Originally published in The Toronto Star Fifty years ago today, Ontarians went to the polls and elected a new legislative assembly. It was a historic election because for the first time in 32 years, the Progressive Conservatives were able to garner only a minority government. Having said that, the leaders of all three parties may have…
Originally published by the Toronto Star. Two weeks ago, Canadians learned that Ken Dryden had died of cancer at the age of 78. The diagnosis came as a surprise even to his closest friends. I had the joy of interviewing Dryden many times about his stints as goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, president of the…
Ernie Eves was out of politics and working a great, high-paying job on Bay Street, having established his credentials as a successful finance minister during Mike Harris’s Common Sense Revolution. But after Harris announced his retirement from politics in October of 2001, Eves’s phone started to ring. And ring. And ring. We need you back,…
Originally published in The Toronto Star Has any policy adviser stayed more relevant after the age of 80 than Janice Stein of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy? Stein maintains a schedule that many people half her age couldn’t handle. And don’t try to find out (as I tried)…
On Manitoulin Island, a church combines Catholic and Indigenous traditions to create a service unlike any I’ve seen.
Rima Berns-McGown was an academic who did one term at Queen’s Park. Now she says she can help you connect with your long-lost loved ones. [….] Read the full article on the TVO website >
Originally published in The Toronto Star Since its debut in 1966, “Star Trek” has been one of the most popular and successful television and film franchises ever. Thirty years ago, viewers got to know Robert Picardo as the hologram doctor in the series “Star Trek: Voyager.” He spent much of last year in Toronto reprising…
First appeared on The Toronto Star After eight fulfilling yet tumultuous years, Rhonda Lenton recently announced she’ll step down at year’s end as York University’s president and vice-chancellor. She has overseen York’s plans to create a medical school in Vaughan (with a big reveal this week) and a new campus in Markham. But the Middle East crisis…
For years now, people have been trying to figure out how to honour Bill Davis, Ontario’s premier from 1971 to 1985 — and a man who, objectively, has one of the most stellar records of any of the 26 leaders who have held that job. But those efforts have always run into the buzzsaw of…
Frank Miller died 25 years ago today. 25 years since his death, the former premier is remembered for the end of a 42-year PC dynasty at Queen’s Park. He deserves better Ontarians of a certain age will remember him well. Never mind that he was Ontario’s 19th premier; he was a helluva character. You never…