Alberta | The Walrus - Part 2

Illustration by Thomas Ehretsmann

Feature / September 2015

Dr. Shock

September 19, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Richard Poplak

How an apartheid-era psychiatrist went from torturing gay soldiers in South Africa to sexually abusing patients in Alberta

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Illustration by Connor Willumsen

June 2015 / Society

The Donair Wars

May 19, 2015November 26, 2019 - by Omar Mouallem

Halifax’s favourite street meat conquers Alberta

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Artwork by Tine Modeweg-Hansen

January/February 2015 / Justice

No Means No

December 17, 2014August 23, 2017 - by The Walrus

From a 1999 Supreme Court ruling on sexual consent

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Illustration by Jesse Jacobs

December 2014 / Technology

Need for Speed

December 1, 2014July 7, 2016 - by Simon Liem

An Alberta town becomes an unlikely Internet innovator

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Aerial photo of houses in a field

Feature / June 2014

How Calgary Survived the Flood and Why Other Cities Won’t

June 2, 2014January 9, 2020 - by Chris Turner

Why we need to better plan for extreme weather

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms

Feature / November 2013

Standard Issues

November 21, 2013August 5, 2016 - by Zander Sherman

An Alberta teacher wants to liberate our schools from the educrats

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Photograph by Naomi Harris

Feature / November 2013

There’s More to Fort McMurray than Oil

November 16, 2013December 18, 2019 - by Taras Grescoe

How the town plans to become a global leader in sustainable living

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Photograph courtesy of the Edmonton Journal

Environment / May 2013

Tinker, Tailings

April 25, 2013July 17, 2019 - by Geoff Dembicki

After forty years, an Alberta inventor still thinks he can clean up the oil sands

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Photograph by Johann Wall

April 2013 / Feature

Her Way

March 11, 2013July 25, 2016 - by Katherine Ashenburg

Alberta premier Alison Redford doesn’t care if you call her a closet Liberal or a Red Tory. She just wants to get things done

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Cities / March 2013

Oh, Rats!

February 4, 2013July 25, 2016 - by Heather Cleland

Alberta re-enlists in the war against a whiskered invader

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