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Montréal 1976 : quand le Québec a accueilli le monde

Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne Season 5/Episode 1 French Transcript

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Montreal 1976: When Quebec Welcomed the World

Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne Season 5/Episode 1 English Transcript

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Dashes, Domes, Africa, and the Arctic

Letters to the editor: July/August 2026

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Readers

Everybody Knows Poets Are Weird. Margaret Avison Was Weirder

Scandalously, no press wanted to publish her long-awaited biography

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Nicholas Bradley

Mark Carney Is Governing like It’s Wartime

The Liberals are centralizing power and moving fast. Why isn’t anyone objecting?

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David Coletto

Residency

The land on which we lived— / the town, the campus—was unceded. / A lawn laid pristinely over theft

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Michael Prior

Costco Is the Anti-Amazon and It’s Thriving

Its model defies the prevailing wisdom about retail. Why does it work?

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Benjamin y. Fong

Yukon’s Premier Wants to Speed Up Mining. Lawsuits Are Already Flying

Currie Dixon is turning the North into a battleground for Canada’s resource ambitions

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Trina Moyles

The Real Estate Mogul Who Burned Down His Rival’s Offices

Christophe Folla ran one of Quebec’s biggest brokerages. A grudge fuelled a seven-year campaign of revenge

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Caitlin Walsh Miller

The Conservative Feud Is Embarrassing. Grow Up

If Pierre Poilievre wants to win power, he needs to stop waging war on his own side

14.07.2026 1

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Dan Robertson

Airbnb Promised a Home Away from Home. Now It’s a House of Horrors

How living like a local turned into toilets in closets and folding tables disguised as beds

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Nicole Schmidt

Vatican Casts Out Traditionalist Sect. What’s Next for Canadian Followers?

An excommunication story, fifty-six years in the making

13.07.2026 2

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Carmine Starnino

How Canada’s Richest Residents Block Affordable Housing

In Calgary, the wealthy have a virtual stranglehold over meetings where key decisions are made

13.07.2026 8

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Peter Dormaar

How I Faced Off Against the Freedom Convoy—and Won Over Its Supporters

Some even apologized and broke down in tears

13.07.2026 10

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Alex Silas

Weekly Quiz: Foreign Workers, Deepfakes, and Forest Fires

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

11.07.2026 10

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Ketsia Beboua

Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Sarah Palin Have One Thing in Common

Sexism cost them their shot at high office. But I’m hopeful for women in politics

11.07.2026 10

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Sophie Gilbert

Canada Is Primed to Burn. Why Aren’t We Ready?

The country still lacks the people and equipment to handle our record-breaking wildfires

10.07.2026 10

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Amy van Den Berg

The Blueprint Behind Danielle Smith’s Plan to Break Up with Canada

A little-read separatist manifesto is shaping her government’s most controversial moves

09.07.2026 3

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Patrick Lennox

The Internet Is Bad and Getting Worse—Especially for Queer Kids

A broad new law will end up erasing vital spaces and resources

09.07.2026 9

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Lucy Uprichard

Someone Please Explain These Mark Carney Thirst Traps

Is it a joke? Meaningless Gen Z content? Or a sign of the political moment?

08.07.2026 10

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Amarah Hasham-Steele

Canada Has a New Law to Stop Deepfake Nudes. Will It Work?

Penalties under Bill C-16, coming into effect this month, include up to 10 years in prison

08.07.2026 10

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Elizabeth Sargeant

A Canadian Social Network? Don’t Roll Your Eyes Yet

Gander is betting there’s an appetite for a homegrown platform built on trust instead of outrage

07.07.2026 7

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Carmine Starnino

Shape Shifter

Maria Reva, winner of this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award, on the creative collision of reality and fiction

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The Temporary Foreign Worker Program Can’t Be Fixed

The only way to stop companies from abusing the system is to end it

07.07.2026 20

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Adnan R. Khan

Canada Already Has the Tools to Stop Surveillance Pricing

The real problem isn’t a gap in the law. It’s a lack of political will to enforce existing legal principles

06.07.2026 10

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Emily Osborne

At Last, Signs of Life in the Conservative Party

The CPC still belongs to Poilievre. But its latest moves suggest it’s preparing for a future without him

06.07.2026 10

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Linda Thornback

The People Who Want to Stop AI by Any Means Necessary

As fear of the technology grows, so does the risk of violent resistance

06.07.2026 20

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Ira Wells

Weekly Quiz: Confederation, Criminal Plots, and Social Upheaval

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

04.07.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

A Man with Disabilities Was Found Dead in an Underground Cistern. What Happened?

