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December 2011

Smash and Grab

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Jason Sherman

This appeared in the December 2011 issue.

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Arts & Culture / December 2011

Pizza Night

December 12, 2011July 20, 2017 - by Dave Cameron

A quiet meal at home becomes fodder for market research

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Illustration by Matthew Forsythe
December 2011

Montreal Is Burning

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Arcade Fire’s meteoric rise changed a city and redefined a subculture

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Image courtesy of Whitfield Fine Art
December 2011

Going for Baroque

December 12, 2011June 15, 2020 - by Shannon Proudfoot

Last summer, Canada’s National Gallery sparked international debate by displaying a “new” Caravaggio

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Books / December 2011

The Walrus Reads

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Andre Mayer

Seven new titles of note

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December 2011 / Poetry

History

December 12, 2011July 20, 2017 - by Alison Pick

The empty cathedral reminds me of you— memory flares, a match struck in blackness— our old song, the late monks’ psalms, click of a latch: the Middle Ages closed. Centuries …

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December 2011 / Memoir

Kidnapped

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Robert Fowler

In December 2008, al Qaeda captured two Canadian diplomats and their driver in Niger. In an excerpt from his new book, A Season in Hell, the author recalls 130 days trapped in the Sahara

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Photograph by Andrew B. Myers
December 2011

Adventures of a Supernumerary

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

My unlikely role in the Canadian Opera Company production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos

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Illustration by Paul Kim
December 2011

A Rock and a Hard Place

December 12, 2011May 31, 2021 - by Chris Wood

The energy industry calls fracking a game changer, but environmentalists compare it to coal and oil. As energy demands collide with climate change, the question becomes whether fracking is worth the risk

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Artowork Photographed by Jamie Hodge
December 2011

Black Christmas

December 12, 2011December 21, 2022 - by Derek McCormack

The holidays can be saccharine, stressful, and often lonely, so it’s no wonder many Christmas tales contain a note of malice. The season, it turns out, has much in common with Halloween

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Forget the bots and billionaires.
This election season, we’re bringing you nothing but trusted, independent journalism.

On U.S. election night, I stayed up late with the TV playing and the New York Times Presidential Election page open on my laptop, refreshing constantly for the ballot counts. Odds are, you were glued to the updates too. You know what happened: the stunning comeback of Donald Trump, a convicted felon who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

What made this political season especially exhausting, aside from Trump’s incendiary rhetoric, was the tidal wave of misinformation. As we brace for Canada’s own national election, the need for reliable information is more urgent than ever. If you want a fearlessly independent media source you can trust amidst the bots and billionaires with agendas, you’ve come to the right place.

At The Walrus, we’re committed to delivering fair and fact-checked reporting that informs, engages, and provokes conversation. But we can’t do it alone. Stand with us to support a future where truth and integrity come first. Donate today.

Carmine Starnino
Editor-in-Chief, The Walrus

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