The Dark Country

OUR NEWEST ISSUE! January/February 2010

The Dark Country

by Gil Shochat
The Afghan torture scandal. The Arar affair. Adscam. The Bush years. Given so many cautionary tales, why are Canadians still letting the government hide public information?…[more]
Illustration by Tamara Shopsin

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Latest Magazine Features

The People’s Poll

Frontier

The People’s Poll

A new way to gauge public opinion


Breaking Fast

Fiction

Breaking Fast


Back in the Hall

Comedy

Back in the Hall

No one made sketch comedy like the Kids in the Hall — which makes their return to television a big deal


From The Walrus Blog

The Haulout

The Edmonton Manifesto

More than a year after the world's economy teetered on the edge of…


The Bironist

On Fair Dealing and "The Dark Country"

Over at eaves.ca, David Eaves raises some interesting and important questions…


Web 2.0 Museum

Desktop Wallpaper: Pursuit

Exclusive desktop wallpaper by Adam Makarenko from the January/February 2010…


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Bloodletting

Television

Bloodletting

Vincent Lam’s miraculous book goes under the knife for TV


The Stranger Within

Politics

The Stranger Within

Who is Michael Ignatieff? Why does he want to run the country?


January-February 2010 Image Gallery

Visual Art

January-February 2010 Image Gallery

Photos and illustrations from the magazine


Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note


Station Break

Recovered

Station Break

The dawn of private broadcasting


Right of Passage

Books

Right of Passage

Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized?


Moose Flu

Comic Relief

Moose Flu

A modest proposal from a concerned citizen


Faster, Higher, Sneakier

Sports

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?


The Earthling

Visual Art

The Earthling

An illustrated series


Letters

Letters

Letters


What Thunder Bay Burned

Essay

What Thunder Bay Burned

And how Lady Chatterley wrote our obscenity law



JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
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