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A comic of a small green hill with a Hollywood-style sign that says Garbage Hill
Arts & Culture / Comics / July/August 2022 / Visual Art

The Surprising Appeal of Winnipeg’s Garbage Hill

June 21, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Jonathan Dyck

How I developed an appreciation for a green space with a past life as a municipal dump

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An iPhone has the LinkedIn app open, with two women shouting out posts.
Technology

Baby Pics, Life Lessons, and Obits: What Happened to LinkedIn?

June 20, 2022June 24, 2022 - by Josh Greenblatt

Why users are posting more personal content on a professional platform

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A Canadian flag with remotes instead of stripes and television static in the background.
June 2022 / Television

The Superficial Diversity of Canadian TV

May 30, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Soraya Roberts

How risk avoidance shapes our entertainment

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biscuits and one chocolate chip cookie
Arts & Culture

Notes on a Biscuit Puzzle

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 - by M.A.C. Farrant

Long-dead cookies don’t become ghosts; they become petrified crumbs. Abandoned biscuits do not decompose, ever

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The book cover for the AFNA 2022 winning novel.
Arts & Culture

Pik-Shuen Fung Wins 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

May 20, 2022June 21, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The author of Ghost Forest (Strange Light) is the winner of the forty-sixth annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award

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Portrait of Sarah Polley against a bluish-grey background.
Arts & Culture / June 2022

Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is?

May 17, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Sarah Liss

She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since

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An illustration of a blue backpack covered in patches—including a Canadian maple leaf—left in a waiting area.
Arts & Culture

Why Success in Canada Means Moving to America

May 10, 2022May 30, 2022 - by Tajja Isen

Canada’s modest institutions have lowered the ceiling on creative professionals. Is leaving the answer?

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A robot composes lines of analog code with a pencil and sheet of paper
Arts & Culture

Robots Are Writing Poetry, and Many People Can’t Tell the Difference

May 5, 2022May 30, 2022 - by Carmine Starnino

Machines are putting out astonishingly human writing. What does that mean for the future of art?

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A toddler screams while rolling around on the floor.
Arts & Culture / First Person

Screaming and Watercolours: I Turned My Toddler’s Tantrums into Art

May 3, 2022May 30, 2022 - by Teresa Wong

Was it unfeeling to use my child’s outbursts for an artistic pursuit?

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Orville Peck rides a pink and aqua-coloured horse with leopard spots
Arts & Culture / Music

Orville Peck Rides Again: How the Singer Nods to Queer Country History

April 22, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Simon Lewsen

Some may reckon that Peck is subverting the genre. Instead, he’s highlighting themes that have always been part of it

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