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Trump’s Tariff Clock Is Ticking. Does It Matter?

In the scramble, it’s becoming less clear what Canada is even negotiating over anymore

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Samia Madwar

What Do You Get a Canadian Prime Minister? Apparently, a Gun

The loaded politics of diplomatic gift giving

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Wendy Kaur

Trump and Carney May Be Headed Toward a Grand Bargain

Will Canada trade deeper defence integration for relief from US tariffs?

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Philippe Lagasse

Drones Delivering Contraband Are Swarming a Manitoba Prison

Experts say it’s as easy as ordering off Uber Eats

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J.r. Patterson

Weekly Quiz: Killer Robots, Second-Hand Clothes, and the Cost of Trump’s Tariffs

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday

15.08.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

The Case for Deep Conversation in a World of Small Talk

What if we stopped answering How are you? with an automated Finethankyouhowareyou

15.08.2026 10

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Jess Janz

She Made Ads. Then She Made Art Out of Them

How Sara Cwynar became one of her generation’s sharpest critics of the algorithm age

14.08.2026 10

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Brandon Kaufman

Whatever Happened to the Good Old-Fashioned Con Artist?

The silver-tongued swindler has given way to phishing links and industrial-scale fraud

14.08.2026 20

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Vikram Nijhawan

Alberta Separatists Forgot to Build a Culture

Independence movements usually have more to them than economic grievances

13.08.2026 10

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David Berry

Can Mark Carney Steal Another Seat from Pierre Poilievre?

A Liberal victory in the Quebec by-election could push the Conservatives deeper into crisis

12.08.2026 20

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Lori Turnbull

Why Levi’s, H&M, and Even Luxury Brands Are Selling Second-Hand Clothes

The “recommerce” of old stock may be more shrewd than sustainable

12.08.2026 20

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Josh Greenblatt

Canada Gave Them Citizenship. Then Changed Its Mind

How Ottawa bungled its new immigration rules

11.08.2026 20

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Shilpashree Jagannathan

Trump Wanted to Punish Canada. American Workers Paid the Price

The tariff war has cost US border towns thousands of jobs, and the damage will be hard to undo

10.08.2026 9

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Philip Luck

Peace and Friendship Treaties: the Historic Agreements That Continue to Shape the Maritimes

Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne Season 5/Episode 2 English Transcript

10.08.2026 10

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Les traités de paix et d’amitié : des accords historiques qui façonnent encore les Maritimes

Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne Season 5/Episode 2 French Transcript

10.08.2026 10

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Big Tech Is a Big Issue for The Walrus

Our latest print edition, now on newsstands, dives into the major anxieties of the digital era

10.08.2026 30

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Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse

As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

10.08.2026 40

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Vass Bednar

Killer Robots Are Coming to Canada. We’re Not Ready

Ottawa is betting big on autonomous weapons, but controlling them will be the hard part

10.08.2026 20

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Kyle Volpi Hiebert

Weekly Quiz: NDAs, LinkedIn Spies, and Climate Politics

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

08.08.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

What Three Killings Reveal about the RCMP’s Rural Policing Crisis

Few officers on the ground, long response times—it’s the same story again and again

08.08.2026 20

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Kent Roach

Let the Forest Welcome You

The girl meant her to follow through the woods, down the unexpected path

07.08.2026 20

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Kate Cayley

Hard as It Is to Say, God Loves Donald Trump

As a priest, I preach about standing against hate without being drawn into hatred ourselves

07.08.2026 10

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Maggie Helwig

The Art World Has a New Problem: Gag Orders

Museums and galleries turn toward NDAs as controversy engulfs the sector

07.08.2026 20

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Tatum Dooley

Quebec’s Election Is Closing In, and the CAQ Is Still in Trouble

Polls say Fréchette is leading the party toward its worst showing ever

06.08.2026 8

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Philippe J. Fournier

Long Lives, Luddites, and Land Grabs

Letters to the editor: September/October 2026

06.08.2026 20

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Readers

Abolish the Top Ten Books List

Rankings are a capitalist scheme. Just tell me about the text

06.08.2026 20

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Thea Lim

Carney Endorses Pipeline Expansion as Wildfires Rage Across Canada

He’s even considering overriding species protection laws to move quickly on big projects

