Armed Drones
In February 2002, the CIA sent an armed drone into Afghanistan’s Paktika province to target three men. The men killed turned out to be innocent villagers collecting scrap metal. One …
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Editor’s Note
The year 2003 is recent enough that its contours seem almost familiar—and yet distant enough that recalling them requires some effort. Jean Chrétien stepped down as prime minister to make …
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Play Money
The rise of virtual economics
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The editorial interns at The Walrus are for the most part better educated than I am. I went to university but didn’t graduate, having discovered my calling in the sandbox …
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Return to Fukushima
More than two years after fleeing from Japan’s radioactive disaster, a Canadian professor contemplates going back to the scene of the quake
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Can the paywall save Canadian newspapers?
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Zellers makes way for Target in Fredericton
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Editor’s Note
When Canada celebrated its centennial in 1967, I was a sophomore at the Globe and Mail and could name from memory the premiers of all ten provinces. They were W.A.C. …
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Losing the Land Again
The risks of privatizing property on First Nations reserves
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