Fetal alcohol syndrome is preventable, incurable, and surprisingly common. Still, it brought me Boop, who has redefined my life
Memoir | by Lynn Cunningham
The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky
How the fight went out of Windsor
Industry | by Christopher Shulgan
A Vatican astronomer explains why science and religion are a match made in heaven
Introducing the October 2009 issue of
The Walrus
The public library takes browsing back from Chapters
Frontier | by Alex Hutchinson
Behind the scenes of Canada's hidden-camera hit,
Just for Laughs Gags Field Notes | by Nicholas Hune-Brown
Selections from the dream diary of Conrad Black
Comedy | by Kevin Chong
An interview with CBC Radio 2 host Rich Terfry about his hip hop alter ego
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…
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
— Talmud
Fiction | by Lee Henderson
Coming to terms with Marie-Claire Blais
Books | by Marianne Ackerman
Can Al Jazeera English cure what ails North American journalism?
Media | by Deborah Campbell
Arriving at the age of looking back
The man also known as rapper Buck 65 becomes the voice of CBC Radio 2’s endlessly controversial makeover
Radio | by Dave Morris