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David Milgaard: Free at Last

David Milgaard — characterized as someone who became known for something he didn’t do — died suddenly in a Calgary Continue reading →

Bob Layton Place?? Why Not?

Okay, if not ‘Place,’ then how about Bob Layton Drive, Road, Street … or Bob Layton Way? There are many options …

A Tale of Two Reporters

I recently spent some time with two veteran broadcasters, both radio reporters. One was a friend; the other, a foe. Continue reading →

Lord Stanley’s Mug and a Stranger

It was Saturday, 19 May 1984 — a pleasant, warm spring evening in Edmonton, Alberta. Across the city and clear Continue reading →

Doctor Helen

It was only months ago — at least it seems that way — but it was more than a third Continue reading →

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.’

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