January 19, 2011 Re: Suicide Notes Thank you Liam Casey for your passionate and revealing story about the secrecy around suicide. As the daughter of a suicide (my elderly mother) I appreciate the complexity of the motives, and consequences for survivors. I hope you continue to write about this subject. Depression, I think, is a facile… Continue reading Winter 2011
A Fresh Start
Welcome loyal RRJ followers. We here at the summer masthead have spent the last couple of months working with our web developer, Chris Kim, on designing the new version of the RRJ.ca that you see today. Since it is a pretty drastic face-lift, we hope you’ll be understanding in case we have any tweaks to… Continue reading A Fresh Start
Newsroom tour: The Walrus
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Pros vs. Joes
Updated January 23, 2010, 8:24 p.m. Fenced in by wire and concrete, guarded by thousands of police officers dressed in riot gear with gas masks and shields, G20 leaders gathered inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at the end of June for their fourth summit. Police had already made 32 G20- related arrests in the… Continue reading Pros vs. Joes
Suicide Notes
My heart thumps as I scramble out of bed and grab the phone. Anita Murray, my assignment editor at the Ottawa Citizen, tells me the police have pulled a body from the Rideau Canal. The third day of my internship had been reserved for training until police discovered the “floater” around dawn. I find nothing at… Continue reading Suicide Notes
