Unpublished Newswire
March 19, 2026 - 06:48 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
March 19, 2026 - 06:34 | Wolfgang Depner | The Globe and Mail
Canada has seen its share of separatist sentiment, particularly from Quebec. In recent months, however, a separatist movement in the province of Alberta has been gaining momentum. Long-held grievances in the province are bubbling to the surface, just as President Donald Trump has been musing about Canada becoming the fifty-first state.
Below is a Q&A briefing put together by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, deputy director and senior fellow in the Americas Program, and Randy Boissonnault, former federal cabinet minister and member of Parliament. Together, they explain the roots of...
March 19, 2026 - 06:30 | Christopher Hernandez-Roy | Walrus
When I venture outside, which is rare considering the bitterness of the winter, I plod the sidewalks with a cane, my eyes downcast, searching for impediments that might trip me up, like a fugitive seeking a safe route through enemy territory. “Oh, did you have a knee or a hip replacement?” a neighbour from up the street asks empathetically as I make my halting progress around the block. An obvious question, given that more than 175,000 Canadians traded in their aching joints for mechanical versions in 2024–25, a number that is likely to soar as the baby boom ages.
“Nothing so simple,” I...
March 19, 2026 - 06:29 | Sandra Martin | Walrus
I HAVE A RECURRING thought while writing now: Is this sentence going to make me look like a robot? The concern usually arrives around the em dash. Once a mark of voice and rhythm, it’s recently acquired a different reputation—one that has less to do with style than suspicion.
This solitary symbol has divided writers and grammar opinionators for decades. Emily Dickinson’s popular and obsessive use of the line inspired its own field of research among literary scholars—“Dickinson’s dashes.” One New York Times editor scourged his writers for overuse of the device—“it can indicate a...
March 19, 2026 - 06:28 | Mihika Agarwal | Walrus
Good morning. Collective bargaining has entered the AI era – more on that below, along with Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Pierre Poilievre’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. But first:
March 19, 2026 - 06:25 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
