2024 Amazon Canada Shortlisted Youth Short Stories

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2024 Amazon Canada Shortlisted Youth Short Stories

October 28, 2024October 29, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

The shortlisted stories in the Youth Short Story category

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Arts & Culture

An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

October 28, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none of it is true?

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Weekly Quiz: Alternative Medicine, Doctor Shortages, and Changing Tides in Atlantic Canada

October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 - by Sophie Siew

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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Society

My Husband Wanted to Have a Child. I Didn’t. Here Is How It Went

October 25, 2024October 28, 2024 - by Nicole Louie

I was afraid we would one day have a conversation ending in regrets

Health

Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Why family medicine is dying

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Part 4: Why Do We Travel?
To Make Family Memories

October 23, 2024October 22, 2024 - by Heather Greenwood Davis

Heather Greenwood Davis reflects on how family travel, despite its chaos, creates lasting memories that can bond and shape us for life.

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Business / December 2024

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024 - by Monika Warzecha

Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. What happened to good garments?

In an illustration, a boardwalk with footprints connects to a sandy shore and rolling green hills with a lighthouse and a colourful cluster of buildings. On top of a revolving door with broken windows is a sign that reads Welcome to Atlantic Canada

December 2024 / Society

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

October 22, 2024October 23, 2024 - by Trevor Corkum

If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again

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Health

The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick

October 21, 2024October 25, 2024 - by Jonathan N. Stea

Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything

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Weekly Quiz: Inflation Woes, Menopause Myths, and the Fight Against NDAs

October 19, 2024October 18, 2024 - by Sophie Siew

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

Weekly Quiz: Alternative Medicine, Doctor Shortages, and Changing Tides in Atlantic Canada

Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again

We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada

Weekly Quiz: Inflation Woes, Menopause Myths, and the Fight Against NDAs

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