Revisiting his hometown in a photographic series of miniature dioramas, the artist presents life and death in northwestern Ontario, writ small
Who is Michael Ignatieff? Why does he want to run the country? And does he have what it takes, not only to defeat Stephen Harper, but also — first things first — to bring peace to his own party?
The Afghan torture scandal. The Arar affair. Adscam. The Bush years. Given so many cautionary tales, why are Canadians still letting the government hide public information?
Photographs and illustrations from the magazine
Visual Art | by The Walrus Contributors
A new way to gauge public opinion
Frontier | by Leigh Kamping-Carder
Vincent Lam’s miraculous book goes under the knife for television
Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized?
Books | by Nicholas Hune-Brown
Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?
Sports | by Alex Hutchinson
Desktop wallpaper from our January/February 2010 issue
A modest proposal from a concerned citizen
An illustrated series from the January/February 2010 issue of
The Walrus
The dawn of private broadcasting
Recovered | by Ralph S. Misener
And how Lady Chatterley wrote our obscenity law
Essay | by Nick Mount
Duelling interviews with Mark McKinney and Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall
No one made sketch comedy, that most Canadian of comic forms, like the Kids in the Hall — which makes their return to television a big deal
Comedy | by Adam Sternbergh
Class Dismissed, Duly Noted, A Lost Cause, and Safer Trip
Letters | by The Walrus Readers