The Muckraker and a Clerk
Before faxes, computers, the Internet, email, cell phones, texting, Twitter, GPS — and sites like Google, Wikipedia and Wikileaks — Continue reading
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A Native Protest : 1988
Word came on 28 January 2013 that a well-known band of Cree Natives was throwing its support behind Idle No Continue reading
Prisoner 88 [Part 1]
The young Pole survived four and a half years at the mother of all Nazi death camps — Auschwitz — witnessing unspeakable things. But talk about them he did. This is Part One of his incredible story.
Prisoner 88 [Part 2]
This is the second of two posts on the young Polish prisoner who spent WW2 at Auschwitz. Sigmund Sobolewski returned to Poland with the Author in June 1990. He spoke of torture, his work at the camp, a deadly uprising there … and why a part of Auschwitz was called ‘Canada.’
Unlikely Hero
October 19, 2014, marked the 30th anniversary of a fatal plane crash in Northern Alberta, Canada, where a petty criminal Continue reading
Tania and that ‘Family Friend’
In 1983 a young Edmonton girl vanished on her way home from school. The years have flown by … and now the child’s mother, father and brother have all died early — their deaths brought on because of not knowing the child’s fate.
Canada Loses a Legendary Broadcaster
One of Canada’s broadcast legends passed away on Tuesday, 28 September 2021. Radio reporter Ed Mason, who turned 75 in Continue reading
Liana White’s Mother Guilty of Assault
Update: Michael White has been granted full parole. The decision of a two-member Parole Board was released in early June Continue reading
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