#ICYMI You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

This week from The Walrus:

You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home. There’s a Better Way

A bold experiment in elder care is giving Canadians control over where and how they grow old

BY CATHRIN BRADBURY

Three men, one holding a coffee, another leaning on a rake, chat together outside amid a street's trees and bushes.

Like many Canadians who watched news footage of nursing homes during the COVID-19 lockdown—the blurred faces looking out at families on the other side of the window; the masked and exhausted staff; the terrifying ongoing tally of the infected and dying—I made a pact with myself that there would be no old-age home in my future. How I’d make that so, however, was as blank as a sheet of paper. Or it was until the cold Tuesday afternoon I joined the raucous soup social at the Stanley Knowles co-op in midtown Toronto.

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A woman holds the receiver of a rotary phone while gazing out the window in a still from In the Mood for Love.

The Perks of Yearning

Nostalgia has always seemed more bitter than sweet to me. But every time I indulge in it, I find it serves a purpose, even if I know I won’t be satisfied

BY VICTORIA CHAN

An aerial view on Montreal, looking down on lush trees and the rooves of buildings.

Cities Are Good at Planting Trees. They’re Not So Good at Keeping Them

One city managed to buck the trend, and its urban canopy is flourishing

BY MIRA MILLER

A black-and-white photo of Galen Weston Jr. wearing a red vest against a red backdrop.

Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company

The grocery chain is now involved in pharmacare, financial services, and real estate—with no signs of slowing down

BY DAVID MOSCROP

Exclusive: The Meeting House Megachurch Faces New Lawsuits

The multi-million-dollar civil suits add to a growing list of legal woes against the church formerly led by Bruxy Cavey

BY RACHEL BROWNE

In this episode, we travel back to the moment Prince Edward Island entered Confederation. Historian Dr. Edward MacDonald takes us back to the Charlottetown Conference, where it’s said that discussions about the Dominion of Canada flowed over several glasses of champagne, and he helps us understand why PEI joined the country six years after it was formed. This episode also features reflections on reconciliation from Julie Pellissier-Lush, the first Mi’kmaq Poet Laureate for PEI.

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