The real challenges of reviving a Louis Riel opera
The Canadian Opera Company has reworked a problematic opera about the story of Louis Riel. Does it succeed, all the same?
Louis Riel
What Thomas Mulcair said in 2010 about envelopes and the mayor of Laval
Notes from a news conference about Louis Riel
Been there, won that: Inglorious battles of 1812
Missing from history lessons on the Canada-U.S. war: Treason, revenge and guerrilla combat.
How Laurier’s stirring speech defending Riel forged his reputation
An exclusive excerpt from André Pratte’s biography of Wilfrid Laurier
Was Louis Riel insane?
Though the Metis leader didn’t agree, madness seemed the best defence against charges of high treason