Whistlestop: Melville
May, looking a little weary, waving to Saskatchewanians just after 4 a.m. this morning:
Nancy Macdonald
Nancy Macdonald writes primarily for Maclean’s national section. The transplanted Winnipegger now calls Vancouver home and spends her off-hours chasing her spirited toddler.
Greens are nocturnal
“They’re like bats,” said a grizzled reporter, grumbling over tonight’s grim schedule: whistle stops at 1:00, 4:30 and...
Whistlestop: Edmonton
The whistle stop tour gets a lot of attention. Everywhere we go.
I’d assumed this was going to be about the tar sands
Here’s a photo from Elizabeth May’s whistle stop in Edmonton this evening. She focused on nuclear disarmament, which she is...
On May (2)
You may have to forget what I just wrote about May mostly sticking to script. We’re 15 miles from Edmonton, site of the biggest...
One tourist responds
Most passengers seem to understand what’s going on (their train’s been hijacked for a political campaign). Some seem a little...
3 a.m. in Kamloops
No pajamas—on media—in sight.