06.08.2026 20

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Arno Kopecky

Canadians May Soon Be Able to Buy Out-of-Province Booze More Directly

Facing another round of US tariffs, governments are looking to shore up sales where they can

06.08.2026 10

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Monika Warzecha

Why Iran Has Trump Cornered in the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran has shown that a narrow stretch of water can humble a superpower and upend the global economy

05.08.2026 9

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Vikram Nijhawan

She Promised to Lift Up Marginalized Artists. Many Say Her Galleries Left Them Unpaid and Betrayed

Once feted as a rising star, a Toronto curator is facing blowback

05.08.2026 20

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Byron Armstrong

Doug Ford and Danielle Smith Are Teaming Up to Build a Pipeline

The premiers are betting Canadians have changed their minds about climate change

05.08.2026 20

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Emma Paling

Prediction Markets Corrupt Everything They Touch

Governments are finally waking up to the cost of turning tragedy into a tradable commodity

04.08.2026 8

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Kyle Volpi Hiebert

Chinese Spies Are Recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn

Networking sites are the latest front in Beijing’s espionage campaign

04.08.2026 20

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Sushant Singh

This Montreal Man Is on a Crusade to Fill Every Damn Pothole Himself

Saad Tekiout’s vigilantism says a lot about the failures of a thoroughly rutted city

04.08.2026 20

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Caitlin Walsh Miller

Nobody Asked for Harry Potter Donuts

The new Tim Hortons collaboration will only fuel J. K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade

03.08.2026 30

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Mel Woods

The War on Alberta Separatists Is a War on Democracy

We celebrate popular rule until someone calls a referendum we don’t like

03.08.2026 20

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Dónal Gill

Weekly Quiz: Email Overload, Middle Powers, and the Great Antonio

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday

01.08.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

I’m Part of a Polyamorous Family. Here’s What It’s Like

It taught me to share two of the most dangerous things: love and sex

01.08.2026 20

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Alex Alberto

When America Thought Its Windshields Were Under Attack

A bizarre Cold War panic reveals how ordinary events become extraordinary conspiracies

31.07.2026 20

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Lee Kuhnle

Reimagining Banking with Human-Centred AI

How TD is Taking a More Human Approach to AI Integration

30.07.2026 10

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Madeleine Somerville

The Walrus Talks The Billionaire Problem

What the rise of the super rich means for democracy, affordability, and Canada’s future

30.07.2026 20

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The Mystery of the Great Antonio, the Montreal Giant Who Could Pull Buses

How one of Canada’s legendary figures turned self-invention into an art form

30.07.2026 20

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Daniel Allen Cox

More Firefighters and Water Bombers Won’t Solve Canada’s Wildfire Crisis

The focus on fighting fires has distracted us from preventing them

29.07.2026 20

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Samia Madwar

Canada Keeps Calling Itself a Middle Power. It Isn’t

The idea once reflected geopolitical reality. Today it’s mostly a comforting illusion

29.07.2026 20

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Peter Jones

Canada Took First Nations Children Away. Now Communities Are Bringing Them Home

The harder challenge will be building services that can help keep the families together

29.07.2026 10

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Linda Besner

Canada Is Stuck in Trump’s Permanent Trade War

The longer negotiations drag on, the greater the economic drag

28.07.2026 10

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William A. Reinsch

The Cockroach Revolution: India’s Students Are Rewriting the Rules of Protest

How a slur inspired an unprecedented revolt against the Modi government

28.07.2026 10

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Arundhati Roy

Appeasing Trump Is Not a Winning Strategy

Between wildfires and the US president, Carney should prioritize the crisis he can manage

28.07.2026 20

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Olivia Bowden

I Have 61,966 Unread Emails—and I Don’t Care

Pick out the important messages and leave the rest. It’ll change your life

27.07.2026 20

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Courtney Shea

Calling All Readers: Tell Us about the State of Your Inbox

Send us your organizational tips, unpopular opinions, or highest unread email count

27.07.2026 10

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