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November 2009

Roger Martin reveals the disappearance of public education investment in Canada; Alex Hutchinson ponders the dangers of widespread GPS use; Carol Shaben investigates the loosening of airline safety standards in Canada; Teun Voeten and Arno Kopecky document Mexico’s drug war; fiction by Steven Heighton…

November 2009 / Politics

Editor’s Note

November 25, 2009April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Barack Obama’s efforts to reform American health care have rekindled the debate, here and in the United States, about the relative merits of our two systems. They are starkly different. …

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November 2009 / World

Lessons Learned

November 18, 2009October 11, 2019 - by Graeme Wood

Captain Faizullah and Warrant Officer Guillaume “Ti-Will” Ouellet / Photograph by Graeme Wood The afghan called Teacher is deep in Taliban country, crouching halfway up a mountainside at dawn, listening …

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November 2009

No Confidence

November 18, 2009April 13, 2020 - by Jason Sherman
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November 2009 / Poetry

Ditch

November 18, 2009June 22, 2017 - by Melanie Siebert

Strange how we go on looking in the lessening light, along the highway, looking for the things thieves pitched from the smashed windows of our van as they drove and …

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November 2009 / Society

Between the Sheets

November 12, 2009October 11, 2019 - by Adam Sternbergh

Why you should resist the lure of book clubs

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Illustration by Roxanna Bikadoroff
Books / November 2009

The Walrus Reads

November 12, 2009September 13, 2022 - by Jared Bland

Nine fall books of note

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November 2009

Boys in the ’Hood

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Robert Hough

Countdown to Liquor Day marks the end of the Trailer Park Boys’ ten-year run. How did creator Mike Clattenburg turn white trash into comic gold?

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Business / November 2009

Turning the Page

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Our fragile publishing industry is struggling to adjust to a new world in which the printed word may be an afterthought

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Fiction / November 2009

Noughts & Crosses

November 12, 2009October 11, 2019 - by Steven Heighton

– – – – – Original Message – – – – – From: <j.in.corydon@hotmail.com> To: <nella_biagini@sympatico.ca> Sent: April 22, 2007 1:16 AM Subject: RE: Hello? n, yes yes i did …

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November 2009

Crackdown

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

As President Calderón’s war on drugs exacerbates Mexico’s drug wars, Canada turns its back on locals looking for a way out

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As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

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