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Jan/Feb 2009
Election Crisis Handbook
by The Walrus
Features and reports on Canadian party politics from The Walrus archives.…[more]
Travel
The Mountain That Eats Men
by Andrew Westoll
A descent into Bolivia’s dark heart, with a gallery from photographer Jason Rothe. » View Photo Gallery «
Environment
Feed-In Frenzy
by Chris Turner
A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?…[more]
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Booze
Smooth Talk
by John DeMont
From feedlots to noble rot: vines and wineries in Kings Country, Nova Scotia…[more]
Environment
The Future Has Begun
by Nora Underwood
Vertical farms will take eating local to the next level — but are they safe?…[more]
Comics
A Day in Vancouver Towne
by John Porcellino
...Being a Reckord of One Yank’s brefe encounters with Canada…[more]
Music
Rattle and Hum
by Emily Paddon & Taylor Owen
Hello, Baghdad! A Kurdish singer rocks Iraq…[more]
International Security
The Archipelago of Fear
by Charles Montgomery
Are fortification and foreign aid making Kabul more dangerous?…[more]
Music
Persian Melodies
by Hadani Ditmars
How Vancouver became a hub for Persian classical music …[more]
History
The Lynching of Louie Sam
by John Vaillant
In 1884, an American mob brought frontier justice to the Canadian border. …[more]
Coca Binge
“Coca Si, Cocaina No”
by Daniel Aldana Cohen
The struggle to legitmize the coca leaf…[more]
Humour
A Film For Would-Be Immigrants
by Pasha Malla
“We fade into a blistering sun... which detonates in a BLOOD EXPLOSION.”…[more]
Festivus Cookbook
Mincemeat Pie
by Jared Bland, Danielle Groen & Brian Morgan
Your mother’s Christmas pudding recipe is all wrong…[more]
Agriculture
Change of Pace
by Robert Hough
Former tobacco farmers have a bumper new crop to exploit: ginseng…[more]
Poetry
Dream of the Last Shaker
by Damian Rogers
We stream into the meetinghouse through two doors like twin cords...…[more]
Economics
The Dictatorship of No Alternatives
by Daniel Aldana Cohen
Progressive economists are rethinking markets …[more]
Walrus Contests
Giveaway: Andrew Westoll’s The Riverbones
by The Walrus Contests
Win a copy of Andrew Westoll’s new book…[more]
Online Exclusive
Love Letters Contest
by The Walrus
Write a love letter for The Walrus and win $1,000!…[more]
From the Blogs
Interview with Lynda Barry
by Sean Rogers
Our comics blogger interviews Lynda Barry about her new book, What It Is…[more]
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