Canada Has a Weapon in Trump’s Trade War. It’s Potash | The Walrus
The Walrusby Dale Eisler29d ago
There are times in politics and government when leaders are faced with a fundamental, even primordial, choice.
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top 93%Quebec Is Getting Hammered by Trump’s Trade War. It’s Not Backing Down | The Walrus
The Walrusby Toula Drimonis29d ago
The collapse of Canada’s trade negotiations with the United States has pushed Quebec into what Premier Christine Fréchette and the Quebec Federation of Chambers of Commerce have called a...
Want to Defend the Arctic from Trump? Build More Icebreakers | The Walrus
The Walrusby Wesley Wark29d ago
Canada is an Arctic country. The region accounts for 40 percent of its landmass and 70 percent of its coastline.
More than Half of Ontario Students Aren’t Showing Up | The Walrus
The Walrusby Kunal Chaudhary8 Sept 2026
“Do you have any interest in graduating?” It was the spring of 2013, the last semester of high school, and I was sitting in my guidance counsellor’s office.
What If Students Are Sick of AI Too? | The Walrus
The Walrusby Amanda Perry8 Sept 2026
“The number of targeted AI ads I get as a student is really insane,” Eden Daniel told me over coffee.
Canada Can Make Trump Regret This Trade War | The Walrus
The Walrusby Peter Jones7 Sept 2026
“You are at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said when meeting reporters on August 22 after his decision to end intensive negotiations to avert fresh American...
A Young Woman Was Murdered in LA. Her Jacket Said “Made in Canada” | The Walrus
The Walrusby Catherine Fogarty5 Sept 2026
In the fall of 1969, a young, unidentified woman was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Without a name, she was called Jane Doe #59—the fifty-ninth unknown female homicide victim in a year...
I Spent Years Working with War Veterans. The Odyssey Hit Me Hard | The Walrus
The Walrusby Erin O’Toole4 Sept 2026
A highlight of my recent vacation in Halifax was watching The Odyssey with my son Jack. We were especially lucky to be among the relatively few viewers able to experience the film in all its IMAX...
Canada’s Human Traffickers Are Getting Away with It | The Walrus
The Walrusby Olivia Bowden4 Sept 2026
In an online sex forum, users exchange tips on their pursuit of Indigenous women on the streets of Canadian and American cities. “Picked up a nice looking tall native girl . . . Was pretty drunk .
Edmonton, Niagara, Toronto: Are We Ready for Epic Flooding? | The Walrus
The Walrusby Richie Assaly3 Sept 2026
Post Malone had performed three songs at his July 25 tour stop at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium when the wind started to pick up and the sky darkened.
Trump Is Going His Own Way on Trade. Carney Should Let Him | The Walrus
The Walrusby Dan Ciuriak2 Sept 2026
At the approach of midnight, on August 21, 2026, Canada walked out on talks with the United States to avert new tariffs due to kick in on some $20 billion (US) worth of US imports from Canada.
Death of Plasma Donor Sparks Questions about Health Canada Inquiry | The Walrus
The Walrusby Rebecca Gao2 Sept 2026
On August 13, the private plasma-collecting company Grifols, that operates seventeen donation facilities in Canada, announced that it is temporarily pausing plasma collection.
Not Everything Digital Is Good: Tech Isn’t Always an Example of Genius | The Walrus
The Walrusby Carmine Starnino2 Sept 2026
I LIKE FOUNTAIN PENS. I’m hardly a connoisseur. I picked up the habit years ago, fond of the scriptural feel it gave my scrawl.
Lake Ontario Has Bigger Problems than Donald Trump | The Walrus
The Walrusby Daniel Macfarlane1 Sept 2026
On a summer stay in one of the many tall towers on Toronto’s waterfront, I watched Lake Ontario change shades as the clouds rolled in.
Which Trump-Supporting States Will Feel Canada’s Tariff Fury? | The Walrus
The Walrusby The Walrus Staff1 Sept 2026
The complete index of American products subject to Canadian retaliatory tariffs on September 8 include more than 600 different entries. Searching for patterns can drive you to madness.
The Taliban’s Laws Are Killing Women and Children | The Walrus
The Walrusby Soraya Amiri1 Sept 2026
When Amina, a midwife in Afghanistan, visited a health centre in one of the central provinces recently, she saw a woman at the front gate holding a newborn.
Inside Ontario’s Regulated Online Casino Boom | The Walrus
The Walrusby The Walrus Lab31 Aug 2026
Four years ago, most Canadians who played casino games online did so on sites with no ties to any Canadian regulator at all. That’s changed faster than most people realize.
Canada Had No Choice But to Walk Away from Trump | The Walrus
The Walrusby Paul Wells31 Aug 2026
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it,” George Orwell wrote in 1984.
Canada’s Trade War Is a Fight for the Free World | The Walrus
The Walrusby Michael Ignatieff31 Aug 2026
S omeone of my generation remembers an imagined place called the free world. In our mental geographies, “we” Canadians, Americans, and Western Europeans grew up inside “the free world,” while...
Manitoba Has an Ambitious Plan to End Homelessness | The Walrus
The Walrusby Kelly-Anne Riess31 Aug 2026
On January 14, 2025, the Manitoba government announced its plan to end chronic homelessness in the province.