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November 2006
"The mind is more powerful than anything.... If we were able to use our full minds we would probably destroy ourselves and the world."
- Justin Timberlake
November 2006
Alberta’s Gamble with Gambling
by Andrew Nikiforuk
The “crack cocaine” of gaming hooks a senior mandarin—and the provincial treasury…[more]Illustration by Sigrun Wister
Science
The Teenage Brain
by Nora Underwood
Why adolescents sleep in, take risks, and won’t listen to reason…[more]
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Ephemera
Ephemera
by Rita Leistner
The Israel Defense Forces dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets on Lebanon. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Keeping Everest Honest
by Bernadette McDonald
Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan glory and shame, calls it like she sees it…[more]
International Affairs
The Conspiracy Against Africa
by Gerald Caplan
Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon.…[more]
Urban Affairs
A Resonant Boom
by Charles Foran
How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.…[more]
Detail
Made in Mexico
by Martin Parr
British photographer Martin Parr isn’t your stereotypical gringo. » View Photo Gallery «
buzz
A Walrus Online Special Feature: buzz
buzz is an urban storytelling project conceived of by Toronto resident Jay Pitter as a way for young adults from. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Banking on Catastrophe
by Jake Bogoch
Beneath an Arctic island, the seeds of a postapocalyptic garden lie buried…[more]
Photo Essay
Safe and Sexy
by Sarah Hughes
A photo essay on the choices women make about what they wear . » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
The Frozen Zoo
by Megan Ogilvie
As species disappear, natural history’s future is put on ice…[more]
Sightings
“Chillax, Pops”
by Ken Alexander
I‘m not sure exactly when Canada struck me anew as a decent place worth fighting for, but it happened sometime…[more]
Field Notes
Scarce Heard Amid the Guns
by Murray Thomson
Does Canada’s war museum say enough about peace?…[more]
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