My story about the history of Canada Day: https://thewalrus.ca/how-canada-day-got-its-name/
I wish I'd known her.
My Globe obit of Claire Kirkland-Casgrain: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/claire-kirkland-casgrain-was-quebecs-first-female-legislator/article29502344/
Victor Goldbloom
I haven't posted for ages, but please read my obituary of Dr. Victor Goldbloom: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/victor-goldbloom-eminent-quebecker-brought-people-together/article28943335/
A life wronged - my Globe obit of Romeo Phillion
http://bit.ly/1kAY6Ef
My obit of biographer Phyllis Grosskurth
As a journalist, I love to explore people's lives. For stories like this one, there's always a regret that I didn't know them when they were alive: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/phyllis-grosskurth-brilliant-biographer-relished-a-challenge/article26155035/
I've been outed...
Thank you, Trustify! Now I know an old email address of mine is floating out there on the web as part of the Ashley Madison hack. So is an old email that belongs to my friend, Sarah Scott, for she was my partner in research. Lest you think I'm a cheater, let me say that I told He Who Must Not Stray, otherwise known as my husband, what I was doing on that cold November night back in 2003: research for a possible column in the Montreal Gazette about a cheating website. We signed up, Sarah and I, a little bit tipsy, and within a week, we had more than 100 replies from men who were hairy and not, who had pot bellies, moustaches and fantasies of long and slow threesomes in which edible oils, perfumes and lotions would be used. As I wrote in a column about the experience the following January: Been there. Done that. Yawn.
My obit of Arthur Porter, a man who flew high and fell hard
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/arthur-porter-charming-intelligent-leader-fell-from-grace/article25570157/
My obit of Jocelyn Laurence, a women I really wish I'd met:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/jocelyn-laurence-brought-out-the-best-in-writers/article25308929/
Jean Dore: a mayor who changed Montreal
Read my obituary of Jean Dore in today's Globe and Mail: http://bit.ly/1K2HePJ
Sir Limp-a-Lot recovers
What is it about dogs and food? Charlie, who had major knee surgery six weeks ago today, has been limping around like crazy. Then I take him to his favourite pet store for the first time in months and buy him a bully stick. Holding it in his mouth like a cigar, he pulls me home in a race walk, not limping a bit ...
Larger than life ...
Read my obit on Jim Doak, who died suddenly in Mongolia last month http://bit.ly/1FW0TQn.
Only 9 weeks of recovery to go ...
A home boy, not a Rome boy
Here's my obit of Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/archbishop-of-montreal-cardinal-jean-claude-turcotte-dead-at-78/article23830593/
My obit of Betty Lee, journalist and trailblazer, in the Globe and Mail
How amazing to think of a time when newspaper scribes were given a year to write articles such as a 32-part series on the insurance industry! Read the obit: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/betty-lee-a-comet-in-canadian-journalism/article23587356/
Winter in Toronto
It's been rather wonderful lately: great for snowshoeing and walking in the woods!
Jalynn Bennett - A woman for the ages
It's not often that you come across a woman as accomplished as Ms. Bennett in the world of business. Read my obituary in the Globe and Mail: http://bit.ly/1uAjde1
A live version of my favourite holiday song. Happy Chanukah, everyone.
The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi
So proud of my husband and the rest of the brave team at The Fifth Estate for last night's doc that took a hard look at their own corporation. And if I was younger, I'd want to grow up to be Gillian Findlay. Check out her interview with CBC exec Chris Boyce: cbc.ca/fifth
Don Obe - A Classic Newsman
Read my Globe and Mail obit of Don Obe, writer, teacher and mentor: http://bit.ly/1yuBHfc
The Goods on Gluten
Or maybe that should be 'gospel.' Whatever. And check out my Q & A with a gastroenterologist who knows what he's talking about: http://allergicliving.com/2014/11/20/qa-with-celiac-expert-dr-joseph-murray/