The Walrus

01/19/2025

Chronic pain doesn’t just affect the body. It reshapes relationships, routines, and the minutiae of daily life. Here, Elizabeth Arbour shares what it’s like to navigate parenthood while managing an invisible battle: https://thewalrus.ca/chronic-pain/

01/19/2025

Why is our airline dispute system so broken?

In Canada, tribunal operations cost almost $30 million to resolve an estimated 22,600 eligible complaints per year. “We’ve created a monster,” says John Gradek, former Air Canada executive. https://thewalrus.ca/why-flying-sucks-so-much/

01/19/2025

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01/19/2025

Is this Chrystia Freeland’s moment?

Biographer Catherine Tsalikis weighs in on the Liberal leadership race, in this exclusive Q&A with Samia Madwar: https://thewalrus.ca/freeland-liberal-leadership/

01/19/2025

From geckos and gyrating palms to festive hotdogs and French music—Richard’s Motel in Little Quebec, Florida, is where Quebec’s snowbirds go to escape the cold winters.

But with shifting times, this refuge risks melting away, taking with it a piece of cultural history: https://thewalrus.ca/little-quebec/

01/19/2025

“All the headstones were long gone, pulled from the earth like broken teeth over a century back, while this monument remained, towering over the park and its invisibly crammed, stacked dead.”

Read “The Dead Are More Visible,” the award-winning short story from author and poet Steven Heighton:

Technically, she still had a boss, but out here she never had to deal with him

01/18/2025

Cancer epidemiologist Darren Brenner links potential rising cancer rates in young adults to 30 years of diet changes and ultra-processed foods. Sanam Islam investigates: https://thewalrus.ca/why-are-more-young-people-being-diagnosed-with-cancer/

01/18/2025

Looking for something to do this weekend? The new crossword from The Walrus Games is up. Tell us how you did.

Crosswords, Sudoku, Wordsearch, and more. Enjoy daily games at three different difficulty levels. Sign up to find out when the weekly crossword is out.

01/18/2025

Inside the latest edition of our Substack newsletter: TikTok, travellers, and mountain equipment.

Plus: Gaza inches closer to a ceasefire

01/18/2025

Is TikTok about to go dark? The US Supreme Court is in a “viral fight” over a potential ban. The social media app has seen its fair share of skirmishes in its young history. Our favourite has to be one that Sejla Rizvic explored in “Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars”:

The video-based platform may not have created generational animosity, but it’s happy to fan the flames

01/18/2025

“Hidden in our neighbourhoods are homes housing people with disabilities that are woefully understaffed and overpopulated,” writes Ontario reader Matthew Marosszeky.

Reflecting on Zander Sherman’s “How Could They Just Lose Him?”, Marosszeky emphasizes the importance of amplifying the stories of disabled people neglected by the government meant to care for them: https://thewalrus.ca/letters-to-the-editor-december-2024/

01/18/2025

Eagle-eyed readers, The Walrus Weekly Quiz is for you. Every Saturday, see how well you’ve been paying attention to our stories. https://thewalrus.ca/category/quiz/

01/18/2025

Companies have a huge incentive to generate fake positive reviews—on a global level, trillions of dollars are at stake. Timothy Caulfield explores the dark side of the opinion economy, where consumer trust is bought, sold, and bent for profit. https://thewalrus.ca/fake-reviews-have-become-the-internets-perfect-crime/

01/18/2025

The next Liberal leader should be more than just a technocrat with a dry policy speech—they need to challenge Pierre Poilievre head on, writes Colin Horgan.

In his latest, he outlines the ideal qualities of a candidate primed for the challenge: https://thewalrus.ca/new-liberal-leader/

01/18/2025

New crossword is up! Head over to The Walrus Games:

Crosswords, Sudoku, Wordsearch, and more. Enjoy daily games at three different difficulty levels. Sign up to find out when the weekly crossword is out.

01/18/2025

Over the past decade, the fashion industry has been upended by e-commerce and fast fashion—putting legacy mass market brands like Roots in a tough spot: go too trendy and risk alienating loyal customers; play it too safe and risk irrelevance.

https://thewalrus.ca/roots-sexy/

01/18/2025

Mark Carney led two central banks through two world-shifting crises. Does that make him a political contender?

Carney led two central banks through two world-shifting crises. Does that make him a political contender?

01/17/2025

Pierre Poilievre recently had a nearly two-hour tête-à-tête with with Jordan Peterson, proponent of “traditional values” and champion of the all-beef diet. For more on Peterson, read Ira Wells’s piece “The Professor of Piffle”:

https://thewalrus.ca/the-professor-of-piffle/