Dark Element

Dark Element

Word and pictures by Donald Weber
A Ukrainian prairie city built in the Soviet era to supply ore for nuclear weapons reckons with the industry’s deadly legacy. PLUS: Exclusive photo gallery

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Citizen Saul

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Citizen Saul

Writer, literary activist, public intellectual, John Ralston Saul is, not accidentally, both a man of the world and an articulate proponent of values he thinks are quintessentially Canadian


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Hedonic Indicators

Bhutan takes the next step in democratizing happiness


The Shout Doctrine

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The Shout Doctrine

What happens when political debates escalate into a culture of arguments, attack ads, and anonymous Internet assaults? A Parliament effectively shut — and shouted — down


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Al and Me

Remembering Canada’s most famous poet ten years after his death


Healthy Competition?

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Healthy Competition?

The Canada/US rivalry stymies health care reform


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One of the world’s great puppeteers finds renewal — for himself and his art form — in mentorship


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The girl across the hall goes to Haiti


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The Art of Aha

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Introducing the April 2010 issue of The Walrus


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Balancing theory and action at Canada’s first northern university



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