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Siddhesh Inamdar
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Features Editor @thewalrus.ca
Previously, Executive Editor at HarperCollins India
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Kevin O’Leary, Danielle Smith, and Wayne Gretzky have all flown to Mar-a-Lago to cozy up to Donald Trump, leaving Canadians questioning their loyalty. @markcritch.bsky.social puts it plainly: “If you don’t like being called a traitor, maybe stop acting like one.” thewalrus.ca/kevin-oleary-way...
On the left: a collage image of Danielle Smith, Kevin O'Leary, and Wayne Gretzky (in grayscale) surrounding Donald Trump who is in a red monochrome. On the right: text that reads “Have you heard the one about Kevin O’Leary, Wayne Gretzky, and Danielle Smith walking into Mar-a-Lago? It’s a joke that ends with three Canadians helping Trump meddle with our sovereignty.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Lead Podcasting is joining The Walrus to expand The Walrus Podcasts and strengthen our audio storytelling.

Amanda Cupido will serve as our first Executive Podcast Advisor, and the full Lead team joins The Walrus Lab.

Read more: thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-acqui...
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Today is #GivingTuesday.

Help us reach $20,000 today.

Donate now: celebrated Canadian journalist Peter Mansbridge, through the Mansbridge Charitable Foundation, will match all gifts up to $5,000.

Support independent, fact-checked journalism today: thewalrus.ca/givingtuesday
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December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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For many politicians who cross the floor, the hardest losses aren’t political but personal. Authors and professors @alexmarland.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca, and @mireillelalancette.bsky.social examine why breaking party loyalty is so painful. thewalrus.ca/political-defect...
On the left: Photo of Prime Minister Mark Carney and politician Chris d'Entremont walking together down a hallway. On the right: text that reads “Political Defectors Face Mistrust, Hostility, Sexism, and Worse. Why Do They Do It? Parties go to great lengths to make a deserter’s life miserable.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Frustrated by debates about women's participation in the sport, Natalie Porter launched Womxn Skateboard History. The rich archive she's amassed serves as proof of something she's known all along: women shaped skateboarding right from the start. thewalrus.ca/meet-the-librari...
On the left: a blurry image of Pam Judge speeding around a pool on her skateboard. She is a woman in her late teens wearing a tank top, shorts, and protective gear, including a helmet, elbow and knee pads, and a wrist guard. Her left arm is encased in a cast from a skiing accident. On the right: text that reads “Meet the Librarian Resurrecting the Lost Women of Skateboarding. Female skateboarders have always been there. Someone just needed to prove it.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Is Canada about to commit to its fighter jet future the way Norway has? As the government reviews its decision to purchase the US F-35 fighter jet, Wesley Wark sees a familiar pattern steering Ottawa away from the competition—the Swedish JAS Gripen. thewalrus.ca/the-f-35-isnt-ju...
On the left: a photo of three fighter jets flying in the sky. On the right: text that reads “The F-35 isn’t just a fighter jet. It’s a pledge of allegiance. The US ambassador is already warning of consequences should Canada abandon the purchase”
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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While North America is often seen as one big audience, the Canada-US border has long been significant to music. With a population that dwarfs Canada's, the US represents a huge opportunity for artists: that is, if they can afford to tour. thewalrus.ca/amid-buy-canadia...
On the left: an image of two hands holding up a record with a maple leaf design and a pair of headphones. On the right: text that reads “Amid Buy Canadian, should we “Listen Canadian” too? Rising tensions with the US have disrupted tours, festivals, and the economics of being a musician”
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Kakisa, Northwest Territories, has one road in and out. Twice in a decade, wildfires completely cut it off from the rest of the territory, with evacuation orders delivered by hand. It is a situation that residents don’t want to be in again. thewalrus.ca/tiny-town-wildfi...
On the left: a photo of a cloud of smoke rising above a forest of trees. On the right: text that reads “Wildfires have threatened the existence of this tiny northern town. Here’s how it’s fighting back. A garden and greenhouse in Kakisa could protect the remote Northwest Territories community in emergencies.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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On a winter's day in Toronto, a private investigator follows a woman through the city and finds herself wrestling more with her own vanishing act than the case in front of her. Read Thea Lim’s new short story “Anyone Could Be Anyone”: thewalrus.ca/anyone-could-be-...
On the left: an illustration of a woman sitting on a subway car holding a newspaper. On the right: text that reads “Anyone could be anyone. The basic premise of our twenty-five-year friendship is that we’re the same, kin among enemies. We had no experience in being opposites”
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Author Plum Johnson knows that the history of fairy tales is hard to pin down, but she likes to think they originated with women. "They probably hoped to warn us . . . and I should have paid closer attention," Johnson writes. thewalrus.ca/i-was-raised-on-...
On the left: an illustration of a sleeping princess in a pink dress holding a rose on her chest. A knight in armour stands over her. On the right: text that reads “I was raised on fairy tales. No wonder my love life was chaos. I think about all the messages we got: be a good girl, stay on the path, wait to be rescued. Were we groomed?”
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Private investigators aren’t what TV makes them out to be. They’re ordinary people—and that’s the point. In “Anyone Could Be Anyone,” Thea Lim follows a PI who slips through Toronto unseen, until the case she’s on blurs with the life she’s been avoiding. thewalrus.ca/anyone-could-be-...
On the left: an illustration of a woman sitting on a subway car holding a newspaper. On the right: text that reads “Anyone could be anyone. The basic premise of our twenty-five-year friendship is that we’re the same, kin among enemies. We had no experience in being opposites”
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Skateboarding has always included women. The problem? Too few bothered to pay attention. Natalie Porter, creator of Womxn Skateboard History, is pulling their stories out of the archives—and into the spotlight they always deserved. thewalrus.ca/meet-the-librari...
On the left: a blurry image of Pam Judge speeding around a pool on her skateboard. She is a woman in her late teens wearing a tank top, shorts, and protective gear, including a helmet, elbow and knee pads, and a wrist guard. Her left arm is encased in a cast from a skiing accident. On the right: text that reads “Meet the Librarian Resurrecting the Lost Women of Skateboarding. Female skateboarders have always been there. Someone just needed to prove it.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Protecting Canada’s sovereignty takes more than a modern military; it also requires a well-thought-out foreign policy and effective diplomacy. And though the public may not know it, Canada has a strong history of pivotal diplomatic intervention. thewalrus.ca/sovereignty-isnt...
On the left: an image of a parliamentary building. The tower of the building is replaced with a Jenga tower with a hand pulling out a block. On the right: text that reads “Sovereignty isn’t just about military strength. Weak alliances, shaky diplomacy, and intelligence missteps are eroding Canada’s international standing.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Why do we keep falling for fairy tales?

