as well as soccer does (yeah, we said it, Don Cherry). So what does our neglect of the beautiful game say about us? A patriot explains why it should be Canada’s national sport