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royal family

A photo illustration of King Charles wearing a large crown in front of a red background
Current Affairs

What King Charles’s Historic Speech Means

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 - by Joy SpearChief-Morris

Amid sovereignty scares, Carney is leaning on big symbols

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A photo of King Charles during a visit to Ottawa in 2022.
Society

The Mass Indifference to King Charles III Explained

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 - by Patricia Treble

Canada will commemorate the coronation with a one-hour event, a stamp, and funds for the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. One can hear the yawns already

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Illustration of a silhouette of a human looking at a large framed image on the wall featuring a throne and a Canadian flag.
June 2021

Editor’s Letter: The Canadian Revolution

May 13, 2021May 16, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

What kind of country do we want to live in?

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An illustration featuring two frames: the first is a bejewelled purple crown that seems to be moving and in the second, a beaver crawls out from beneath a crown.
June 2021

What Would It Take for Canada to Leave the Monarchy?

May 11, 2021May 3, 2023 - by David Schneiderman

The majority of Canadians consider the monarchy outdated, but leaving is easier said than done

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Society

Eight Ways of Looking at Meghan Markle

May 18, 2018March 9, 2021 - by Vicky Mochama

The wedding combines many things that I love: Blackness, the royal family, true love, and spending money

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Photo by Dan Marsh
Politics

Should Queen Elizabeth II Be Canada’s Last Monarch?

June 28, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Joshua Oliver

Monarchists want you to love Prince Charles; republicans want you to reject him. But mostly, they both just want you to care

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Photograph by John Flannery
Politics

Parting Ways with the Queen

June 28, 2016May 3, 2023 - by Stephen Marche

Why the time has come for Canada to abandon England altogether

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Illustration by Rachelle Maynard
Fiction / May 2010

1999

May 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Pasha Malla

When I woke up this mornin’ Coulda sworn it was Judgment Day Iwouldn’t fuck Prince if he was the last man on Earth,” Sonya told her friends, drunk and searing …

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May 2005

Royal Cock-up

May 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Robert Mason Lee

Charles and Camilla are choosing personal gratification over the survival of a 1,000-year-old monarchy

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The July/August 2025 cover of The Walrus magazine featuring an image of a woman reading a book while listening to music. She is sitting in a room filled with plants that also has a window through which a city skyline can be seen. July/August 2025

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As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

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