Don Macpherson must need a break--and badly. That's the only explanation I can come up with on the heels of his scurrilous article in Saturday's Montreal Gazette. In "Are Quebecers ready for him?" Macpherson compares Philippe Couillard, Liberal Party leadership aspirant, and André Boisclair,...

Went to see the shocking play about Steven Truscott at Montreal's Centaur Theatre last weekend.

There are multiple reasons for the shocks. First, there is the story itself: In 1959, a 12-year-old girl was raped and murdered near Clinton, Ont., and a 14-year-old boy was pegged for the...

SPOILER ALERT: Key incidents in the episode are discussed, so if you haven't seen it, and don't want to spoil the surprises, maybe you should stop reading now...

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I'm afraid Downton has grown very dark, making it well nigh impossible to make light of this episode.

Last week's death...