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Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: From small-town dreamer to cowboy hall of famer

13.09.2025 7

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: From small-town dreamer to cowboy hall of famer

13.09.2025 4

Ottawa Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Loss and humiliation should spur Poilievre to be better

16.08.2025 6

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Loss and humiliation should spur Poilievre to be better

16.08.2025 6

Ottawa Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: What happened to peace, order and good government? 

02.08.2025 5

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: What happened to peace, order and good government? 

02.08.2025 3

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Horse sense, taxes and the art of dealing with Donald Trump

19.07.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Horse sense, taxes and the art of dealing with Donald Trump

19.07.2025 2

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Considering options in provincial takeover of school boards

05.07.2025 10

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Considering options in provincial takeover of school boards

04.07.2025 7

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Remembering Rob Ford for his spirit and compassion

21.06.2025 20

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Remembering Rob Ford for his spirit and compassion

21.06.2025 3

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Reflecting on the Common Sense Revolution three decades later 

07.06.2025 5

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Reflecting on the Common Sense Revolution three decades later 

07.06.2025 8

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Carney's cabinet picks reveal a blind spot and weakness

24.05.2025 6

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Carney's cabinet picks reveal a blind spot and weakness

24.05.2025 9

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Carney's biggest challenge is learning to be a leader

10.05.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Carney's biggest challenge is learning to be a leader

10.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: ‘Real Canadians’ should be ignoring America’s culture wars

26.04.2025 10

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: ‘Real Canadians’ should be ignoring America’s culture wars

26.04.2025 6

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Canada needs leadership to rescue economy from Trump's blender

12.04.2025 8

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Canada needs leadership to rescue economy from Trump's blender

11.04.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Learning from America's past may help save Canada 

01.04.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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SNOBELEN: Learning from America's past may help save Canada 

29.03.2025 7

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Learning from America's past may help save Canada 

29.03.2025 4

Ottawa Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Dear America: No need to suddenly hate Canadians

15.03.2025 5

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Dear America: No need to suddenly hate Canadians

15.03.2025 9

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Money printing, massive borrowing by Liberals damaged Canada over last decade

01.03.2025 9

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Money printing, massive borrowing by Liberals damaged Canada over last decade

01.03.2025 7

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Vanishing promises of Lady Liberty and America’s west

15.02.2025 8

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Vanishing promises of Lady Liberty and America’s west

15.02.2025 5

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Rich and unreasonable men rising to power

01.02.2025 6

Toronto Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Rich and unreasonable men rising to power

01.02.2025 8

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Canada needs new approach to deal with Trump's trade war 

18.01.2025 20

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Canada needs new approach to deal with Trump's trade war 

18.01.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Time to bring back the true identity of a Canadian

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. It would have been interesting to listen to the...

04.01.2025 4

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Time to bring back the true identity of a Canadian

It would have been interesting to listen to the conversation when two unlikely dinner mates sat down for a casual meal 30 years ago. Both men were...

04.01.2025 8

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Time to bring back the true identity of a Canadian

04.01.2025 4

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Freeland wins latest battle in party’s war with Trudeau

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Once upon a time, in a frosty northern land, the...

21.12.2024 4

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Freeland wins latest battle in party’s war with Trudeau

21.12.2024 10

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trump threats a warning for Canada to grow up

I’ve long heard it said the difference between a cactus and a politician is that the cactus has prickly parts on the outside. Or at least that’s...

07.12.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Trump threats a warning for Canada to grow up

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. I’ve long heard it said the difference between a cactus...

07.12.2024 5

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trump threats a warning for Canada to grow up

07.12.2024 2

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trudeau is going to get Trumped

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Rahm Emanuel once opined that governments should never...

23.11.2024 5

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trudeau is going to get Trumped

23.11.2024 4

Ottawa Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trudeau’s parallels with Biden’s Democrats will doom Liberals

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. This week my thoughts travelled back a few decades to a...

09.11.2024 3

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Trudeau’s parallels with Biden’s Democrats will doom Liberals

09.11.2024 3

Ottawa Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Canada must do better to combat antisemitism

We slipped past the anniversary of a massacre this week. A year ago, a throng of crazed, heavily armed young men crossed the border from Gaza on a...

12.10.2024 10

Edmonton Sun

John Snobelen

SNOBELEN: Canada must do better to combat antisemitism

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. We slipped past the anniversary of a massacre this week....

12.10.2024 10

Toronto Sun

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SNOBELEN: Scrapping sanctimonious Toronto school board long overdue

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Those brave souls who follow the entangled mess that is...

28.09.2024 2

Toronto Sun

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