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December 2009


A Sorry State

A Sorry State

by Mitch Miyagawa
Canada is becoming a world leader in official apologies. Do they benefit anyone but the people offering them up?
Images by Susana Reisman

Castro’s Favourite Capitalist

Business

Castro’s Favourite Capitalist

Will Sherritt International come to regret dealing with Communist Cuba? CEO Ian Delaney doesn’t think so

Zero Sum

Memoir

Zero Sum

In implementing zero tolerance for sexual abuse, has the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario become a source of harm to the patients it’s trying to protect?

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Kawabata

Fiction

Kawabata

In late april, Bernard Crowe volunteered to lead a few men north to survey the brush around Nagagami Lake. He left for


Birthright

Profile

Birthright

Is giving young Jews a taste of the homeland the best way to save Judaism?


The Museum of Sound

Poetry

The Museum of Sound

On the ground floor, near the gift shop, is the mechanical wing, with sections for vehicles, factories, heavy equipment, and office machinery. A


The Maestro

Music

The Maestro

Montreal’s young classical superstar, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, takes his place on the world stage


Where the Wild Things Were

Online Exclusive

Where the Wild Things Were

A retrospective of werewolves in popular culture. » View Photo Gallery «


Dances with Werewolves

Books

Dances with Werewolves

Kelley Armstrong celebrates the animal within


Mind Over Matter

Frontier

Mind Over Matter

Keeping a place for thought experiments in an empirical age


Letters

Letters

Letters

Hot Water Chris Turner’s “


The Obstecritic

Comedy

The Obstecritic

Some babies of 2009, reviewed


Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

Introducing the December 2009 issue of The Walrus


Dogfight

Overheard

Dogfight

Reckoning with the RCMP’s involvement in the demise of the Inuit sled dog


Green Giants

Urban Affairs

Green Giants

How urban planners are turning industrial eyesores into popular public spaces


December 2009 Image Gallery

Visual Art

December 2009 Image Gallery

Photographs and illustrations from the magazine. » View Photo Gallery «


Walking the Way

Travel

Walking the Way

A tale of endurance, remonstrance, and remembrance on the pilgrim’s trail in Spain


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