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Weekly Quiz: Art Activism, Superpower Strategy, and Evolving Energy Policy - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday - I Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone - The world will need to adjust to a less dominant United States
- Weekly Quiz: Art Activism, Superpower Strategy, and Evolving Energy Policy - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday
- I Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone - The world will need to adjust to a less dominant United States
- After Intense Lobbying, Carney Allows Gas-Powered Data Centres in Alberta - Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector
- Tiffany - In the moment that followed the big announcement, our tangled histories were now more pronounced
- The Doctor Behind One of Canada’s First MAID Deaths Speaks Out - Ian Ball was among the earliest to administer the procedure. He recalls the anxiety ten years later
- Trump Tests the Limits of American Power in Iran - In a world of predatory hegemons, military superiority no longer guarantees strategic advantage
- “The Cruelty Right Now Is Horrific”: A Veteran Reporter Recalls Her Most Challenging Assignments - Michelle Shephard has written from Guantánamo, Somalia, and Sudan. How does she cope with the violence she uncovers?
- I Flew Across the Country to Look at the Most Controversial Work of Art in Canada - Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?
- Manitoba Moves to Outlaw Algorithmic Pricing—a First in Canada - The bill would ban using personal data to charge customers different prices for the same goods
It has been 25 years since Canada passed the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, a pivotal step in extending legal protections to same-sex couples.
Explore this turning point and the progress made since in a special project from The Walrus Lab, supported by funding from the Government of Canada.
Inside the May 2026 issue of The Walrus
➔ Donald Trump’s missile-defence fantasy
➔ The most accurately predicted genocide in history
➔ Tumbler Ridge on the other side of tragedy
➔ How to close a diamond mine
➔ A love letter to the em dash
This week on What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by Donna Jones Alward. Her most recent book is the novel Ship of Dreams, which was published in 2025 by HarperCollins Canada and was also a national bestseller. Donna talks to Nathan about the astonishingly fast pace with which she published books up until this year; about shifting from romance to historical fiction; and about the perils inherent in writing a novel about a story everyone feels they already know, which is the sinking of the Titanic.
How can we reframe aging as a lifelong process grounded in joy, rather than a fixed state of decline? Dr. Rose Joudi is the senior adviser for gender equity, diversity, and inclusion at HelpAge Canada. This special episode of The Conversation Piece features content from her presentation at The Walrus Talks at Home: Aging and Belonging, supported by The Belonging Forum, an initiative of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness.
On this episode of Courage Inc., from Deloitte and The Walrus Lab, former Industry Minister James Moore discusses broadband expansion, innovation, and reducing internal trade barriers to strengthen Canada’s economic sovereignty in a more competitive North America. From Davos to the State of the Union, the message is clear: Canada must be strong.
I Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone - The world will need to adjust to a less dominant United States
- I Flew Across the Country to Look at the Most Controversial Work of Art in Canada - Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?
- Churchill’s Famous Polar Bears Left to Eat Trash - The animals gave the town a global reputation. Now it’s struggling to keep them away from its garbage
- The Doctor Behind One of Canada’s First MAID Deaths Speaks Out - Ian Ball was among the earliest to administer the procedure. He recalls the anxiety ten years later
- Tiffany - In the moment that followed the big announcement, our tangled histories were now more pronounced
