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Current Affairs

What Happened in Ottawa? Separating the Discontent from the Darker Elements

March 3, 2022January 16, 2023 - by Brett Popplewell

Tracing the protest’s growth, its symbols, and the troubling signs of hardening perspectives

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March/April 2021 / Politics

When QAnon Came to Canada

December 3, 2020April 13, 2022 - by Matthew Remski

As the conspiracy theories continue to creep northward, experts warn that we should be prepared for anything

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November/December 2020 / Politics

David Frum Fights the Right

October 19, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Curtis Gillespie

The controversial conservative export on his fears for the US election and the future of the Republican Party

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September/October 2020 / Technology

The Making of an Incel

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

How misogyny in online forums turns into real-life violence

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The Walrus Talks Living Better (Ottawa)

November 19, 2019February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The science, culture, and politics changing how we live now

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The Night Steve Bannon Came to Toronto

November 5, 2018September 14, 2021 - by Ira Wells

His Munk Debate with David Frum filled an auditorium with sound and fury, but was anyone listening?

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Politics / September 2018

Even Radical Extremists Deserve a Second Chance

September 11, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Sejla Rizvic

How a Montreal group is working to defuse the rage that fuels extremism

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Current Affairs

How Everyday Misogyny Feeds the Incel Movement

May 1, 2018December 10, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

The Toronto van attack shook the world, but the hatred that inspired it isn’t just an online phenomenon

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Current Affairs

Toronto Refuses to Give In to the Terrorism Trap

April 24, 2018May 1, 2020 - by Stephen Marche

The city has always valued inclusion and tolerance. Yesterday’s van attack won’t change that

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Defeating Terrorism With Normalcy

October 3, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

The weekend’s attack in Edmonton was horrible, but the city is ready to carry on

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