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January/February 2010


The Stranger Within

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

Pursuit

Online Exclusive

Pursuit

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

The Dark Country

Government

The Dark Country

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?

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Bloodletting

Television

Bloodletting

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


The People’s Poll

Frontier

The People’s Poll

A new way to gauge public opinion


In the Clearing

Photo Essay

In the Clearing

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


Moose Flu

Comic Relief

Moose Flu

A modest proposal from a concerned citizen


Back in the Hall

Comedy

Back in the Hall

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


Right of Passage

Books

Right of Passage

Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized?


Breaking Fast

Fiction

Breaking Fast


Station Break

Recovered

Station Break

The dawn of private broadcasting


What Thunder Bay Burned

Essay

What Thunder Bay Burned

And how Lady Chatterley wrote our obscenity law


The Earthling

Visual Art

The Earthling

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


Faster, Higher, Sneakier

Sports

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

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


Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

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


Letters

Letters

Letters

Class Dismissed


January-February 2010 Image Gallery

Visual Art

January-February 2010 Image Gallery

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


Kid vs. Kid

Online Exclusive

Kid vs. Kid

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


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