This week, Montreal columnist and author Mark Abley is my guest as we talk about his latest book, Conversations with a Dead Man: The legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott. Montreal author, poet, and columnist Mark Abley: his book published in… »
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Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Ted Barris- non fiction- The Great Escape- A Canadian Story
It was the culmination of years of intensely secretive planning. It was an astounding achievement of hard work and incredible ingenuity. It was a tale of courage and daring, but also with the knowledge that for the most part it… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Documentary film: A Jihadi in the Family
Imagine the shock to learn your son or daughter, who grew up watching cartoons, playing with friends, enjoying sports and music, suddenly, very suddenly, disappeared. Then later you discover they have joined ISIS and are fighting as extremist jihadis in… »
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Ken Dalgarno-artist inspired by nature in Saskatchewan
There is certainly no lack of fantastic subjects in Canada for artists. Mostly however nature artists have focussed on Ontario’s often wild northern forests and lakes, and on the magnificence of our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Rocky mountains.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Frances Backhouse: Non-Fiction: “Once they were hats- in search of the mighty beaver”
Mighty, could seem like an odd word to describe the beaver, an odd, mostly nocturnal distant member of the rodent family. However, words like fascinating, amazing, intriguing, would surely fit. Beavers earn their keystone species credentials by creating vital habitat… »
George Elliot Clarke- “the Motorcyclist” novel
George Elliot Clarke is a man of many words. Staunchly proud of his “africadian” roots in Nova Scotia, Clarke has gone from literary success to literary success. His latest work is a novel loosely based on the life of his… »
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Arts- Author Yann Martel on “The High Mountains of Portugal”
There are three separate but interlocking stories in Yann Martel’s latest book. Canadian novelist, Yann Martel In it, a man who has lost, and is someway lost, and is seeking something, a connection, a reason, a faith. The second part… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, International, Society, Your Columns
Documentary: Hold Your Fire- why police are quick on the trigger
In North America in the past few years, there have been many incidents where police have fatally shot suspects. In many of these cases critics have said officers lives were not really in danger and there was no immediate need… »
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Documentary WASTED- alcohol addiction by Maureen Palmer
Maureen Palmer of Vancouver-based Bountiful Films has produced a very intimate documentary on alcoholism called “Wasted”. It’s more intimate than anything she’s done before as it focusses on her partner in life, Mike Pond. The book Wasted by Greystone Publishing… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Documentary film: Josh Freed- Deluged by data
We have mobile phones, tablets, and apps for things that most people can’t even imagine. Montreal author, columnist, filmmaker Josh Freed tries on a data device However, some people have given themselves over completely to new electronic devices. There’s even… »
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