Jacques Poitras

The Interview: Jacques Poitras on the Irving family dynasty

The author of Irving vs. Irving on the massive influence and uncertain future of the Maritimes’ most powerful family

$25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing goes to Richard Gwyn

Columnist Richard Gwyn took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867–1891. The prize was awarded by the Writers’ Trust at the Politics and the Pen gala held in the ballroom of the Fairmont Château Laurier.