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Samuel Getachew: Toronto's New Poet Laureate on the Power of Words

2013-04-22T09:01:16Z

"I'd like to make the post of Poet Laureate as common an idea in Toronto as that of ambulance paramedic, fireman, police officer, or sanitation worker. The Poet Laureate is not as directly present in citizens' lives as perhaps are those whose sirens announce their presence. But I would like to think that the poet -- in general -- is about enhancing citizen's lives as thinking beings."

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Kenneth M. Quinn: A Governor, a Canal, John Deere and the First American Agricultural Revolution

2013-02-11T12:41:01Z

February 16 marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent by the U.S. Senate, officially ending the War of 1812. Looking back, it seems that the year 2012 managed to pass by without any significant reference to it having been the bicentennial anniversary of that conflict with Great Britain.

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Exit Page Popular On Harper Government's War Of 1812 Site

2013-02-02T08:00:09Z

OTTAWA - The splashy home pages for the Harper government's elaborate War of 1812 website were by far the most popular feature for visitors who crowde...

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Robert Waite: Fiscal Cliff Solution? United States of CanAmerica

2013-01-04T08:00:34Z

When I worked at IBM and when things seemed stuck -- we reorganized! Why can't North America do the same? Take the United States and Canada, combine the various provinces, states and territories, shake vigorously, and then pour them off into three distinct vessels: one Red, one Blue, and one White.

The new Red nation would correspond to the U.S. Republican states of America's heartland and Deep South, combined with the oil, gas and grain-rich provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Let's call it "Heartlandia." The Queen would be Head of State and Newt Gingrich would be the prime minister

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Jordan Bateman: Government Ads Use And Abuse Taxpayers' Money

2012-11-05T12:45:22Z

Once upon a time, a popular opposition firebrand named Christy Clark stood up in the B.C. Legislature to rip the NDP government for spending tax dollars on shameless, self-promoting advertising. Fast forward 13 years and there was Clark, now B.C. Liberal premier, last week holding court for 90 seconds of taxpayer-funded TV ad time to laud her B.C. Jobs Plan -- even promising that four more weekly installments are on the way.

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'Drummer Boy Of Fort McHenry' Gets Special Honor

2012-11-04T18:22:08Z

The numerous descendants of Henry Lightner may have inherited the mettle he displayed in battle when they set out to trace their roots, find his unmar...

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Nancy Rubin Stuart: Literary Treasures: The American Antiquarian Society at 200

2012-10-19T16:10:07Z

At a moment when cultural trend-watchers are predicting the imminent demise of the traditional book in lieu of digitization, the American Antiquarian Society is honoring the strength of print as it celebrates its 200th anniversary.

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Rachel Décoste: Harper, the Museum of Civilization Ain't Broke, so Don't Fix it

2012-10-16T12:34:45Z

Canada's most-visited museum, the Museum of Civilization, is a staple in the National Capital Region. It has garnered sustained interest from locals and foreigners alike with its exhibits showcasing the splendour of cultures and civilizations worldwide. In an abstruse move, the Harper government is announcing today that the beloved museum's mandate is being rebranded to focus solely on domestic history, while the overarching themes of military and monarchy -- sweetheart conservative subjects -- have been touted as guiding principles.

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Jordon Froese: Canada and Quebec: Don't Stay Together For the Kids

2012-09-27T16:41:07Z

If Pauline Marois' government decides it wants to lead Quebec out of Canada, to my mind she's simply following the logical path that has been laid down (intentionally or not) by our Federal leaders over the past 145 years. If it turns out Quebec wants a divorce we should grant it and move on. It seems evident there wasn't much of a family to begin with, and we don't seem to want to start building one now.

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Rachel Décoste: Harper Flubs Foreign Affairs File -- Again

2012-09-27T12:28:52Z

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making a trip to New York this week, but it isn't to attend a United Nations meeting to which Canada was extended an invitation. The Prime Minister will instead be in the glitzy hotel, where he is due to receive an award from the little-known Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith partnership of corporate and religious leaders.

Between the successive fossil awards for environmental savagery and the unfortunate de-funding of reproductive health in foreign aid, the Harper government continues to slide Canada's international influence down to the gutter.

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Harper Announces 1812 Honours For Present-Day Troops

2012-09-14T13:22:58Z

The Harper government made its first high-profile appearances in Quebec since the election of the province's new pro-independence government on Friday...

