September 2009

September 2009Helen Humphreys reenacts the Battle of the Plains of Abraham; Timothy Taylor describes the efforts of progressive Sikh youth in their communities; Charles Foran visits the settings of Alice Munros life and books; John MacLachlan Gray gets a hip replacement; fiction by Zsuzsi Gartner

David Gilmour reflects on getting by without the advantage of natural talent

Taylor Owen and Patrick Travers explain the difficulty of reconciling Canada’s defence

John MacLachlan Gray gets a hip replacement

Marci McDonald explores Stephen Harper’s connections to the hard religious right

and the tricky balancing act of managing Canada-US relations

Pasha Malla riffs on the first couple of cryptography

Daniel Sanger expounds on the simple pleasure of open-air pickup hockey

Courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts

John Lorinc examines the recovery efforts of Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney

Andrew Westoll ventures into La Negra mine in Bolivia’s infamous Cerro Rico mountain

Paul Wilson finds Stieg Larsson’s inner sanctum

The cover of the October 2009 issue of The Walrus