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.
Read MoreRemembering Jack Tennant, 1935–2018
The veteran newsman was booked to tell an audience stories from his journalistic past. Instead he revealed a dark secret that he had never spoken publicly about before.
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