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My oldest friend, Don White, forwarded an obituary to me from the Prince George Citizen the other day. It was for Butch Nielsen, a man both of us were equally close to in our formative last two years of high school and for a few years after that. Butch and I were similar in several…
Read MoreAshes over Europe, ashes under Europe. From the skies of the continent to the burial grounds of Poland.
Read MoreMargaret Randall at the wall in the desert.
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Read MoreThe Paralympic games may be yet to come, but the Olympic circus has already packed up and left town. In its wake, Max Fawcett takes a look at the city it changed, and what those changes mean.
Read More1973 It’s the 2008 award season in Canada as I write this—the GGs, Giller and The Writers’ Trust of Canada have been dolling out money for the past few weeks. Nino Ricci won the GG, Miriam Toews The Writers’ Trust Rogers Fiction prize, and Joseph Boyden the Giller. No agreement there. Only one writer appeared…
Read MoreBrian Fawcett is enjoying Canada’s failure to “Own the Podium” at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Here’s why.
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