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Brett Popplewell

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  • Professor at Carleton University and Freelance Writer, Freelance
Toronto
As seen in: MSN, MSN Canada, The Athletic, Bloomberg News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Mother Jones, Sportsnet Canada, Maclean's and
Prof @JSchool_CU. Write @thewalrus @MotherJones @BW @torontolife @globeandmail @macleans etc. Author, latest book is called “Outsider” @harpercollinsca

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Freelance journalist, author and assistant professor at Carleton University. His work has appeared in The Walrus, Toronto Life, Maclean's, The Best American Sports Writing, Mother Jones, Bloomberg Businessweek and more.

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Ottawa's Transit Gong Show | The Walrus

Ottawa's Transit Gong Show | The Walrus

How the capital city’s dream of a world-class transit system became a nightmare.

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The Ferrari Fugitives

The Ferrari Fugitives

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings.

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A family doctor trafficked 4,000 fentanyl patches out of this strip mall

A family doctor trafficked 4,000 fentanyl patches out of this strip mall

In 2016, three decades after immigrating from Uganda, George Otto had the life he'd always wanted. He lived w…

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Hockey's chance to reckon with its culture of abuse - Macleans.ca

Hockey's chance to reckon with its culture of abuse - Macleans.ca

It's six o'clock on a Thursday night at a rented rink in the sprawl stretching north from Toronto. Akim Aliu …

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Opinion: After the death of two young fighters, should we tolerate boxing's brutality?

Opinion: After the death of two young fighters, should we tolerate boxing's brutality?

Brett Popplewell is an author and assistant professor of journalism at Carleton University. His writing has a…

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Inside the Toronto Star's Bold Plan to Save Itself | The Walrus

Inside the Toronto Star's Bold Plan to Save Itself | The Walrus

D aniel Dale sits barefoot and pyjama-clad in his Washington apartment, his mouse in one hand, an iPhone pres…

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Current Affairs | The Walrus

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By Wes O’Donnell, Harley Rustad Verified, Brett Popplewell
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
He gets the disruption that’s coming. He just doesn’t have much to say about it
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I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada

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By Brett Popplewell
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WORLD / JUNE 2026 I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada WORDS AND PICTURES BY BRETT POPPLEWELL Published 6:30, April 15, 2026 Myggedalen in Nuuk, with its historic buildings clinging to the side of the fjord BEFORE HE PULLED his hunting rifle out of storage and brought it to his bedroom to keep it close at night, Jan Køhler had been preparing, mentally and emotionally, in case the American military descended on the Greenlandic capital. He didn’t know which way they’d come.
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April, 2026 | The Walrus

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By Harley Rustad Verified, Brett Popplewell, Colin Horgan
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
He gets the disruption that’s coming. He just doesn’t have much to say about it
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