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January/February 2010

The Stranger Within

by Ron Graham

Who is Michael Ignatieff? Why does he want to run the country? And does he have what it takes, not only to defeat Stephen Harper, but also — first things first — to bring peace to his own party?

Photograph by Christopher Wahl

In the Clearing

by Adam Makarenko

Revisiting his hometown in a photographic series of miniature dioramas, the artist presents life and death in northwestern Ontario, writ small » View Photo Gallery «

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

by Alex Hutchinson

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

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Right of Passage

by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized?

Pursuit

by Adam Makarenko

Desktop wallpaper from our January/February 2010 issue. » View Photo Gallery «

What Thunder Bay Burned

by Nick Mount

And how Lady Chatterley wrote our obscenity law

Bloodletting

by Charles Foran

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

Editor’s Note

by John Macfarlane

Christina McCall started at Maclean’s in 1956, when writers like Pierre

Kid vs. Kid

by Robert Parker

Duelling interviews with Mark McKinney and Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall

The Earthling

by Tatsuro Kiuchi

An illustrated series from the January/February 2010 issue of The Walrus. » View Photo Gallery «

Moose Flu

by Kevin Chong

A modest proposal from a concerned citizen

January-February 2010 Image Gallery

by The Walrus Contributors

Photographs and illustrations from the magazine. » View Photo Gallery «

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?

Back in the Hall

by Adam Sternbergh

No one made sketch comedy, that most Canadian of comic forms, like the Kids in the Hall — which makes their return to television a big deal

The People’s Poll

by Leigh Kamping-Carder

A new way to gauge public opinion

MARCH 2010

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