General Rick Hillier in conversation
Canada’s best-known soldier discusses Tim Hortons, Don Cherry, political squabbles, the home front, and his next mission in this excerpt from a conversation with Canoe Editor-in-Chief David Newland....
View ArticleWorthington on Conservatism
What’s a conservative? The venerable Peter Worthington, founding editor of the Toronto Sun, ought to know. No one would ever suspect him of being a knee-jerk liberal. But this self-described...
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Eyewitness to Oswald's shooting
Forty-six years ago today, Peter Worthington was an eyewitness to a key moment in history. Worthington was standing just a few feet from Lee Harvey Oswald when Jack Ruby shot him dead. In this...
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Bandidos: brotherhood betrayed
Few crime cases in Canada have earned the notoriety of the Bandido massacre. From the time the bodies of eight bikers were discovered in rural southwestern Ontario, to the moment six of their...
View ArticleDan Hill in Conversation
Legendary Canadian songwriter Dan Hill has been much in the media spotlight lately. The man who wrote “Sometimes When We Touch” and a slew of hits for the likes of Celine Dion and the Backstreet Boys...
View ArticleCanadians behaving badly
Two Canadians who swapped a U.S. flag for a Canadian one in La Quinta, California may have thought they were celebrating hockey victory after the 2010 men’s Olympic gold medal game. They were wrong....
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David Crombie talks Jane Jacobs
However glorious the myths of our rural past, today most Canadians live in metropolitan areas. Our future success depends on making our cities work well. Livable and vibrant cities will spur economic...
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A conversation about reconciliation
I’d like to share the spirit of a conversation I had this morning over breakfast – and some thoughts about healing, Hudson Bay, Wikipedia and the stories we tell. My conversation partner was Mike...
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Not just the Average Lakes
Documentary filmmaker Kevin McMahon knows the Great Lakes as few people do: He spent years making the acclaimed documentary “Waterlife,” a portrait of the Great Lakes in peril. The stunning film has...
View ArticleJay Ingram celebrates science
Author, journalist, radio broadcaster, public speaker and TV host Jay Ingram is a familiar face to Canadians for his various public endeavours, always in pursuit of the enjoyment and understanding of...
View ArticleThe Canadian Bob Dylan
It’s Bob Dylan‘s seventieth birthday, and we’re going to celebrate this American cultural landmark in true Canadian underdog fashion: by claiming some of the limelight for ourselves. That’s right: the...
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Grimsby Museum Fundraiser
One of the best things about touring The Northwest Passage in Story and Song has been getting to know museums and cultural centres that are doing great work in our communities. Really looking forward...
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