A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<figure id="attachment_904191" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-904191" style="width: 822px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER.jpg" alt="Frontman of the Tragically Hip, Gord Downie pauses for a moment at the start of a concert in Vancouver, Sunday, July, 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward" width="822" height="536" class="size-full wp-image-904191" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER.jpg 822w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-300x196.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-660x430.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-680x443.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-360x235.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-120x78.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-510x333.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-270x176.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-552x360.jpg 552w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-123x80.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-273x178.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HIP-VANCOUVER-650x424.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-904191" class="wp-caption-text">Frontman of the Tragically Hip, Gord Downie pauses for a moment at the start of a concert in Vancouver, Sunday, July, 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward</figcaption></figure>
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The Tragically Hip in Vancouver: Courage, my word

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