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Is the Media a Bully?
Toronto :: Canada | 26 days ago
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There's a bible verse that asks, Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?' That's a good question for all those media types wringing their hands over those Conservative Party ads
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Rod McQueen remembers Lincoln Alexander, who died on Oct. 19.
Toronto :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Rod McQueen The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Oct. 24 2012, 9:54 PM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Oct. 24 2012, 9:54 PM EDT When I arrived in Ottawa in 1970 as a young, green press secretary to federal Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield, there
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How history would be different if Canada used the U.S. electoral system
Quebec :: Canada | 9 months ago
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Story infographic In the United States' electoral college system, each state is awarded a number of electoral votes based on the state's representation in Congress. In all but a handful of states, these votes are awarded to a presidential candidate
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In politics, does depth matter?
Quebec :: Canada | 11 months ago
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July, 2012 But a Justin entry might also touch off what might be called a Quayle hunt. Dan Quayle, we recall, was the young fellow who served as vice-president to George Bush Sr. and who was ridiculed far and wide as being a pretty-boy and a
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June 15: Next up for the Liberals? and other letters to the editor
Calgary :: Canada | 12 months ago
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The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jun. 14 2012, 7:29 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jun. 14 2012, 7:30 PM EDT Never to be PM It used to be said of Robert Stanfield that he was the best prime minister we never had. The same could be said of Bob
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Exit Lowell Murray, a parliamentary triple-crown winner
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Monday marked the end of a long contribution in Parliament by one of its most impressive people, Senator Lowell Murray. I've had the good fortune to know Mr. Murray for a couple of decades now, and couldn't let this occasion pass without a comment on
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Senator Marjory LeBreton: A fierce campaigner - with none of the nastiness
Liberal :: KS :: USA | 2 years ago
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When Conservative stalwart Marjory LeBreton got her start in politics about 50 years ago, election campaigns were still fought on trains with whistle-stop tours. A senator for nearly 18 years since being appointed to the Red Chamber by Brian Mulroney,
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Arnie Patterson: Trudeau, rock ‘n’ roll and the Springhill Mine Disaster
Halifax :: Canada | 2 years ago
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Trudeau, rock n' roll and the Springhill Mine Disaster Allison Lawlor Special to Globe and Mail Update Published Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 8:32PM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 8:36PM EDT He was a man who loved people and politics, so it
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Significant departures in 2010
Winnipeg :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Photos Video Interactive Undaunted, Mr. Babcock volunteered again in 1917. Still underage, he was sent overseas with a Young Soldiers Battalion and posted to the southwest coast of England for training. Before he could be deployed to the front lines,
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A fitting way to honour Terry Fox
Toronto :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Pearson International in Toronto, Pierre Elliott Trudeau International in Montreal, Robert L. Stanfield International in Halifax and Macdonald-Cartier International in Ottawa. There's nothing wrong with naming important landmarks such as airports or
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