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This Week's Round-Up: October 15, 2025 |
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Nutrition panic distracts from the policies that make healthy eating a privilege
by Timothy Caulfield
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Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are part of a complicated multi-trillion-dollar food ecosystem that rewards the creation, marketing, and sale of cheap and highly palatable products. Directly regulating such a massive, powerful, and multi-sector part of the economy will be a challenge for any government, regardless of its ideological bent. Are the Liberals really going to, for example, ban the sale of Froot Loops?
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Critics of Ottawa’s Bill C-5 say it prioritizes speed over constitutional duty when it comes to Indigenous consent. What does Leah Gazan, member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre, warn is a risk
of deprioritizing consultation with Indigenous peoples?
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From identity and culture to economy, climate, innovation, and security, The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada is a timely conversation that explores how sovereignty affects Canadians today and how it could define the path forward. Be part of the conversation on October 28 in Toronto, or join the livestream from anywhere in Canada.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE WALRUS LAB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOUNT PLEASANT GROUP
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Behind the Work of Deathcare
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Step inside the world of deathcare and hear candid reflections on the emotional and mental challenges of guiding families through their hardest moments. Discover how care, creativity, and community intersect in unexpected ways.
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Check out the latest episode of What Happened Next
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This week on What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by author Phoebe Wang. Phoebe is the author of the poetry collections Admission Requirements and Waking Occupations. Her most recent book is Relative to Wind: On Sailing, Craft, and Community, published by Assembly Press in 2024. Phoebe and Nathan talk about the impact of her very first publication; about being edited, right at the start of her career, by one of the country’s best-known and most beloved poets; and about the odd and interesting places that promoting a book about sailing has taken her.
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