Why Good Historical Fiction Is so Hard to Write in Canada
Can Kathleen Winter’s new novel make us care about our country’s past?
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The Personal Essay Isn’t Dead. It’s Just No Longer White
Recent criticism of the form’s faults says more about the genre’s historical whiteness than it does the talent of its new stars
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The Danger of Putting Youth on Antidepressants
Why medication shouldn’t be the default treatment for our kids’ mental health
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The Best Way to Combat Climate Change is Compromise
We’ve turned the oil industry into an ideological war zone—and that is why both sides are losing
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How Farmers Are Saving the Trumpeter Swan
The world’s largest waterfowl has rebounded from near extinction—thanks, in part, to the people who hate them
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When Disability Movies Become Inspiration Porn
TIFF debuts Breathe and Stronger flub their chance to show the reality of disabled lives
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Cottage Country Murder
Police have dragged the lake. They’ve dug up property. They’ve brought in dogs. But after twenty years, they still can’t find the bodies of the four missing seniors in Muskoka
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A Recognized Man
Timothy nodded and listened to their footsteps awhile, trying to straighten his mind after the boozy dinner
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Why a Country Music Act Will Never Win the Polaris
Canada’s narrow cultural taxonomy excludes some of our best artists
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Preview: Cottage Country Murder
A joint investigation by The Walrus and CBC’s The Fifth Estate, available this Friday
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