The company’s divide-and-conquer strategy that caused the Calgary Herald strike to fail
Canada’s last-ditch attempt to renegotiate a trilateral trade deal with Mexico and the United States reminds me of the failed bid by Calgary Herald journalists to obtain a first contract after we unionized.
Read MoreRemembering Greg McIntyre, 1943–2018
I owe him a great debt of gratitude for bringing me back to newspapers when I saw my future in radio.
Read MoreNYT obit writer makes her exit
Writing newspaper obits brings many rewards. Writing books brings even more.
Read MoreRemembering John Ashbridge, 1946-2018
He was an accomplished and experienced radio newsman by age twenty-four, and taught me everything I needed to know about becoming a news announcer in Canada.
Read MoreWhy I left The Writers’ Union of Canada
I joined because I believed in its goals, which included support for freedom of expression. I’m quitting because it moved to silence me after I submitted for publication a story its magazine editor had commissioned me to write.
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