Posts Tagged ‘Jack Layton’
Why did Layton’s final act rivet us so?
By Michael Posner (from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The word catastrophe, derived from Greek, translates roughly as “an overturning.” Classical drama often ends with it, typically with the death of the hero. The path of Jack Layton’s recent life perfectly traces that Aristotelian arc, climbing to the hubristic heights of his party’s performance in [...]
Jack Layton’s last letter
The funeral for NDP Leader Jack Layton will be Saturday in Toronto, days after the well-liked politician died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a battle with cancer August 20, 2011. Below is his last letter he wrote only hours before his passing. Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have [...]
Gap Between Tories and NDP Narrows
Will Canada elect an NDP government on May 2? By Gloria Galloway – from today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper The race between the Conservatives and the New Democrats appears to be tightening in what has become a dramatic race in the home stretch. A new poll conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail [...]
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Yngwie Who?
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New City. New bartending gig. New patrons. Same nightly antics.
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Bombing probe focuses on 2011 warnings, 2012 Chechnya trip
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Boston in lockdown
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Bombs dirty and deadly
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