Summer 1996

The Good

The Good

It’s hard to talk about the CBC these days without referring to…

The Massacre That Never Was and the Terrorists Who Always Were

The Massacre That Never Was and the Terrorists Who Always Were

Sometime in August 1993, I found myself rattling in an ancient Cessna…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In a world dominated by CDs, AM sound quality doesn’t cut it…

Dissent and Sensibility

Dissent and Sensibility

The Town Hall theatre at the University of Toronto is a modern…

The Feminine Mistake

The Feminine Mistake

The commercial break is over. A camera pans the studio of the…

The Little Gay Paper that Grew

The Little Gay Paper that Grew

The green neon words that throb out into the street are the…

Character Study

Character Study

On October 11, 1995, Toronto’s Sing Tao newspaper changed the face of…

In the line of fire

In the line of fire

On a narrow road in the hills of Bosnia, Daniel Gunther, a…

Why Did the Journalist Cross the Road?

Why Did the Journalist Cross the Road?

It is June 1975 and Sally Barnes is climbing the red-carpeted stairs…

Boosterism: 1 Journalism: 0

Boosterism: 1 Journalism: 0

FIRST PERIOD On Saturday April 15, 1995, Hockey Night in Canada host…

Missing the Boat

Missing the Boat

I have never seen Carl Jensen, but as I listen to him…

Someone’s in the Kitchen with Rona

Someone’s in the Kitchen with Rona

On this crisp autumn Sunday, Rona Maynard is right where I want…

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