Platanus | The Walrus - Part 603
Newsletters
Subscribe
Donate
Sections
Latest Stories Business Environment Society Politics Arts & Culture
Explore
Newsletters Events Listen Games Magazine The Walrus Lab
Support
Donate Subscribe Merchandise The Walrus Plus Annual Report The Walrus Gala
Follow
Twitter LinkedIn YouTube TikTok Facebook Instagram Bluesky
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • My Account
  • Manage Subscriptions
POPULAR   →
Contributing Writers
Trudeau
World
Business
Games
Skip to content

The Walrus

Fact-based journalism that sparks the Canadian conversation

[hmenu id=2]
  • home
  • Articles
    • Business
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Politics
    • Arts & Culture
    • Society
  • Special Series
    • Hope You’re Well
    • For the Love of the Game
    • Living Rooms
    • In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration
    • Terra Cognita
    • More special series >
  • Events
    • The Walrus Talks
    • The Walrus Video Room
    • The Walrus Leadership Roundtables
    • The Walrus Leadership Forums
    • Article Club
  • Subscribe
    • Renew your subscription
    • Change your address
    • Magazine Issues
    • Newsletters
    • Podcasts
  • The Walrus Lab
    • Hire The Walrus Lab
    • Amazon First Novel Award
  • Shop
  • Donate

leaf on a surrealist backdrop
Fiction / July/August 2004

Platanus

July 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Banana Yoshimoto

From that day on, my husband’s sister no longer seemed to be so angry that we had gotten married, and she started phoning us all the time

Read More
Illustration by Sonny
Fiction / July/August 2004

Not Enough Horses

July 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Thomas King

All in all, it had been a fine wedding. Enough to eat, enough to drink. Plenty of cameras

Read More
July/August 2004

Walden Pond Revisited

July 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Thaddeus Holownia

THADDEUS Holownia, an artist and professor of fine arts in Sackville, New Brunswick, has always been interested in the American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. From 1845 to 1847, Thoreau lived …

Read More
Illustration by Sonny
Fiction / July/August 2004

You Go First

July 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Camilla Gibb

Carl the cremator lived next door—Carl and his big wife, Brenda, who was allergic to the sun, the outdoors, anything at all that required getting off the couch. We would …

Read More
Books / June 2004

Gained in Translation

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Wayne Johnston

Most novelists who are fortunate enough to have had their novels translated into other languages are also fortunate that they are unable to read those languages. I have a closet …

Read More
Books / June 2004

The Bookbinder

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Ethan Gilsdorf

Unlike the bowyer or the cooper, the bookbinder still performs a necessary function

Read More
June 2004

The Beauty in Beasts

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Anna Torma

There are endless stories in a little piece of fabric

Read More
June 2004 / Media

Stopping the Presses

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

harare—It is disconcerting to visit a newspaper with no newsroom, but surreal experiences are not uncommon in Zimbabwe. Take The Daily News: when I was there in early February, the …

Read More
June 2004 / Society

Lab Dogs

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Jake MacDonald

winnipeg—With his broad shoulders, thick blond hair, and jaunty amble, Molson Webb looks as if he must have been quite an athlete in his day. Although he’s well past middle …

Read More
June 2004 / Politics

Non-Profit Mercenaries

June 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Madelaine Drohan

london—I knew right away he was the man I had arranged to meet. It was the way he stood – ramrod straight – making his open-necked polo shirt and khaki …

Read More

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 602 603 604 … 610 Next
The Walrus Weekly newsletter
Stories this good should be paywalled—but they’re not. Sign up today.
View all newsletters
The Walrus

About The Walrus

About Us Our Staff Contact Us Careers Fellowships Submissions Advertise with Us

Events

Get Tickets The Walrus Talks The Walrus Gala Get in Touch

Subscribe

Customer Care Purchase a Subscription Renew Your Subscription Games Newsletters Shop The Walrus Store

Podcasts

Articles The Conversation Piece The Walrus Podcasts

The Walrus Lab

Amazon Canada First Novel Award Content Services Podcast Services Our Clients Get in Touch

Follow Us

Twitter TikTok LinkedIn YouTube TikTok Facebook Instagram Substack

Support Independent Canadian Reporting and Storytelling

The Walrus
Accessibility Help Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

The Walrus is located within the bounds of Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. This land is also the traditional territory of the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.

© 2022 The Walrus. All Rights Reserved.
Charitable Registration Number: No. 861851624-RR0001

© 2024 The Walrus. All Rights Reserved. Charitable Registration Number: No. 861851624-RR0001
Accessibility Help Privacy Policy Cookie Policy
© 2023 The Walrus. All Rights Reserved.
Charitable Registration Number: No. 861851624-RR0001

​​The Walrus is located within the bounds of Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. This land is also the traditional territory of the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.

The Walrus uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. Learn more or change your cookie preferences.

×

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

×

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

×

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

×

Fund the journalism that helps you make informed decisions. Fund The Walrus.

×

Cut through the noise with The Walrus.

Canada is feeling the squeeze. Rents are soaring, grocery bills keep climbing, and for too many families, the math of daily life just doesn’t add up. These aren’t isolated struggles—they’re systemic challenges tied to policy decisions and political choices. And they’re exactly what’s at stake in the 2025 federal election.

But here’s the thing: understanding these issues, and the solutions being proposed, isn’t easy in a world awash with misinformation and partisan spin. That’s where The Walrus comes in. Our mission is to cut through the noise, to connect the dots between the policies debated in Parliament and the realities playing out in your neighbourhood.

To do that—to keep reporting with depth, rigour, and clarity—we need your support. This election is about more than picking a leader. It’s about charting a future for Canada. Help us keep telling the stories that matter. Donate today.

Carmine Starnino
Editor-in-Chief, The Walrus


Cut through the noise with The Walrus.

Canada is feeling the squeeze. Rents are soaring, grocery bills keep climbing, and for too many families, the math of daily life just doesn’t add up. These aren’t isolated struggles—they’re systemic challenges tied to policy decisions and political choices. And they’re exactly what’s at stake in the 2025 federal election.

But here’s the thing: understanding these issues, and the solutions being proposed, isn’t easy in a world awash with misinformation and partisan spin. That’s where The Walrus comes in. Our mission is to cut through the noise, to connect the dots between the policies debated in Parliament and the realities playing out in your neighbourhood.

To do that—to keep reporting with depth, rigour, and clarity—we need your support. This election is about more than picking a leader. It’s about charting a future for Canada. Help us keep telling the stories that matter. Donate today.

Carmine Starnino
Editor-in-Chief, The Walrus

×