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November 2013

Charlotte Gray profiles NDP leader Thomas Mulcair; Taras Grescoe profiles Fort McMurray, Alberta; Zander Sherman studies alternative teacher Joe Bower; Jeet Heer reviews Clive Thompson’s new book; Shyam Selvadurai recalls when CanLit got its glam; fiction by Alix Hawley…

Illustration by Genevieve Simms
November 2013

Standard Issues

November 21, 2013February 21, 2021 - by Zander Sherman

An Alberta teacher wants to liberate our schools from the educrats

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Photograph by Tim Georgeson
November 2013

Prime Minister in Waiting

November 17, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Charlotte Gray

Can Thomas Mulcair finish the project Jack Layton started?

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Photograph by Naomi Harris
November 2013

There’s More to Fort McMurray than Oil

November 16, 2013September 21, 2021 - by Taras Grescoe

How the town plans to become a global leader in sustainable living

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Illustration by Stephen Appleby-Barr
Justice / November 2013

Forgotten Woman

November 5, 2013September 8, 2017 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

The bleak prison life of Renée Acoby

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Illustration by Alex Westgate
Books / November 2013

The First Giller

November 4, 2013July 1, 2016 - by Shyam Selvadurai

When CanLit got its glam

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Illustration by Alex Westgate
November 2013 / Poetry

Cast-offs

November 1, 2013June 16, 2016 - by Robyn Sarah

Poignancy of the discarded. The armless doll that stares from the trash heap in spring, the sagging sofa with the cat-scratched arms, the love-stained mattress in the rain. Inside-out umbrellas, …

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November 2013 / Politics

End Game

October 31, 2013July 7, 2016 - by Niall Fink

The season closes at a Yukon hunting camp

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Illustration by Kagan McLeod
Books / November 2013

Happy Medium Is the Message

October 30, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

In Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson finds the middle ground between digital utopians and Luddite naysayers

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Illustration by Ben Clarkson
Fiction / November 2013

Daniel Boone, By Himself

October 29, 2013March 18, 2021 - by Alix Hawley

How you scalp someone is like this. Cut a small round down to the bone beneath the hair on top of the head, near the front. Put your foot on …

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Arts & Culture / November 2013

The Last Word

October 24, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Heather Cleland

Bullied as a kid, Shane Koyczan turned pain into poetry

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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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