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Remembering 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.
read moreRemembering Frank King, 1936-2018
There were more strings to Frank King’s bow than the signature achievement of helping bring the Winter Olympics to Calgary.
read moreRemembering Harvey Chusid, 1946-93
Harvey Chusid was an arts publicist who knew what journalists wanted because he used to be one himself.
read moreHow I responded to being censored by The Writers’ Union of Canada
I was commissioned by the editor of The Writer’s Union of Canada magazine to write an article about a major literary festival in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The editor killed the piece for no defensible reason. But I will not be silenced!
read moreRemembering Tommy Banks, 1936–2018
At age thirty-one, Tommy Banks was hosting a talk show on CBC television. I talked to him about the show when I interviewed him in 1973.
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