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The Walrus

The Walrus provokes new thinking and sparks conversation on matters vital to Canadians including politics, the environment, business, and society.

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thewalrus.ca > what-if-students-are-sick-of-ai-too

What If Students Are Sick of AI Too?

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (583+ words) “The number of targeted AI ads I get as a student is really insane,” Eden Daniel told me over coffee. Every time she opened YouTube, she was hit with a barrage of offers to take shortcuts on her schoolwork, especially…...

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thewalrus.ca > plasma-donor-death

Death of Plasma Donor Sparks Questions about Health Canada Inquiry

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Grifols is a privately owned company based in Spain. In 2022, it inked a deal with the Canadian Blood Services to act as a plasma-collecting agent for the national charity. Grifols pays donors for their plasma, which the CBS has never…...

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thewalrus.ca > why-is-anti-indigenous-racism-on-the-rise

Why Is Anti-Indigenous Racism on the Rise?

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (274+ words) But today, many Canadians feel the pendulum has swung too far; acknowledgement of residential school history is one thing, but concrete measures to address injustices are quite another. It seems many Canadians believed residential schools were the only federal crime…...

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thewalrus.ca > the-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-comes-to-small-town-ontario

The World???s Largest Nuclear Plant Comes to Small-Town Ontario

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1006+ words) How a historic village found itself in the path of a massive energy project—twice Published 6:30, AUGUST 25, 2026 Ontario is filled with ghost towns, abandoned farming villages, workers’ camps, and rural hamlets. Most emptied out slowly, over years of decline. Others…...

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thewalrus.ca > alberta-flag

I Hate Watching the Alberta Flag Become a Symbol of Separatism

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (380+ words) Earlier this summer, I walked out of the journalism building at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology where I teach and heard a helicopter overhead. I stopped and squinted as it flew toward Calgary’s downtown with a giant royal-blue flag…...

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thewalrus.ca > mark-carney-why-i-rejected-trumps-trade-deal

Mark Carney: Why I Rejected Trump???s Trade Deal

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (419+ words) W hat follows are the remarks Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered in Ottawa after the suspension of Canada–United States trade talks on August 22, 2026. I’d like take this opportunity to update Canadians on developments in our trade negotiations with the…...

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thewalrus.ca > no-quebec-referendum-until-trump-is-gone-pq-leader-says

No Quebec Referendum Until Trump Is Gone, PQ Leader Says

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (812+ words) Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose promise to hold a third referendum on Quebec’s secession from Canada “before the decade is out” has been a defining feature of his leadership, has evidently seen the same polls as the rest…...

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thewalrus.ca > canada-united-states-tariff-negotiation

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

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1020+ words) If you’re reading this, you likely belong to one of three camps: those freaking out about the August 19 trade negotiation deadline, those who’ve shrugged it off, and those who have no idea it’s happening. But it’s possible to simultaneously register…...