“It was absolutely disgusting,” said the police about the care home where Guy Mitchell drowned

04.07.2026 10

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Dustin Galer

Tell Us Your Most Secret, Specific, Neurotic Notebook Needs

We have a lot of thoughts. We want to know yours

03.07.2026 9

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The Walrus Staff

I Finally Found the Perfect Planner. Then Trump Ruined It

How a paper company and tariffs threw the world of stationery hobbyists into chaos

03.07.2026 10

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Sarah Trick

Scrap 24 Sussex Drive. Canada Can Do Better

Crowdfunding repairs to the prime minister’s official home is a terrible idea. Time to start from scratch

02.07.2026 10

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Taylor C. Noakes

At the Venice Biennale, Canada Sent an Artist Who Would Rather Talk about Plants

Should art always answer to politics, biography, and national identity?

02.07.2026 10

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Greta Rainbow

Inside Canada’s Most Audacious Bank Vault Robbery

The heist that turned Montreal’s West End Gang into an underworld legend

02.07.2026 20

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Don Levers

Canada’s Mistake Was Believing the Border No Longer Mattered

Free trade with the US made us wealthier. It also left us vulnerable

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Dónal Gill

Canada’s Defence Buildup Should Build More than a Military

If Ottawa plays it right, the spending surge could support a new generation of Canadian companies

30.06.2026 9

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Erin Otoole

Can the Birthplace of Confederation Catch Up to the Times?

Ten years after it was closed for renovations, PEI’s Province House confronts a changed world

30.06.2026 20

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Trevor Corkum

The Deadly Montreal Shooting Shows Incel Violence Is a Public Emergency

The misogynist ideology is blending into other extremist views

29.06.2026 10

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Olivia Bowden

I Spoke Out about Health Care. The Premier of PEI Took It Very Personally

How a single quote sparked a political firestorm

29.06.2026 6

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Alika Lafontaine

Avi Lewis Wants to Save the Planet. It’s Tearing His Party Apart

His climate plan has provoked a furious response from NDP leaders in Alberta and Saskatchewan

29.06.2026 10

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Drew Nelles

Weekly Quiz: Defence, Dermatology, and Corporate Dominance

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

27.06.2026 20

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Ketsia Beboua

She Wanted to Be Seen as a Writer. The World Saw Her as a Sex Worker

Nelly Arcan turned her years as an escort into powerful fiction, but the persona trapped her for life

27.06.2026 10

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Myra Bloom

Immigration Cuts Are Hollowing Out Small Communities across Canada

Business groups urge Carney government to retain foreign workers already here

26.06.2026 20

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Shilpashree Jagannathan

How BlackBerry Staged a Comeback by Winning Over Car Companies

After its near-death experience, the tech behemoth is profitable once more

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Solarina Ho

Water Wars, Watchful Parents, and Safe Neighbourhoods

Letters to the editor: June 2026

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Readers

The Worms

The worms continue / to pay us no mind, silently weaving air / into the earth’s torn lungs

25.06.2026 10

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Farah Ghafoor

Why Your Dermatologist Is Upselling You on Pricey Procedures You Don’t Need

As wait lists in Ontario grow, some doctors are blurring the line between care and cosmetic treatments

25.06.2026 10

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Rebecca Gao

The Conservatives Keep Losing—and Turning Their Fire on Each Other

Instead of learning from defeat, Poilievre’s camp is consumed by internal feuds and purity tests

24.06.2026 10

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Linda Thornback

Cat Colonies, Nude Protesters, and Other Wild Stories from Parliament Hill

The odd things at the heart of our democracy

24.06.2026 10

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Charlie Feldman

Banning Kids from Social Media Won’t Keep Them Safe

What young people really need is to learn how to navigate the internet responsibly

24.06.2026 10

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Marina Black