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2009.10

October 2009

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

Fetal alcohol syndrome is preventable, incurable, and surprisingly common. Still, it brought me Boop, who has redefined my life
Memoir | by Lynn Cunningham
The Secret

The Secret

The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky
Visual Art | by Brett Grainger

Requiem for a Union Town

Requiem for a Union Town

How the fight went out of Windsor
Industry | by Christopher Shulgan

The Glad Scientist

The Glad Scientist

A Vatican astronomer explains why science and religion are a match made in heaven
Profile | by Dan Falk

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note

Introducing the October 2009 issue of The Walrus
Editor's Note | by John Macfarlane

Biblio Tech

Biblio Tech

The public library takes browsing back from Chapters
Frontier | by Alex Hutchinson

Gaga For Gags

Gaga For Gags

Behind the scenes of Canada's hidden-camera hit, Just for Laughs Gags
Field Notes | by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Analyze This

Analyze This

Selections from the dream diary of Conrad Black
Comedy | by Kevin Chong

Q&A: Buck 65

Q&A: Buck 65

An interview with CBC Radio 2 host Rich Terfry about his hip hop alter ego
Online Exclusive | by Dave Morris

The Age of Breathing Underwater

The Age of Breathing Underwater

Environmentalists have long struggled to save Nature from humanity’s negligence — and still we’ve reached the brink of catastrophe. How can we learn to thrive in the climate we’ve created? The answer begins beneath the sea…
Environment | by Chris Turner

Long Live Annie B.

Long Live Annie B.

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
— Talmud
Fiction | by Lee Henderson

How to Read a Masterpiece

How to Read a Masterpiece

Coming to terms with Marie-Claire Blais
Books | by Marianne Ackerman

The Most Hated Name in News

The Most Hated Name in News

Can Al Jazeera English cure what ails North American journalism?
Media | by Deborah Campbell

Forty-five

Forty-five

Arriving at the age of looking back
Firsthand | by Lisa Moore

This Right Here Is Rich Terfry

This Right Here Is Rich Terfry

The man also known as rapper Buck 65 becomes the voice of CBC Radio 2’s endlessly controversial makeover
Radio | by Dave Morris

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