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To Meet the Neighbours

July 3, 2024July 12, 2024 - by Pico Iyer

Author Pico Iyer says we live in a world of shared destinies – it’s up to us to start the conversation.

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Health

The Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Fat people are constantly told they have to shed pounds. What will weight loss–inducing medicines really cost us?

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Business

Facial Recognition at Checkout: Convenient or Creepy?

July 2, 2024July 5, 2024 - by Monika Warzecha

I don’t want to pay for things with my face

A photo of Pierre Poilievre wearing a mask of his own face.

Politics

Who Is the Real Pierre Poilievre?

July 1, 2024July 3, 2024 - by Andrew Lawton

The growing conservative uncertainty over Poilievre’s stance on moral issues

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Environment

“Nature’s Not Judging Us”: On Being Out, Outside

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 - by KC Hoard

The modern way of understanding our living planet has failed us. It’s time for something queerer

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Society

In a Province Where Electricity Is Cheap, How Do You Get Consumers to Use Less Power?

June 27, 2024July 10, 2024 - by Sandrine Rastello

Quebec has to conserve energy in its push to electrify everything

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Health / July/August 2024 / Memoir

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

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Health

You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 - by Misty Pratt

The best way to heal your mind is by paying attention to your body

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World

India’s Election Shake-Up Will Impact Canada

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 - by The Walrus Staff

Narendra Modi’s weakened third term forces Trudeau’s government to rethink its complicated relationship with India

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Facial Recognition at Checkout: Convenient or Creepy?

Who Is the Real Pierre Poilievre?

“Nature’s Not Judging Us”: On Being Out, Outside

In a Province Where Electricity Is Cheap, How Do You Get Consumers to Use Less Power?

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

India’s Election Shake-Up Will Impact Canada

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