From “Cinderella” to “Rapunzel,” these stories shape our romantic lives. Writer Plum Johnson considers how they fuel our fantasies into adulthood—even when we know they're not true. thewalrus.ca/i-was-raised-on-...
On the left: an illustration of a sleeping princess in a pink dress holding a rose on her chest. A knight in armour stands over her. On the right: text that reads “I was raised on fairy tales. No wonder my love life was chaos. I think about all the messages we got: be a good girl, stay on the path, wait to be rescued. Were we groomed?”
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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From foreign interference to shifting alliances, Canada faces no shortage of threats—and we can't defend our sovereignty when our diplomacy and intelligence systems are falling behind. Writers Kevin G. Lynch and James R. Mitchell map out a path forward: thewalrus.ca/sovereignty-isnt...
On the left: an image of a parliamentary building. The tower of the building is replaced with a Jenga tower with a hand pulling out a block. On the right: text that reads “Sovereignty isn’t just about military strength. Weak alliances, shaky diplomacy, and intelligence missteps are eroding Canada’s international standing.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Canada can’t protect its sovereignty with nostalgia and punchy slogans. Here, former civil servants Kevin G. Lynch and James R. Mitchell consider what a focused diplomacy and intelligence strategy could look like: thewalrus.ca/sovereignty-isnt...
On the left: an image of a parliamentary building. The tower of the building is replaced with a Jenga tower with a hand pulling out a block. On the right: text that reads “Sovereignty isn’t just about military strength. Weak alliances, shaky diplomacy, and intelligence missteps are eroding Canada’s international standing.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A $240 million federal investment. A commitment to Canadian innovation. And a team up with some of the most controversial players in tech. Journalist @juliesobowale.bsky.social takes a closer look at the trouble with Cohere, Canada's homegrown AI hope: thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-canada...
On the left: an image of a white star inside the red maple leaf. The background is gold and has a circuit board pattern. On the right: text that reads “Cohere is Canada’s biggest AI hope. Why is it so American? The company touts homegrown roots but leans on US hardware and partners.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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When Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018, Beijing struck back, detaining Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in a clear act of hostage diplomacy. How was Canada left so vulnerable? Author Dennis Molinaro explores: thewalrus.ca/how-china-courte...
On the left: an image of the Parliament's Centre Block as seen through binoculars. On the right: text that reads “How China courted, cultivated, and cornered Ottawa. A Canadian political class eager for connections created perfect conditions for foreign interference.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Canada wasn’t ready for China’s new era of power—and Beijing knew it. Former national security analyst Dennis Molinaro reveals how an intelligence blind spot opened the door to one of the world’s most ambitious foreign interference campaigns: thewalrus.ca/how-china-courte...
On the left: an image of the Parliament's Centre Block as seen through binoculars. On the right: text that reads “How China courted, cultivated, and cornered Ottawa. A Canadian political class eager for connections created perfect conditions for foreign interference.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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No dividends, no pension, just passion. For almost fifty years, the business of Canadian publishing was a precarious enterprise. Read Scott McIntyre’s eye-opening story of survival: thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned-the...
On the left: Photo of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre standing in front of stacks of books. On the right: text that reads “I was warned there’s little money to be made in publishing. I built a career in it anyway. For over 50 years, I’ve had a ringside view of the evolution—and upheavals—of the book business”
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Is nation building more important than profit? This is the constant tension surrounding Canadian publishing. Writer and Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre details the heartbreaking reality of small houses nurturing talent, only to lose them. thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned-the...
On the left: Photo of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre standing in front of stacks of books. On the right: text that reads “I was warned there’s little money to be made in publishing. I built a career in it anyway. For over 50 years, I’ve had a ringside view of the evolution—and upheavals—of the book business”
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Camp A feeds them peanuts. Camp B calls them tree-rats. But no matter which camp you’re in, writer @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social reminds us: squirrels are just being squirrels—and that may just be the problem. thewalrus.ca/why-squirrels-dr...
On the left: a photo of a grey squirrel holding a peanut. On the right: text that reads “Why squirrels drive us absolutely nuts. They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it”
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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We love them, we loathe them, and we built the world they thrive in.

Author and journalist @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social unpacks our complicated bond with the squirrel, a creature that mirrors both our chaos and our resilience. thewalrus.ca/why-squirrels-dr...
On the left: a photo of a grey squirrel holding a peanut. On the right: text that reads “Why squirrels drive us absolutely nuts. They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Measles was something Alberta physician @monicakidd.bsky.social and her colleagues once spoke of in the past tense. Here, Kidd reports on how the return of the once-eliminated disease is straining hospitals: thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-beca...
On the left: an illustration of a young boy, his face covered in measles, resting his head on his mother's shoulder. On the right: text that reads “How Alberta became the epicentre of Canada’s measles outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn”
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM