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Business

When Big Tobacco Was Forced to Pay

September 16, 2022September 28, 2022 - by Joshua Knelman

The cigarette industry had its Erin Brockovich moment in the nineties. How has it managed to survive?

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Society

Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents

July 13, 2022May 29, 2023 - by Mélissa Guillemette

The first serious nuclear accident occurred at Chalk River Laboratories in 1952, followed by a second incident in 1958. Now the federal government is compensating workers who took part in cleanup efforts

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Technology

Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 - by Andrew Stauffer

Libraries can’t escape the push for digitization, but we still need actual books on shelves

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January/February 2022 / Society

My Uncle the Witch Hunter: Unearthing the Uncanny Story of John Troyer

January 10, 2022April 22, 2022 - by Rosemary Counter

I dug into my family history and discovered a tale of supernatural evil, buried treasure, and paranoia

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Society

Life as an Indigenous Archaeologist

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 - by Stacey Taylor

How holding an artifact is like shaking hands with my ancestors

World

Exploration Is a Flawed Notion

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 - by Wade Davis

Explorers need to shed their self-obsession. Discovery isn’t about setting an endurance record

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Technology

This Is the Internet We Were Promised

April 29, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Angela Misri

The World Wide Web hasn’t felt this supportive since it was invented. Why did it take a pandemic?

Arts & Culture / Books

The Challenge of Addressing Slavery in Children’s Stories

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 - by Donna Bailey Nurse

Where history has ignored the lives of Black Canadians, writers like Christopher Paul Curtis have turned painful realities into powerful narratives

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

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Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online

My Uncle the Witch Hunter: Unearthing the Uncanny Story of John Troyer

Life as an Indigenous Archaeologist

Exploration Is a Flawed Notion

This Is the Internet We Were Promised

The Challenge of Addressing Slavery in Children’s Stories

The Decade in Food

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

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