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Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts & Culture

December 12, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada

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The Switchboard Operators Politicians Feared

August 3, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Danielle Kinahan

A team of eight women at the Toronto Star became legendary for finding people no reporter could track down

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Inside the Toronto Star’s Bold Plan to Save Itself

May 10, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Brett Popplewell

Can Canada’s most storied daily convince readers that its brand of journalism is worth paying for?

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Show Us Some Decency

June 15, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Mary-Margaret Jones

Investigating harassment and the sexualization of women in the workplace is of public interest. A suicide note is not

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Dropping Science

February 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

The Toronto Star’s scandalously bad article on HPV vaccines illustrates a larger problem with Canadian newsrooms

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The Other Vaccine Controversy

February 9, 2015October 1, 2020 - by Jen Gunter

Last week, the Toronto Star claimed an HPV vaccine is unsafe. Science says the Star is wrong

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