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Andrew CaddellThe Hill Times |
OTTAWA—I am far from my home in Kamouraska, Que., but aware of the events in the shambolic provincial election campaign. Having drilled down into...
OTTAWA—Last week, I tried to unwrap the implications of the trade war between Canada and the United States. Of course, this focused on two G7...
OTTAWA—In the years preceding the Second World War, there were extensive negotiations to avoid conflict with Germany. Then, in early September 1939,...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I have always been a Pearsonian. Lester B. “Mike” Pearson was prime minister in the 1960s when I developed an interest in...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—My father never considered himself a hero, although in enlisting in the first days of the Second World War and serving as an...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I have a collection of old newspapers, including the headlines of the end of the Second World War, the 1969 moon landing, and 9/11....
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—In the news media, the deep summer is known as the “silly season” because there is normally not much hard news, so obscure...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I just spent two weeks wandering around Quebec and Ontario. It was hard to avoid thinking of water, whether swimming in Laurentian...
MONTREAL—When I was a child in this city, history wasn’t just a subject: it was all around us. The trenches we explored between our backyards were...
OTTAWA—In my column last week, I focused on why I love Quebec, as well as assessing some of its flaws. I quoted former Quebec premier Jean Lesage,...
MONTREAL—There are moments when we are reminded we live in a civilized world with genuinely thoughtful intellectuals whose concern for the future of...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The clock finally struck midnight: the Cinderella story is over. The Montreal Canadiens failed to beat a stronger Carolina...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—When I moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1995 as the “trailing spouse” of a Canadian representative to the World Trade...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Last week I went to our little red-brick post office with the Canadian flag out front to pick up my mail. To keep reading,...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.— “Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean everyone isn’t out to get you.” That saying could well apply to the...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The recent Liberal policy convention I attended in Montreal was more about convening than policy: the corridors of the Palais des...
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MONTREAL—The tragic events of the night of March 22 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport continue to resonate across Canada. The facts as they are...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—When we look back at last week, there will be two events standing out for years to come on the national unity front. To keep...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Last week, our jobless numbers were the worst in four years. There are several reasons, not the least of which are the war in the...
MONTREAL—“D’où venez-vous (where are you from)?” I found myself asking francophones on a recent trip to Whitehorse. At the cross-country ski...
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