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Last Saturday in Lower Manhattan’s financial district, 5,000 Americans demonstrated at a peaceful protest against Wall Street’s unregulated speculations that ultimately caused the global financial meltdown. A few hundred of the strong-willed camped out on the streets and continue to voice their concerns. Yesterday, police began arresting protesters for setting up tarps to protect themselves and their media… Continue reading The revolution will not be televised—but it will be live streamed!

“Have typewriter, will travel.” After struggling with dementia for years, Thomas Van Dusen Sr. died at the age of 90. The Quebec native was a fixture on Parliament Hill for 45 years, as a reporter and then as a political hand for prime ministers like John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. Though he held… Continue reading Politics journalist and family man Thomas Van Dusen Sr. dies at the age of 91

Where were you on September 11, 2001, when you heard the news? I remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday. I was walking home from school with my two younger brothers and we found my father watching the little black and white television in our kitchen. It only picked up three channels—two if… Continue reading Covering 9/11: Now and Then

Oprah does it every month—and everything Oprah touches turns to gold—so it must be good form. Such is not the case when Sarah Thomson, a provincial Liberal candidate and publisher of the Women’s Post, graced the cover of her own publication not once, but twice. Thomson’s magazine is free and published in Toronto’s Trinity-Spadina riding. She… Continue reading Sarah Thomson: Cover Girl

The death of opposition leader Jack Layton inspired a rare moment in Canadian culture: a national outpouring of emotion. The collective reaction resulted in press coverage spanning from personal lamentation to cold, detached criticism. The finest work inspired reflection on the big picture of Layton’s contribution to the national dialogue. Some of the clumsiest articles… Continue reading Canadian journalists react to Jack Layton’s death