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Looks Like That 1812 Commercial Didn't Work

2012-08-28T15:18:31Z

OTTAWA - There was a war in 1812? Really?The Harper government has been highlighting a war with our American neighbours 200 years ago, but the relevan...

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Danielle Crittenden: The Week That Was: At Least We Got Something

2012-08-12T00:37:32Z

As of this writing, Canada is 12th, with one gold, five silver and 12 bronze medals. Let us all bow our heads and listen up to what Jerry Seinfeld says: "You win the gold -- you feel good, you win the bronze -- you think, "Well, at least I got something". But when you win that silver it's like, "Congratulations, you almost won. Of all the losers you came in first of that group. You're the number one loser."

So at least we have something. A lot of something.

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Keith Beardsley: Are the War of 1812 Ads Really Appropriate?

2012-08-09T12:01:57Z

I see the opposition parties have finally taken issue with the government for their heavy promotion of the War of 1812 during Olympic television coverage. The question is not the ad itself; the real issue is whether or not the Olympics are an appropriate venue for this type of saturation advertising? A simple ad highlighting the accomplishments of former Canadian Olympic greats would have been more appropriate.

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Patricia Pearson: Cut The 1812 Commercials. Like, Seriously. Now.

2012-08-08T07:51:42Z

Would the federal government please cut it out with their War of 1812 ads? One minute, I'll be watching some riveting event of sportsmanship at the Olympics, and then suddenly CTV cuts to commercial, and I'm treated to an array of cartoonishly noble characters attired in soldierly red coat and womanly bonnet, circa Regency England, with platoons aiming bayonets at the American frenemy, and I'm like: WTF, federal government?

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Something Seriously Missing From This War Of 1812 Re-Enactment

2012-07-25T20:57:25Z

Actors dressed in period costumes helped bring the War of 1812 theme alive at the Tall Ships Festival in Halifax, but the re-enactment left out Canada...

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Jefferson Morley: 'Land of the Free?' Francis Scott Key, Composer of National Anthem, Was Defender of Slavery

2012-07-03T10:43:29Z

Francis Scott Key, the Washington lawyer and poet who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner," is the most unknown famous person in American history. What does Key's forgotten story mean as the 200th anniversary of his most famous work approaches?

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The Fight For Canada?

2012-07-01T15:51:00Z

Is this a trailer for a new action movie? No, it’s ‘The Fight for Canada.’

The Canadian government’s video made for the 200th anniversary ...

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Gavin Charles: Hey Tories, Celebrating the War of 1812 Should Not be Partisan

2012-06-26T07:32:53Z

This year marks the bicentennial of the outbreak of the War of 1812, and it is right that Canadians recognize and celebrate its significance. To celebrate and commemorate only those parts -- indeed, those parts of parts -- of Canadian history that fit the talking points and policy direction of a particular government is to diminish the true greatness of the Canadian story.

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J.J. McCullough: The War of 1812 or Kenney's E-mails? Must Have Been a Slow News Week

2012-06-21T07:39:18Z

It's been 1812-o-rama in the Canadian press this week: Experts agree that the main reason we should care about the War of 1812 is because without that "seminal battle" our beloved country would have suffered some other monstrous fate. And when you're done reading that stuff, check out the myriad articles on an email Minister Jason Kenney wrote wherein he inadvertently told the world what he really thinks of Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk. Gripping stuff.

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Did Tories Forget Someone?

2012-06-20T14:59:03Z

The Conservative government's multi-million dollar effort to ensure Canadians never forget the War of 1812 may have sidelined a key figure in the conf...

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Andrew Reinbach: The Naval War of 1812: A Tale

2012-06-19T17:55:28Z

The road to the duel was long and circumstantial. There was, for instance, the matter of professional honor.

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Remembering The War Of 1812 With Flag Raising, Muskets, Declaration Of War

2012-06-18T10:39:55Z

While many Americans know little about the War of 1812, which celebrates its bicentennial this week, Detroiters should pay attention: the war included...

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Claude Laferrière: Who Really Won the Battle of 1812?

2012-06-18T11:29:24Z

The battle of 1812 was supposedly lost by the U.S. and therefore won by Great Britain. Apparently, it is true. But rebels in Upper and Lower Canada would continue to challenge the Anglo-Anglican Monarchists by waging a secret uprising in both parts of Canada that would end in 1838. It is remembered as the Caroline Affair.

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You Spent How Much On War Of 1812 Party?

2012-06-15T06:17:23Z

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is spending more than $28 million on a war that happened 200 years ago, leaving no doubt it ta...

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