Television
Point of No Return
by Jason Anderson
Making Canadian television drama worth watching remains a challenge
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Letters
Letters: September 2009
by The Walrus Readers
Readers’ letters; and, is Dave Hughes a “prophet of doom”?
Fiction
Summer of the Flesh Eater
by Zsuzsi Gartner
Field notes on the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original
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Drag Me to Hull
by Jason Sherman & David Perkins
A mysterious trick-or-treater terrorizes Ottawa
History
On the Plains of Abraham
by Helen Humphreys
A novelist recreates one of Canada’s greatest battles.
Video: September 2009 Trailer
by The Walrus
A new series of animated trailers for The Walrus magazine
Architecture
Almost Grown
by Melora Koepke
Paul Merrick thinks Vancouver is finally outgrowing its architectural adolescence
Medicine
Connected to the Hip Bone
by John MacLachlan Gray
A aging boomer’s quest to repair the wear and tear
Religion
Showdown on Scott Road
by Timothy Taylor
Socially progressive Sikh youths fight for change at one of the Lower Mainland’s biggest temples.
Notes
Old School
by The Walrus
Before texting made child’s play of surreptitious classroom chatter, students passed notes
Immigration
Nanny’s Other Family
by Susan McClelland
Canada’s live-in caregiver immigration program may not be good for the kids
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Q&A: Joseph Heath
by Alexandra Molotkow
An interview with the University of Toronto economics philosopher
